Denim & Diamonds

By: Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Teddy Hamilton

From New York Times best-selling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland comes a new standalone romance.

When the board of directors of my company mandated that I go to a wellness facility in small-town Maine to recharge, that shouldn’t have included:

• 1. Using a ladder to sneak out of the bedroom window at night and going to the local bar.
• 2. Getting so drunk that the bar owner brought me upstairs to sleep it off in his bed.
• 3. Waking up staring at the taxidermy moose head on said bar owner’s wall.
• 4. Falling for said bar owner who was the most drop-dead gorgeous man I’ve ever seen.

But Brock Hawkins was so much more than just the hot bar owner. He owned half the town, built log cabins with his bare hands, and was apparently the most eligible man in all of Meadowbrook.

He was also a cinnamon roll despite his seemingly rock-hard exterior.

And the last man I should’ve been falling for—because my time in this small town was limited.

I had to head back to my life in New York City, one that was the complete opposite from the kind Brock lived.

He was denim. I was diamonds.

The problem was, the sexy lumberjack wasn’t the type of man who was easy to walk away from. Hell, I couldn’t even part with his plaid shirt that had become a constant fixture wrapped around my shoulders most days, let alone think about erasing him from my life.

A life with Brock, though, would have to be all or nothing.

Go big or go home.

I just didn’t realize that choosing to go big might also mean getting my heart broken when Brock’s life took a turn neither of us saw coming.

©2025 Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland (P)2025 Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland

So sweet I cried!

I always love their books, and this was no different, I loved that the conflict was mild and resolved so beautifully. I really appreciate that the characters treated each other with love and honesty, even when being honest was painful.

Loved

Story was awesome but the the two narrators made the story come alive I love the banter the love story between the two and a little surprise baby at the end it was just wonderful surprise. Hopefully there are stories for the brothers!!

amazing

This book had more depth than the usual love story. It reminded me of a Susan Wiggs’ books… the older ones. It was fun and flirty like a Sarah Adams book but had depth like Wiggs. It was one of the longer audible books I have used a credit on so I felt like I really got my moneys worth. I feel like I stink at writing reviews but mostly decided to write one for the people who look at the cover of this book and completely misinterpret it. I read a lot of books with covers like this and no judgment, but this book just had so much depth I think it has potential to reach a bigger audience if the cover was more like a Lyla Sage cover. I am only a little bit of a Lyla fan but I know that style of cover reaches a ton of readers because the books with covers like that always have the longest waits at the public library.

❤️❤️❤️😍

Loved this book! Just finished and want to listen to it all over again! The story line was so different, New York designer vs Maine builder baby daddy! The relationship, working through all the genuine hard parts of loving what you do and trying to figure it out! Great job gals! Another hit! ❤️

Perfect narration, fantastic story with the best banter

As usual with these amazing authors, I was pulled into this story from the very start, with the hilarious meet cute and banter between Brock and February. And I continued to love everything about it, they had the best slow burn and natural-feeling relationship development. I laughed out loud more times than I can count, but there was also a lot of depth and complexity to both of them. And I was rooting so hard for these two to make it work. They had an obvious connection and sizzling chemistry that made it impossible to put this book down!

🎧 The audiobook is narrated by two of the best - Teddy Hamilton and Andi Arndt, and I had so much fun listening to them bring these characters to life!

𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 ⇣
•Small town
•Country boy x city girl
•Opposites attract
•Cinnamon roll MMC
•Dual POV
•Spice