Love, Naturally

Sophie Sullivan

320 pages, Paperback

Expected publication January 16, 2024

Presley Ayers is not the woman you bring on a camping trip. An accomplished concierge at an exclusive hotel in Great Falls, MI, she knows more about the top ten places for champagne and caviar than she does about the best hiking boots to go stomping around near Lake Michigan. But when she surprises her boyfriend of eight months with a vacation to the Get Lost Lodge and he dumps her instead, Presley decides to rough it solo and take the trip herself.

When Beckett Keller helps the gorgeous woman off the rickety boat and onto Lodge territory, it’s clear she’s made a mistake. She doesn’t like hiking, fishing, or nature in general, so why did she go on this trip?―but he’s got other things on his mind. A crumbling lodge, and his own plans and dreams that are forever deferred―so he doesn’t have time for Ms. Fish-Out-of-Water. But neither Beckett or Presley can help that inexplicable draw they feel towards each other. He’s all rough stubble and plaid shirts, while she’s all high heels and brand-name athleisurewear.

But you know what they say about opposites.

A charming opposites-attract romance, Love, Naturally is for anyone who ever stepped outside their comfort zone and found that all the best things can happen when you take a chance.

3.5 Stars

The title of this book fits the story absolutely perfectly.  Love, Naturally is genuinely a fun romance read. 

Presley thought everything in her life was going almost the way she wanted it. Her job as a personal concierge made it so that she could get people the things that she wanted. By nature, she’s a pleaser, and her job made her even more so detailed about it. But somehow she missed the details. When a surprise she planned for her boyfriend goes in a completely different direction. As Presley reveals that she had planned a trip for him the situation takes a complete turn and they end up breaking up.   Instead of wallowing in her misery, she steps out of her city girl, comfort zone, and decides to take on the wild outdoors of Michigan on her own.

Beckett is a man of the outdoors. He’s loyal to his family and dedicates a lot of his time to helping his brother get the lodge into complete working order. He also has a few dreams of his own and an opportunity that’s kind of hard to say no to.  Things change for Beckett when I guest at the lodge, a woman who caught his eye on the fairy, has an issue with her room, and he gives up his cabin for her to have a warm place to sleep. That simple invitation opened up a whole New World that Beckett didn’t realize he needed.

Love, Naturally was truly a fun read. I love seeing the city girl take on the outdoors. When she said that she was stepping out of your comfort zone it’s something she truly did. Presley needed this experience to truly figure out what she wanted in her head. Sometimes one thing that we think that makes us happy is not our true happiness until we experience something that we didn’t even realize with syncing to our hearts. Beckett, my goodness what a swoony man. His heart was in the right place with everything And he definitely knew how to catch your heart as well.  They are truly a pair that complement one another in the best ways. In a matter of a few days, they found a way to help one another, help themselves and find a way to make their worlds just a little bit better.