Uneasy Street: A Sweet "Enemies to Lovers" Romance

By Becky Wade

Christy Award Hall of Fame Author

Once upon a time Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison were close friends and business partners. But when their business relationship imploded, so did the friendship.

Now, four years later, Max is a rich CEO. Sloane's a not-so-rich etiquette expert who returns to Maine to serve as her niece's temporary guardian and help the girl search for her birth father. Sloane and her niece move into a darling garage apartment but Sloane's joy in their accommodations soon turns to horror when she realizes their apartment belongs to Max. Thanks to an unbreakable lease, she's stuck living right next door to him.

Max pulled strings to bring Sloane into his orbit because he needs closure on what went wrong between them. Quickly, though, his scheming comes back to bite him. The world might view him as a cold-hearted rake, but this one woman has dangerous power over his emotions.

They'll have no choice but to confront their history-and the undeniable spark between them-while living side by side on uneasy street.

Discover witty humor, rich emotion, banter, and charm within the pages of this sweet enemies-to-lovers romance

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DQ7D4VW6
• ISBN13: 9798987550571
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Author Becky Wade
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Romantic

Max is officially my favorite! He manipulates circumstances so that he can get his friend Sloane back in his life to have closure on their past. They are both hurting souls, his from being a son of scandal and hers from her traumatic childhood. Along with Sloane's niece Ivy they learn to heal. I love the spark-y moments in the story and Max's ways of getting Sloane to interact with him. This is a story of misunderstandings, forgiveness and healing and Ivy's search for her birth father. A very sweet and inspirational romance.

Redeeming visit to Maine

It's been a little while since I've read a Becky Wade book; she never disappoints. I didn't read the first two books in the series before reading this third and last one. I definitely will be reading the other two books but I didn't feel like I missed out on Sloane and Max's story because I jumped into the series at the last moment. I didn't like Max or Sloane when the story started. It just proves how great a writer Becky Wade is to pull me into the current of the story and have me stay invested when I didn't "feel" the main characters. Their complicated past brought out the worst in both of them at the beginning. Sloane was too stuck in her hurt and too scared to see outside of her narrow vision. Similarly Max was completely self-centered (and knew it), self-serving and generally a jerk. His manipulative tactics were too much at times but as I got to know him, I began to understand and sympathize. Sloane's big heart won me over in the end as well. I really enjoyed the subplots - one of a missing tiara Max is tasked to find and the other of searching for Ivy's biological father. I liked Ivy's third person voice in the story; it added another dimension to her subplot. I was surprised to see Fiona's story woven into the plot but it was nice to see her growth throughout this story (I'm assuming she has a voice in the other books as well since she's Jeremiah and Jude's mother). The gorgeous state of Maine was a fantastic backdrop for the story that spans summer through winter and the faith thread with emphasis on forgiveness and grace was a nice touch. I received a complimentary copy courtesy of the publisher through NetGalley and was under no obligation to post a positive comment. All opinions are my own.