The Inn Dilemma by Tawni Suchy: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.

The Book

The last thing I expected to do when I returned home after years away was fall for my brother’s best friend.

Nova:

I left my small town four years ago and didn’t look back. When I return with my tail between my legs after breaking up with my controlling yet commitment-fearing boyfriend, I’m surprised by the warmth I find at The Storybook Inn. The owner, Aunt Birdie, embraces me with open arms and gives me a place to stay when my dad turns me away. Unfortunately for me, Dad is more stubborn than ever. He still thinks my dream of becoming a great artist is too far-fetched to be possible and maybe it is. But if I’ve learned anything in this last year, it’s that God’s plans won’t be thwarted. Something that proves true when God uses an accident at Storybook Inn to facilitate Aunt Birdie’s dream.

Holt:

The Navy SEALs prepared me for a lot of things, but moving back to my small town with a well-meaning meddling aunt is not one of them. Aunt Birdie wastes no time playing matchmaker when she sends me to a cabin to fix an alleged leaky faucet without telling me it’s inhabited by my best friend’s gorgeous prodigal sister. Nova and I are both coming out of painful break-ups, a whirlwind romance is the last thing either of us wants. But falling for her is inevitable when she jumps in to renovate my family’s legacy, The Storybook Inn, without hesitation. With every bike ride we go on, every room we renovate together, every accidental touch, I can’t help but dive headfirst into the whirlwind anyway.

Until one “fake kiss” threatens to destroy us both.

The Author

Tawni is a Christian wife and mother, living life to the fullest with her family. She’s been writing since she could pick up a pencil which was also when God instilled a passion for storytelling into her heart.

Every story she writes contains a guaranteed happily ever after. Real life has no guarantees of happiness, but she can control her fictional worlds. Sort of. Her characters like to take her on several roller coaster rides of uncertainties, daily.

When she’s not writing, she’s tending to the house, playing with her kids, or on those rainy, lazy days, curled up with a good book and cup of coffee (probably with too much creamer.)

As much as she loves telling love stories between a man and woman, she hopes you discover the ultimate love story of Jesus. Her goal with each book is to show her readers the fulfillment of what having a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ is like.

Book Review

The Inn Dilemma is the fifth and final book in the Give a Bookish Girl a Biker series. This is a multi-author interconnected series with each book centering around one member of a biking group (and the bookish girls they fall for). While you might have a better understanding of the group dynamics if you've read the previous books in the series, I do think this could be enjoyed as a standalone as well. 

I have to admit, I'm a little sad to see this series come to an end. Oftentimes in a series (and especially in a multi-author series like this one), there will be a couple of books that will stand out above the rest... but this one? Every single book absolutely blew me away! This one was certainly no exception. Holt and Nova's story was absolutely beautiful, perfectly tender and swoony. I loved seeing their history through the occasional flashbacks to their younger years, which also gave us more insight into her complicated family life. As much as I loved the romance in their story, I found that the healing was perhaps even more beautiful too. It's also a story that didn't shy away from faith, making me love it all that much more. While I'm still sad to see the series come to an end, it truly went out just as it started--- on a high note that I loved. This is actually my first Tawni Suchy and I absolutely look forward to reading more from her after this introduction. 

The Inn Dilemma is a closed-door Christian romance with kisses only and no language. 


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