Get Lost with You: A Novel (Rock Bottom Love Book 2)
Sophie Sullivan
A second chance at love, small-town romance that’s all sweet with just a hint of heat from the “queen of sweet romance” (Falon Ballard) Sophie Sullivan. Jillian Keller took the long route to her best life, but is now happily settled in her hometown of Smile, raising her little girl alone while helping her brother run Get Lost Lodge. A lover of structure and routine, she doesn’t need anything, or anyone, disrupting her carefully curated life. After chasing and achieving his culinary dreams, Levi Bright realizes he’s still missing something. Something he can’t find in a big city. Returning home to Smile, he intends to build a different future for himself that includes mending fences with his dad, reconnecting with friends, and creating elevated comfort food for a town he loves. When Levi and Jilly run into each other one day in Smile, once requited feelings that never had a chance to bloom as teens flare between them immediately. Jaded from her past, Jilly is cautious and convinced that she can handle being just friends, as the two have to work closely together to prepare for Get Lost’s official summer opening, spending time together, camping, laughing, kayaking, and reminiscing. But when her brother hires sweet, funny, ridiculously hot Levi as the new chef at the lodge, and she and Ollie are getting more attached, things are moving more quickly than she anticipated--and Jilly has been hurt before. If she wants to be head over heels in love, she'll have to learn that the past doesn’t always repeat itself. Sometimes, it just leads you where you’re meant to be.
Publication Year: 2025
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I found this book to be much more engaging than the first book in the series. It has good pacing along with the wonderful characters I remember from that first story.
Levi and Jilly are great together, which is obvious from the start. Levi is very aware that Jillian is a mom and that her kid comes first. Jill is afraid of being let down by love again, but cannot resist the pull between them. While these two are trying to figure out being together, Levi is also trying to mend fences with his dad and figure out what he wants to do now that he’s back to stay in his hometown.
I wasn’t crazy about the way Jill stuck her head in the sand about a certain issue, knowing it would end up being the catalyst for something big happening. Yet the issues that came up helped Levi to better understand Jill’s insecurities and it helped Jill to see she didn’t have to always do everything on her own.
While I missed seeing the quirky guests at the Get Lost Lodge, this story taking place in the off-season, I still loved all the people in town.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely.**
0Solid Small Town Romance With A Touch Of Spice. For those looking for Carolina Reaper level spice... this ain't that. Yet it also isn't a warm glass of milk. I'd say it hits around a habanero or so - spicy enough to zing the taste buds a bit, but also mild enough to excite those who generally prefer a warm glass of milk without giving them "the vapors". ;)
On the actual romance side, well, there's as much family drama going on here as romance, so your mileage will absolutely vary on that side. There's a lot of drama to work through, though both halves of our couple wanted each other all those years ago... and that never really went away, despite our female lead marrying and having a kid with another dude in the meantime (one source of so much family drama).
Fans of small town insta love/ second chance Hallmarkie type romances will generally enjoy this one. Those looking for more spice or more glitz or more glamour or more action or some such... likely not as much.
Overall I thought this worked quite well for what it is, and I was quite happy with it as such.
Very much recommended.
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