Kate Canterbary

In a Jam

Mariana Foster

He worked my clit like he was trying to suck the ghost of orgasms past from me

“I’m going to give you precise directions. I expect you to follow those directions without deviation. If you do not — and I’ll be checking — I’ll rain hell upon your bread and jam. You got me?”

As the question floated toward me, a familiar black pickup truck tumbled down the lane. I’d thought about him and he appeared. Like I could conjure him on command. Now that — that was dangerous.

I’d always done well when I knew the suffering to cone

I want this era. One where I don’t care and am not always feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. Sounds nice

“The start of your villain era,” she said. “The ‘no fucks given, ask me if I care, throw your whole life and start over just because you feel like it’ era.”

Let the feeling consume you. Once you find your way out of that consumption, you’ll probably feel better

But there were bits of time when I was tired of being drunk and sad and numb, and I wanted to stand inside the rage of being wronged in such a careless manner. I wanted that rage to exhaust me. To drain me to the extent that I was too tired to cry, too tired to even feel the numbness.

big ab

And that was okay. I could live with that. I could shove the truth aside one more time, a thousand more times, if it meant she had what she needed. A birthday party, a ride home, a husband in name only.

If I wasn't forgettable, people wouldn't be able to leave me so easily and go on with their lives like nothing was different. And it just keeps happening. That's how I know it's true.

This was cute, funny, and spicy, but it ran too long. I liked it but there was too much filler in here that took away from the actual story. Because of that filler I came to the conclusion that I don’t think I have read a book that had so much miscommunication when the characters were still communicating. It was hard to sort through it all. I think it could have been a super amazing story, but the length took away from it getting there for me. 

Priscilla Stanfield

3.5/5⭐️ • 3.5/5🌶️

This was cute, funny, and spicy, but it ran too long. I liked it but there was too much filler in here that took away from the actual story. Because of that filler I came to the conclusion that I don’t think I have read a book that had so much miscommunication when the characters were still communicating. It was hard to sort through it all. I think it could have been a super amazing story, but the length took away from it getting there for me. 

i enjoyed this! but i didn’t love the nickname “wife”. it felt like every other sentence out of this guy’s mouth. this book could’ve easily been 200 pages shorter, but regardless, he’s a hot farmer who has been pining over this woman for years and has an acts of service love language. what’s not to love? like the birthday dinner he cooked for her being an exact replica of her dead grandmother’s special dinner recipe???? very sweet. lots of miscommunication issues though so if that’s not your thing, don’t read this.  

aileeeeeeen

v v v comforting!!! this book honestly excited me because its tropes HAHA.
small town, daddy????, it's always been you.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I can’t with him saying wife every other sentence also I’m gonna be so for real, after the half-way point the spice was non-stop which I hated. Like if the storyline is gonna be a little boring and then you throw this in, I’m gonna be so bored.

Tiana holt

chateau

the conflict through the ending was so basic, i was not expecting Shay would be too easy to.. you know, and Noah also. the few beginning chapters are what really intricates me to jump in and follow the story but as it brought me to the few last chapters.. i skimmed reading.

this book was slowwwwwww. and i couldn't really connect with the characters.

Sandrin

If ridiculous was covered in jam.
Excluding some questionable(and bumpy) plot choices and dumbing down characters just for the sake of continuing a story that could have ended at least 100pg earlier this was a fun book to read. 
For the most part the characters were sweet and likable with amazing chemistry as well.

although shay annoyed me at times (even noah in the beginning) this book was really sweet, cozy and funny. i could see myself reading it again 

Essence

Arianna

3 stars but an extra star for Gennie bc I enjoyed her character

Nialani Thompson

I loved this book so much! It’s everything and perfect and lovely and adorable and literally amazing. The characters, the development, the spice, the love, literally I can’t express any more how much I love this book. It’s hard for me to write good reviews on books I love because I can’t pinpoint every good thing when all of it was amazing so I end up repeating how much I loved it over and over. But I promise, you won’t regret reading this book. It’s every trope you could ever love and want, grumpy sunshine, (kinda sorta) found family, friends to lovers, I’ve loved you my whole life and more, marriage of convenience, small town, and (sorta ish) single dad… what more could you want!!! The best

melina25

If I could rate a book 100/10, this book deserves it. From the first page it had me hooked literally couldn't focus on anything but the book. Noah and Shay are perfect.

Julia McKenzie

Finally got the chance to read this thanks for Kindle unlimited and it was an easy and great read. Sped through it and while it was some what predictable, I actually didn’t mind it.

Very hallmark movie vibes

This was my first time listening to an audio book and I loved it. I loved the way the author wrote and the double POVs. Noah was my favourite character!! At first I wasn’t to sure of him but after a while he grew on me. I find it hard reading and understanding women who blame themselves for things men do to them, so I wasn’t too keen on Shay. She just kept having a pity party for herself but I guess without it the book wouldn’t have been as good as it was. Need to read more books by this author…definitely !!!!!

Temi Awani

When Shay Zucconi's fiance calls her as she is getting dressed for their wedding to tell her that he can't go through with it, she decides to move back to Friendship, Rhode Island into the house that her step-grandmother, Lollie, left her.  Since Lollie stipulated in her will that Shay must be married within a year to permanently inherit the house and tulip farm, Noah Barden offers to enter into a marriage of convenience with the stipulation that he will help her with the tulip farm and get her idea for a wedding business off the ground. Shay has no idea that Noah has been carrying a torch for her since they went their separate ways after high school and relishes the idea that she will be his wife, no matter what the reason.

In a Jam is a well written slow burn romance that sizzles with an enjoyable cast of characters.  The love story is fully fleshed out as Shay tries to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life, and Noah attempts to convince her to stay.   Ginnie, Noah's niece, adds humor to the story and serves as a reason for Noah and Shay to spend more time together.  Both Noah and Shay experience differing levels of anxiety that, for the most part, appear to be realistic, but at times, seem over the top, especially from Shay.  Dramatic events are spaced evenly and avoid pacing problems.  Overall, In a Jam is an exceptional romance that offers an entertain plot and characters.

Lynn Braden

When Shay Zucconi's fiance calls her as she is getting dressed for their wedding to tell her that he can't go through with it, she decides to move back to Friendship, Rhode Island into the house that her step-grandmother, Lollie, left her.  Since Lollie stipulated in her will that Shay must be married within a year to permanently inherit the house and tulip farm, Noah Barden offers to enter into a marriage of convenience with the stipulation that he will help her with the tulip farm and get her idea for a wedding business off the ground. Shay has no idea that Noah has been carrying a torch for her since they went their separate ways after high school and relishes the idea that she will be his wife, no matter what the reason.

In a Jam is a well written slow burn romance that sizzles with an enjoyable cast of characters.  The love story is fully fleshed out as Shay tries to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life, and Noah attempts to convince her to stay.   Ginnie, Noah's niece, adds humor to the story and serves as a reason for Noah and Shay to spend more time together.  Both Noah and Shay experience differing levels of anxiety that, for the most part, appear to be realistic, but at times, seem over the top, especially from Shay.  Dramatic events are spaced evenly and avoid pacing problems.  Overall, In a Jam is an exceptional romance that offers an entertain plot and characters.

Overall I felt like this book dragged on but every issue I have with this book is irrelevant because of of Noah Barden.

This man. THIS FREAKING MAN. I am having such a hard time finding the words to describe how much I love him. He is the best MMC I have ever read. I can say for a fact that I almost gave this book 5 stars just for him. He made this book, without him this book was meh at best.

Onto other things. Shay(the FMC) was good, the plot was okay. The writing kinda dragged. I will say there were a lot of interesting twists on some classic tropes that I did like. Small town romances are usually a hit or miss for me, and this one sadly was a miss.

Overall I did like it, I think I just had higher expectations. I would definitely recommend this book solely for my Bread Baker Daddy!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

Karina 

Overall I felt like this book dragged on but every issue I have with this book is irrelevant because of of Noah Barden.

This man. THIS FREAKING MAN. I am having such a hard time finding the words to describe how much I love him. He is the best MMC I have ever read. I can say for a fact that I almost gave this book 5 stars just for him. He made this book, without him this book was meh at best.

Onto other things. Shay(the FMC) was good, the plot was okay. The writing kinda dragged. I will say there were a lot of interesting twists on some classic tropes that I did like. Small town romances are usually a hit or miss for me, and this one sadly was a miss.

Overall I did like it, I think I just had higher expectations. I would definitely recommend this book solely for my Bread Baker Daddy!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

Alexis Donahue

Kinda cheesy… kinda cringey. The whole “wife” bit all the time was kind of annoying. Sex scenes were good though… 🌶️ I also did really love the rambunctious child (Gennie) in this book with her pirates and cursing LOL!

“I know it’s insane to ask this but if you can go along with me for five minutes, I will personally plow and plant your fields whenever you want it. Okay?” ❤️🍓❤️🍓❤️🍓

Shay has her heart broken and receives news that she is the sole recipient of a family farm in Friendship, Rhode Island. There are just a couple of rules in order to keep it…she must live there for a year and in that year she must also get married 😬 Noah is a broody grump who owns the farm next door and is the sole guardian of his niece and has had a crush on Shay since they were best friends in high school…🔥

This had amazing tension and the spice was HOT 🥵 Noah is this big, gentle, grump who is anything, but “gentle” in the bedroom 🔥😮‍💨 I love Shay and Noah’s dynamic as a couple. His quirky niece was adorable. The town of Friendship was everything you love and hate about a small town. I absolutely loved this book 🥰

🌊 New England Setting — Rhode Island

Tess

“I know it’s insane to ask this but if you can go along with me for five minutes, I will personally plow and plant your fields whenever you want it. Okay?” ❤️🍓❤️🍓❤️🍓

Shay has her heart broken and receives news that she is the sole recipient of a family farm in Friendship, Rhode Island. There are just a couple of rules in order to keep it…she must live there for a year and in that year she must also get married 😬 Noah is a broody grump who owns the farm next door and is the sole guardian of his niece and has had a crush on Shay since they were best friends in high school…🔥

This had amazing tension and the spice was HOT 🥵 Noah is this big, gentle, grump who is anything, but “gentle” in the bedroom 🔥😮‍💨 I love Shay and Noah’s dynamic as a couple. His quirky niece was adorable. The town of Friendship was everything you love and hate about a small town. I absolutely loved this book 🥰

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 

👰🏼‍♀️ “That’s My Wife”

🌦️ Grumpy x Sunshine

💕 Friends To Strangers To Lovers

💙 Boy Falls First

👥 Forced Proximity

🍑 Curvy Heroine

🍎 Teacher Heroine

👨🏻‍🌾 Farmer Hero

👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 

🎂 30 yr old Heroine

🌊 New England Setting — Rhode Island

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Nouran Hazem

4.5 ⭐️
This book was so so cute I really want to buy and annotate it now 😭🥰 I’m a sucker for small town romances with a grumpy guy who’s shy and awkward and has been pining after the sunshine popular girl for yearss, and he’s the guardian to the funniest most adorable 6 year old.. Gennie was definitely one of the highlights of the book for me! I loved and related deeply to shay’s character and her insecurities.. Noah, Shay and Gennie are the most adorable family and deserve all the love in the world after everything they’ve been through.. I wish we had more fluffy domestic scenes of them as a family though.. 
The only reason I didn’t give this 5⭐️ is because I feel like the book dragged a bit in the middle, and some things about the writing were a little cringy and I would’ve loved if it was a slower burn, but it was cute and sweet and I 100% need someone to love me like Noah Barden loves Shay… 

Also I need Jaime’s book immediately

julie reads

it was really good in the beginning, but the book was honestly too long for the plot. i got bored half way through, which rarely happens. there wasn’t enough conflict and the pet names were too cringey for me so i had to skim through the last bits of the book.

Meghan Thompson 

NOAH BARDEN I THINK I"M ACTUALLY IN LOVE WITH YOU. SHAY ZUCCONI I AM ALSO IN LOVE WITH YOU.

this book had basically all of my favorite things 
-single parent
-badass kid
-childhood friends-to-lovers
-SMALL TOOOWWWWWNNNNN
 
I am ready to pick up my life and go back to the farm I grew up on and fall in love with the only guy who ever cared for me. 

let's start with my girl Shay..she is a better woman than me bcs if my fiance abandoned me five minutes before we were meant to be walking down the aisle...he would no longer be living. to say this woman took all her parts and rebuilt herself would be an understatement. with the help of Noah and Ginnie, she found herself and what she wants. she's no longer overly concerned about what others may think and I'm so happy for her. she has found her family and I'm so proud of her. also she had the best friends a person could ever ask for. 

NOAAHHHHH!!! NOAH MY MAN. this man is delicious and has the dirtiest mouth but my all-time favorite thing is when geeks about farm stuff but specifically jam. it is the cutest most scrumdiddlyumptious thing in the entire world. my man got his girl back the same girl he's loved since HIGH SCHOOL. he was so patient with her and refused to ever let her talk badly about herself. also, he's kinda an awesome surrogate dad to his niece which also makes him hot. i love him and I want him but I also want him to stay with Shay. 

Imogen, you are the most badass, hilarious, swearing-like-a-sailor child I've ever read about and I love you. 

loved every second of this book.

grayson gruber

Nouran

I mostly liked it, but it didn’t need to be so long. I wouldn’t be recommending it to anyone in my life. I liked the writing so I might read another book from the author if it’s not too long! This book just wasn’t my jam

lucy lou

this man is a FREAK and i need him now!!! this was a very cute and simple read. my only complaints are it could have been 100 pages shorter and the dialogue did drag in places, but it was still enjoyable.

In a Jam

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