Jen is one of my favourite authors and she is a fellow Kiwi so YAY! Her forbidden-on Fruit Street series is a master class in classy age gap romances that don’t give you the ick!
This one is Professor/Student, and I’ll admit I usually stay away from this trope something about the power imbalance just doesn’t work for me. But this one because it’s written by Jen ill allow! And the art in this book is next level!
Zinnia is back in New York to stay with her Gran. After Poppy got a hold of her and said she had some concerns about her Gran. (We meet Poppy in I’ll keep her safe (swoon)) Zinnia’s gran is amazing and unfortunately needs more help with her day-to-day life. There are little signs something isn’t exactly right and I was kind of mad at Zinnia for coming back to help and then buggering off with her new man!
Zinnia’s gran is a sneaky fox and signs Zinnia up to a summer art history class at NYU and life drawing lessons, Zinnia is so comfortable in her body the life drawing model is unable to make it, and she is all I’ve got this.
Nick is the professor of the Art History class at NYU and is teaching the life drawing class to help out his friend when he meets Zinnia….Who promptly turns his life upside down! Nick craves control and his brother who is a bit of a dick has made him feel useless for most of his life. He laughed at his sketches and has made Nick feel like an idiot for his love of art. Zinnia helps Nick to unlock this part of himself and his sexual side! I loved this the most usually it’s the MMC who is helping the FMC find herself but in this book the tables are turned and it’s the FMC who is completely in touch with her body and wants.
I also loved how the other ladies of Fruit Street where so welcoming and accepting of Zinnia they just slotted her into their flower name gang. Violet is preggers and this kinda made me happy cause her and Kyle deserve happiness!
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