Not What We Pictured by Becca Kinzer: Book Review

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

The Book

This is absolutely not how they pictured their summer going.

McKenna Boston is feeling stuck. She’s spent years growing her photography skills only for her career to hit a wall. She’s ready to move on, and she will, just as soon as she helps her sister’s boyfriend stage the perfect proposal. But when her best laid plans go awry and a handsome stranger accidentally ends up with the heirloom ring, McKenna hops on a flight to retrieve it. Piece of cake, right?

Nate Lambert was hoping to enjoy a relaxing summer before starting his new job as a literature professor, but he arrives in Tennessee to discover his mom’s bed and breakfast is struggling and there’s a long list of repairs to be tackled. The last thing he needs is a gorgeous, determined photographer searching for a ring he doesn’t have since the airline lost his luggage somewhere on his route from Nebraska.

With the ring nowhere to be found, all McKenna can do is wait and use the time to build her portfolio and plan her next career move. But she also can’t help getting swept up in Nate’s bed and breakfast renovations and in planning a community concert with the townsfolk. As both await news of Nate’s suitcase, it begins to seem their serendipitous meeting, and the proposal gone wrong, could actually be everything going right . . . and that this may be their chance at a love neither could have pictured.

A clean, witty rom com with a forced proximity trope and a reluctant allies love story

The Author

Becca Kinzer lives with her husband and two kids in Springfield, Illinois where she works as a critical care nurse. When she’s not busy taking care of sick patients or using up all the storage on her phone with more pictures of her dog, she enjoys making up lighthearted stories with serious laughs. She is the author of multiple titles including Dear Henry, Love Edith, which won the 2024 Carol Award for debut novel, and Love in Tandem.

Book Review

If you want to know the perfect way to start a romcom, simply read the first chapter of this book. Seriously. Right from the very first sentences, I was absolutely hooked and knew I was in for quite the entertaining tale... and boy, was I correct! This was a story that had me laughing right from the start and didn't let up to the end. Who knew that planning a perfect proposal could go so horribly wrong? And yet, everything that could go wrong... absolutely did bringing this delightful romance I couldn't help but love! McKenna and Nate's story was packed full of unexpected adventure, quirky side characters, laugh out loud moments and of course, a sweet romance in the midst of it all. If you love Christian romance and stories that will bring all the smiles, this is one you won't want to miss! 

Not What We Pictured is a Christian romance with kisses only and no language. 


You can purchase your copy here: https://amzn.to/46aF6pF