Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake (24 in 2024 #2)

Author: Mazey Eddings
Title: Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 09/06/2022

Read Dates: 01/11/2024- 01/14/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a dual-POV romance about Lizzie, a baker with uncontrolled ADHD, and Rake, an Australian marketing team member who meets her during a work trip to the U.S. When a two-night stand leads to a bun in the oven, the two relationship-adverse individuals decide that they can absolutely manage a completely platonic roommates plan.

I know that not every book will be perfect but apparently, 2024 didn’t get the memo. I really LOVED this book, and I’m not even a fan of the accidental pregnancy trope! That somehow just didn’t matter. I felt very seen when Lizzie described her ADHD to Rake, and I adored watching the two of them fall hopelessly in love without realizing it.

Lizzie has made endless mistakes. Kitchen fires, pyramid schemes, bangs (of the hair and human variety), you name it, she’s done it… and made a mess of it too. One mistake she’s never made is letting anyone get closer to her than a single hook-up. But after losing yet another bakery job due to her uncontrolled ADHD, she breaks her cardinal rule and has a two-night-stand that changes everything.

Once burned, twice shy, Rake has given up on relationships. And feelings. And any form of intimacy for that matter. Yet something about charming, chaotic Lizzie has him lowering his guard. For two nights, that is. Then it’s back home to Australia and far away from the pesky feelings Lizzie pulls from him. But when Lizzie tells him she’s got an unexpected bun in the oven, he’ll do whatever it takes to be a part of his child’s life… except be emotionally vulnerable, obviously. He’s never going to make that mistake again.

Through a series of mishaps, totally “platonic” single bed sharing, and an underground erotic baking scheme, Lizzie and Rake learn that even the biggest mistakes can have the most beautiful consequences.