Five Stars, Terrible Judgment

Five stars for the guesthouse. Four stars for the kiss. Absolutely terrible judgment about falling for the owner.

Wilhelmina “Will” Jones has built her career on honest reviews, careful observations, and impeccable professional standards. When she spends a night at Riverbend Guesthouse in charming Cromwell’s Crossing, Connecticut, she’s delighted to discover a business that genuinely deserves her highest rating.

Five stars. No complaints. Review published.

Then she meets Devyn Matthews.

Blonde, charming, and entirely too good at kissing, Devyn is exactly the kind of woman who makes Will forget her carefully organized plans. Their chemistry is immediate, their banter effortless, and their first kiss earns a teasing four-star rating.

Limited sample size, naturally.

There’s just one complication.

Devyn owns Riverbend Guesthouse.

Fortunately, Will’s glowing review was published before they ever met. No ethical lines were crossed, and neither woman sees a reason to walk away from something wonderful.

But when their relationship becomes public, a skeptical reader questions whether Will’s professional judgment has been compromised.

Now Will must defend her integrity without sacrificing the woman she’s falling in love with, while Devyn discovers that supporting someone sometimes means trusting them to handle their own battles.

Because love doesn’t always follow the rules.

And sometimes the best decisions are the ones nobody saw coming.

Five Stars, Terrible Judgment is a witty, heartwarming F/F contemporary romantic comedy featuring opposites attract, small-town charm, an irresistible guesthouse owner, a meticulous professional reviewer, and two women discovering that love might be the one thing worth abandoning the checklist for.

Book Five in the Women, Wine & Wrong Turns series. Each book features a different couple and a complete happily-ever-after.