[Review] Head Over Heels - Serena Bell

Summary: Chase: Take it from me, never hire your best friend to be your live-in nanny. Because it’s a lot easier to be friends with a woman who isn’t prancing around your house in yoga pants. As a newly full-time dad, I needed help fast. I knew she was good with kids. And I thought things between us were strictly platonic. Now, with Olivia Stratten crashing in my guest room and steaming up the bathroom with the scent of her shampoo, it’s getting harder and harder—no pun intended—to remember all the reasons we’re supposed to be incompatible.

Liv: When Chase Crayton asked me to watch his five-year-old daughter until he could find someone full-time, I was afraid we’d drive each other nuts. But with Chase’s job on the line, I couldn’t say no. What I didn’t anticipate was how combustible our chemistry would be in close quarters. Neither of us did. After all, we first met on a blind date, and by the end of it, we were laughing about how terrible we’d be as a couple. In the two years since, nothing ever happened between us, not even a kiss—not until last night. . . . (Pub Date: Jun 5, 2018)

This is the book for those looking for a heartwarming but fun romance.

Chase now has to take care of his young daughter after her mother passed away. He finally has the chance of being present in little Katie’s life but he also needs someone he can trust as a nanny. That’s when he thinks of his best friend, who is in the middle of changing jobs, Liv. Liv is moving to another state, but she still has some time in town to fill in until Chase finds a definite nanny. But his house gradually becomes the home she never thought she’d have.

This was the basic but healthy romance, so of course the highlights were the scenes Liv is with Katie. What I also loved was how far the main characters’ analyses went. I was positively surprised, considering the story was, as I mentioned, pretty much the basic. But by the end I feel as if I got intimate with the main characters’ psyche.

This was a quick and nice read. There were some sex scenes, which I’m not fond of reading so I can’t analyze them. Still, the story was very light. Not on the creative side, plot-wise, but you can see the author didn’t want to make more of the same.


Honest review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.

Rating: 3 out of 5.