Enh, it was free at least.

If this feels nostalgic to cheesy 1990s Harlequins, that’s because it is a cheesy 1990s Harlequin that the author has reissued. She’s made some updates, like throwing in a Taylor Swift reference and mentioning the internet, but she also has them discussing brochure design as a key marketing plan for a ski resort when social media has largely replaced brochures in all travel marketing. 
But aside from those minor nitpicks, it’s actually the mores and attitudes of this book that truly need updating. It’s still very much rooted in 1990 and feels like it was written by a boomer. Diet culture, ideas about ‘working moms’ (80% of mothers work in 2025, it’s not a rarity) and when she uses the term ‘hunk’ to describe the MMC, I died laughing. Lots more work needs to be done to call this book ‘updated’, it ain’t. It felt so very dated. This would be fine if I’d picked up a book knowing I was venturing into the past, but I feel duped as it’s marketed as recent. 

But it’s not a bad story, it’s a typical formula romance from decades ago, and as long as you go in knowing it’s Harlequin cheese, you can turn your brain off. The ending was silly though because it basically made the entire premise of the book pointless, and I dislike when authors do that.

Why set something up as a conflict only to have it mean nothing she becomes a silent investor in his heli-ski resort and he does huge expansions only to decide to become a rancher and sell the entire thing not three months later, da fuk?

Book two in my 2025 plan to prioritize Canadian authors 🇨🇦. I wish this had been set in Canada though, Canadian authors need to stop pandering to the American audience. I’m sure they don’t need every book set in the USA and will read a book set in Alberta, which has mountains, ranches and heli-ski resorts.