Let's Call a Truce

Author: Amy Buchanan
Title: Let's Call a Truce
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 01/14/2025

Read Dates: 12/03/2024 - 12/05/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Let’s Call a Truce is a single POV enemies-to-lovers office romance. Single mother Juliana returns to the workforce after her husband passes away and almost instantly finds a workplace nemesis in Ben. The two fight for years before they are forced to team up to work together on a project. Forced proximity ignites some of the passion that was behind their fights, but there are complications that prevent them from coming together smoothly!

I really enjoyed this book and wavered on my rating back and forth. I think it’s a solid four star read though, a great story, wonderful found family aspects and excellent side characters. Some of the 3rd act drama that didn’t work for me would probably not be a hang-up for most, and I think it’s well worth the read!

After Juliana Ryan's husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her with two grieving kids and a stunted career from years as a stay-at-home mom, she has no choice but to make it work all on her own. But her confidence crashes around her when she overhears her condescending but infuriatingly attractive new colleague, Ben Thomas, talking about how her kids and inexperience are a liability the company can’t afford. This sets off a feud between the two, as Juliana vows to prove him wrong.

Two years later, their feud rages on, but it may be charged with something they aren't willing to admit. When they are forced onto a career-making project together, Juliana has no choice but to call a truce. As their lives become more intertwined in and out of the office, Juliana finds it hard to ignore Ben’s perpetual smile and charming determination. What started as a truce grows into more, as boardroom-clearing arguments turn to desk-clearing kisses. Could the man she deemed her nemesis understand her life–her stress and responsibilities–better than anyone?

But just when Juliana decides to open her heart again, Ben’s past threatens their newfound bliss, and she has to figure out whether this second chance at love is worth it after all.