The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

Vanessa has been putting up with Aiden’s grumpy attitude as his personal assistant for two years while she’s been saving enough money to fully focus on her graphic design business. When she tells the Canadian football player that she quits, he doesn’t seem to care. And when she leaves, it is not on good terms - she had overheard his agent Trevor make fun of her behind her back, and Aiden couldn’t be bothered to stand up for her. A month later, Aiden shows up at her doorstep trying to convince her to come back and work for him. And her answer was a clear and resounding NO. But that doesn’t dissuade him, and he keeps showing up every few days with the same request and getting the same answer. Until one day he tells her his work visa is experiencing in a year and he is afraid of being forced to leave the country. When she jokingly tells him to find an American woman to marry, his immediate response is to propose to her. Aiden manages to bribe Vanessa into this fake marriage by promising to pay off her massive student loans, and buying her a house when they have to divorce in five years. Vanessa ends up moving with Aiden and his friend Zac (Hands Down), and they slowly start becoming friends, and eventually fall in love. Reading this book with pink-colored glasses is a lot of fun. If you want to pick things apart, you can find a lot of issues with Vanessa and Aiden’s relationship. But for a fluffy slow-burn romance, it’s as perfect as it gets. I love how Aiden missed her teasing him, and his attempts at teasing her back and joking with her with a straight face were chef’s kiss. I loved the tender moments between them when he twisted his ankle and she brought him his pillow and comforter, or when he helped her through her panic attack in the elevator and during the thunderstorm, or when he showed up in Toronto to keep her company during the book convention, or especially when he showed up at the end of her marathon. I also love Zac!! The reason a reread of this book happened now is because I just finished Hands Down, and it took way too long to realize it was the same Zac from this book. I LOVE his friendship with Vanessa, and how he called her Mrs. Graves. Also, I hated Trevor less knowing that regardless of his attitude, at heart he was a softie with Bianca. Rereading this book after Wait For It made me feel less horrified at Diana’s storyline in this one, knowing that all of the hardship that she goes through in this book and later will lead her to her happily ever after with Dallas.

This book is one one the slowest slow burn I’ve ever read. And I loved it! Those two were so adorable. Such a sweet, fluff and heartwarming story. And you can’t possibly NOT love Aiden and Vanessa. I had so much fun reading about their development! 5

"Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me there." 🏈❤️

Really loved the Book! I loved him and i liked her character. A good slow burn. Really liked it! Going to reread it soon

Erstes Marianna Zapata Buch und sicher nicht mein letztes - ich liebe Slow burn romance .❤️ Ende war dann die. Etwas Hop Hop, daher 4 Sternen

I've found this book incredibly, painfully slow, even for a slow burn and I did not like the end at all - let's just say there was a very odd lack of consent, in my opinion, that was completely overlooked and presented as hot and passionate. That totally spoiled it for me.

4,5⭐️

Puh, an sich echt eine super super süße und schöne Story aber mir wurde das dann nicht genügend aufgelöst und es ging alles dann zu schnell auf einmal (und das bei einem Slowburn) 3,5

It really is a slow build up and the ending was a little rushed for the long build up but at least finally they made it which really? Took ages. But I really liked the book.

This was not From Lukov with love. It was good, but not my favorite. I felt like the writing was a little more repetitive and that got on my nerves from time to time. Couldn't connect to the characters as much and the atmosphere and tension between them wasn't as good as in FLWL. Unfortunately I am going to stop reading the epilogue of her books, they are just too perfect and cheesy for me. I don't care if they are married with 3846237856 kids in a few years, I just want the books to stop in the moment. Other than that, it was good. I enjoyed my time reading it and flew through this massive book.