I really enjoyed this. It contains a lot of the tropes that I seem to enjoy the most. Ice Queen, fighting the attraction (not quite enemies to lovers), the Ice Queen finding that the biggest thing standing in the way of happiness is herself, a hefty dose of childhood trauma including the death of parents, dementia (a different form of grief and loss), and ASD (I realise that is not a trope).
Now reading that list, you might think it sounds like a bog standard formulaic story – but it most certainly is not. For starters there is chess and hot air balloons. You need to add in a few unexpected additions and twists, humour, clever word play that might start with the title but there will be more, a drop of informal therapy, and a large dollop of Erdell magic and you have a book that will now be added to the paper copies on my sapphic bookcase.
Want to know what the actual story is about now? Well, I suggest you read it. I will say that Elizabeth inherits the resort that Brooke manages. Elizabeth intends to sell up and return home as soon as she can because she grew up in the area and being there is traumatic for her. Needless to say it does not go to plan.