What I Should've Said by Max Monroe

When grumpy, muscled-up artist Bennett Bishop bothers to speak, it’s usually to say something you’re not ready to hear.

When he first speaks to Norah Ellis, a rambling runaway bride who hitchhikes a ride from him, it’s to tell her to get out of his truck and walk because she’s a pain in the a-s-s.

By appearance, Norah Ellis is a fancy fashionista who’s spent the last several years living the good life in the city—expensive apartments, highbrow events, and a fiancé with wealth and good looks. The only problem is that she didn’t choose any of it for herself.

On the day of her July wedding, thanks to a letter from a stranger, Norah’s world turns upside down. She runs for the hills of Vermont to start a new life, but what’s waiting for her, between her estranged sister, the townspeople, and bad-boy Bennett Bishop himself, is way more than she bargained for.

Enemies turn to lovers, strangers become friends, dark secrets bust open like cans of worms, and most of all…Summer will never be the same.

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4.5 Heart Review by Ashley

It has taken me days to get myself together enough to write this review. Max Monroe wrecked me with What I Should've Said. And I can't even be that mad about it because despite the river of tears I shed, there was love and healing.

I won't lie, it took me a minute to warm up to Bennett. He was broody and standoffish and downright rude at times. But he had his reasons. And when Norah learned just what they were there was no holding back. I loved the way she embraced Summer with an open heart and mind. How she let that girl live in all her pink glory. Just as surely as Norah fell for Summer, she fell for her dad too.

Even with the sparks sizzling between Norah and Bennett, there was a delicious slow burn. They were cautious, protecting themselves and Summer. And even when the past reared its ugly head, at the worst time (because of course) the one thing that didn't waver was the feeling that there has to be something on the other side of this pain and anguish. It took a lot of patience and staying power but what was waiting on the other side was an endless Summer of love.

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