Romance Book Review ~ Slow Southern Kisses by TC Matson

Title: Slow Southern Kisses
Series: Magnolia Grove
Author: TC Matson
Genre/Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers, opposites attract
Release Date: May 9, 2024
Cover Design: Sarah Paige
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200608083-slow-southern-kisses

Wrenley

When my grandmother asked me to run her bed-and-breakfast while she took a three-month vacation, I should’ve said no.

Now I’m stuck in this godforsaken town hours away from the pampered life I live in New York City.

Gone are my days filled with luxury and glamour. I’ve been reduced to being domesticated.

What can possibly go wrong?

Decker Black, that’s what.

He walks into my life—more like breaks in, but whatever—and immediately irritates the hell out of me.

I can’t stand him. He’s moody, grumpy, and surly all rolled into one annoyed glare.

Until one severe storm changes everything.

I never could’ve imagined a slower, simpler life was everything I was missing.

Unfortunately, my home is in New York and my heart is stuck in Alabama.

Decker

My life is quiet and calm. Just how I like it.

Until Wrenley comes barreling in out of nowhere and disrupts everything.

Gone are my days of balance and routine. She brings turbulence and chaos.

She’s quick-tempered with a bold mouth full of sharp jabs and is entirely ungrateful.

She’s a headache, and I’m ready for her to go back to where she came from.

So why can’t I stay away from her?

The more time we spend alone, the more I realize underneath all the anger is something beautiful.

And I like it. I like her.

I never thought love and happiness was missing in my life.

Unfortunately, my small town no longer has everything I need.

It doesn’t have her.

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Man, talk about rubbing each other the wrong way! Wrenley doesn’t want to be in small town Alabama and she’s having a bad day when she “meets” Decker who offers her nothing but a smart ass comment she could really do without.

The stage is set for your classic enemies to friends to lovers romance right in the small town of Magnolia Grove.

Sometimes enemies to lovers stories rub me the wrong way because they are such enemies that it becomes annoying but Slow Southern Kisses did a good job of smoothing out Decker’s rough edges because he came across as a little over-bearing at first. He has his reasons, sure, and if not for his mother and grandpa, I might’ve wanted to smack him myself.

But Wren and Decker grew on me quickly. He means well and she doesn’t have any quit in her and together they form a beautiful friendship that turns into more. There’s just one problem…Wrenley is just visiting Magnola Grove and it’s Decker’s home so what will they choose?

I really enjoyed this story, so much. It was fun and steamy and so dang entertaining.