The Fall Back Plan

Title: The Fall Back Plan    

Series: Sweater Weather #2

Author: Melanie Jacobson

Publisher: Four Petal Press

Genre: Romcom, Contemporary Romance

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

I have been excited about the Sweater Weather series since I first heard about it. When The Fall Back Plan by Melanie Jacobson was released on Thursday, I immediately downloaded it and started reading it. I have no regrets 😂! The books are loosely tied together by their cozy fall romcom vibe and take place in the same town, Harvest Hollow.

Jolie is back in the town she grew up in. She doesn't have fond memories and holds a grudge against several people. Of course, the first person she encounters is Lucas, the Sheriff, and she can't reconcile how he is now an upstanding citizen. I liked Jolie, and I loved her character growth. While she seems like all hard edges, her softer side appears when she meets Brooklyn. 

Lucas is attracted to Jolie from their first encounter and doesn't understand the walls she has built despite the obvious chemistry between them. He apologizes for the way he treated her in high school, which shows how much he has changed since high school. Lucas is exactly what Jolie needs and he is a perfect gentleman. He is patient with her, giving her the space she needs. 

This is a very slow-burn romance novel. I loved it. Here is what you can expect to find:

• enemies to more
• single dad
• witty banter
• sizzling kisses (when they finally get there 😂)
• swoon-worthy hero
• strong heroine
• overcoming poverty
• fabulous story
• trivia night
• library/librarian plays a strong role in the story 
• strange doll mystery
• found family

There was so much to love about this story, and I gobbled it up. While the stories stand alone, I LOVE what the authors have done with the series. Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh releases on Thursday, and I am here for it.

Side note: Readers of my blog know I prefer clean reads. While this is a closed-door romance, there is some mild profanity. 

★★★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

The bad boy and the golden girl have traded places…

I’m back in Harvest Hollow after ten years to prove a point and to even a few scores. I’ve opened a new bar, and anyone expecting the old sweet and shy Jolie McGraw to be running it is in for a shock.

I’m not the only one who’s changed: when the sheriff comes to tell me I’m the prime suspect in the most ridiculous crime in town history, it’s none other than Lucas Cole, the former star of my teenage stress dreams, wearing the badge.

Seriously? The smack-talking punk I was forced to tutor in math is now one of the town’s most upstanding citizens? This isn’t what I had in mind for turning the tables on my former tormentors.

I blow him off…until I meet the niece he’s raising. I see so much of my younger self in her. But when I agree to help when she needs a woman in her life, Lucas uses it as a chance to build a case that he’s the man I need in mine.

That’s a hard no. No to love. No to Lucas.

But when Harvest Hollow’s nosiest forces combine to push us together, I’m not sure my heart stands a chance.

The Fall Back Plan is a small town, closed door enemies-to-lovers single dad romcom.