In this tender and steamy story we follow Ama Torres, a wedding planner on the rise who has been hired by Hazel Renee, a celebrity makeup influencer to plan her wedding to her girlfriend Jackie. The only hitch is that Ama must work with Elliot Bloom, a hot, broody florist who is a family friend of the couple and also happens to be her ex that she broke up with two years earlier.

This is a lovely second chance romance, told in a dual point of view, alternating between past and present with Elliot’s POV told in the past when they meet until they break up and Ama’s POV in the present, leading up to the big wedding. I was up late into the night reading this wanting to find out what happened!

Ama is twenty six and started her own business after she left her job with the biggest wedding planner in Sacramento. She was excited when Hazel and Jackie approached her to do their wedding after Jackie’s boss recommended her. They want a big creative wedding that will make a splash. The wedding planning part of this book is great fun. I loved reading about the descriptions of the decorations, especially the flowers. When Ama and Elliot work together, their designs are magical, and they create epic décor like a dance floor with flowers and lights. Ama is named after a flower, which is a little mystery in the story so I won’t reveal it, but Elliot hasn’t been able to have them in his shop since they broke up because they remind him of her.

Elliot went to school for architecture but took over the flower shop, Blooms, when his father got sick and passed away. He builds beautiful structures with flowers. He makes special boutonnieres for clients when they come in to meet with him and it’s really sweet when he makes one for Ama using flowers as his love language. He is quiet and has six tattoos of rare flowers that Ama is obsessed with and really wants to see. Things get spicy on the counter of the flower shop with dirt and flowers everywhere and I may never look at bouquets again in the same way! Elliot is protective of Ama and looks out for her and I love that he’s there for her when she needs him. He gets concerned when he sees she is still driving a disaster of a car with a nail in the tire and all of the dashboard lights flashing. He is a man of few words but when he speaks, he gets to the point and people listen and respect him.

Ama loves weddings but is strongly opposed to marriage. Her mother has been married sixteen times! In fact, Ama is one of the biggest commitment-phobes I’ve ever seen. She believes in love and weddings for others, though. When she comes into Elliot’s life, she is a whirlwind of wonderful chaos. and even has a grumpy cat! If I sound like a fan girl, well yes I am! And speaking of fangirls, the author spoke in an interview about how she wrote fanfiction before this and was inspired by Kylo Ren from Star Wars for Elliot.

There are other wonderful characters in the story like Ama’s step brothers and sisters that she hires as assistants, especially Mar, a brilliant and gorgeous photographer and loyal friend.  Ama also loves donuts and brings them to all of her meetings with couples and vendors and thinks the perfect donut can solve most problems. I got hungry reading about them.

As it gets closer to Hazel and Jackie’s big wedding, Hazel tells Ama and Elliot that TLC has approached her about including their wedding on their show, Fabulous Dream Weddings, and the film crew will be there to get video of the wedding which will now be seen by millions of people. While this is a great opportunity for Ama and Elliot to showcase their businesses, it adds extra pressure and some chaos to their final preparations. This is quick paced and not too long and I would have gladly read more.

I’m happy to highly recommend this book to readers who love a steamy romance. This one with a fun wedding planner and grumpy but loveable florist who get a second chance at love is a winner!