Title:   Serenity by the Sea
Author: Jennifer Vido       
Genre: Romance     
Rating: 3 out of 5  

Will a celebrity designer and her stubborn project manager sabotage their renovation or fall madly in love?

Celebrity designer Hailey Maybank escapes to Gull Island to reinvent herself after a high-profile divorce, lending her expertise on a renovation project. Working with the boss’s son comes with complications, but will she risk her reputation for a chance at love?

Will Purdey is vying to become a partner in the family business by showcasing his design skills on the firm’s latest project. Partnering with a famous designer with a tarnished reputation can ruin his plans, but will his growing attraction for the colorful artist allow him to get the job done?

This felt very rushed and choppy. Hailey and Will meet and don’t like each other, and then five page later, she’s jealous over him talking to another girl? I felt like some scenes were cut and transitions were ignored, leaving the pacing feeling jagged and off. I loved the setting and thought it was very well done, but the choppiness was a problem for me.

Jennifer Vido is an award-winning author. Serenity by the Sea is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of The Wild Rose Press in exchange for an honest review.)

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