He’s the city boy who wants to destroy the place she loves most.
She’s the countryside girl who is determined to break him first.
But when hearts are involved, can either of them truly win?
I, Rose Matthews, have always considered myself a perfectly reasonable person.
Until the day Oliver de Havilland—the hottie I wham, bam, thank you ma’am’d two weeks ago—shows up at Hanbury Allotments and hands me a closure notice. In two months, he’s going to shut down the place I love the most—the very place that keeps the dwindling community of our village alive.
Long story short; I’m ready to riot.
Riot. Protest. Run naked through the village centre with nothing but lettuce leaves covering my lady bits. You know, the usual.
The new Duke of Hanbury is as arrogant as the last, but there’s no way I’m going to let him get away with this. Especially not since his plan is to sell the land to make way for more cookie-cutter housing nobody wants.
This is more than a battle of wits—it’s a war, and a dirty one at that.
But I won’t lose.
Because if Oliver didn’t want to play dirty, he shouldn’t have roughed up a gardener…
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Review:
This was cute!
As per usual, we have two fairly relatable characters (even if one *is* a duke) with a supporting cast of sometimes-helpful BFFs, a little less helpful group of feisty older people, and not some helpful at all but quirky animals in a story that is also slightly OTT with the goofiness (and a little more OTT with the reason for the black moment) but of course brings it all together for a lovely finish. An altogether fun read for the start of summer 🙂
Enemies to lovers with a side of she uses a hot pink s3x toy to do WHAT?, Rough Around the Hedges is in the same universe as the author’s other recent romcoms set in the UK, but since the previous characters pretty much just get a shout out here, it’s a perfectly acceptable place to start reading.
Rating: 4 stars / B+
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
About the Author:
New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Emma Hart, has written more than eighty romance novels since her husband told her to “write a book instead of reading one!” in 2012. She loves writing snarky, swoony romcoms with a side of chaos, occasionally venturing into romantic mysteries. Which are exactly the same as her romcoms, just with a dead body or two. That’s the reason for her questionable Internet history—at least that’s the story she’s sticking to.
She lives on a smallholding in North Wales with her husband and their two children, a clowder of very fluffy cats, one giant German Shepherd, and an undisclosed number of chickens and ducks. Don’t ask her to count them. She will not, thank you very much.
When she’s not writing or chasing ducks in her pyjamas, you can find her playing cosy games, colouring, or trying her hand at yet another creative hobby she probably won’t stick at.
Connect with Emma online (although she’s not very good at it):
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