Get ready for fun and laughs. Next in Line had me laughing from the beginning to the end. It brought back a lot of fond memories from when I was little and would go fishing with my dad and we would go to the bait store for minnows. Never been ice fishing but fishing is fishing, right?

Maggie, having been dumped by her college boyfriend, Sterling, on Christmas morning decides to road trip it to Boulder to see her brother. Sterling called her basic and said he needed someone more adventurous. Along the way she spots a sign for a BnB and stops. While there she hears about Marv and his history of ice fishing. While at Marv’s Bait and Tackle, she runs into some trouble and Sam comes to her rescue. Finding out that this is her first time and the fact she is not prepared for the cold, he offers to take her. After taking her shopping for the correct supplies and clothing for ice fishing, cause let’s face it leggings are a no go. They ride out to the lake and get all set up. In their little fishing hut sparks fly-with or without their heater.  

On her last morning at the BnB, she meets a group of guys from a magazine who are there to do a story on climbing an ice silo. Ezekiel tells her anyone can do it and that she should go with them. Feeling like a pro after only ice fishing one time, she attempts to go by herself and luckily for her, Sam shows up and takes her. While fishing Maggie tells Sam of her plans to climb the ice silo and he blackmailed her into letting him go with her. When they show up Ezekiel’s ego is hurt that she came with someone and challenges Sam to a climb, that the first one to the top gets to belay Maggie. Come to find out, there is a tradition that if they let them film it live on their social media page, the winner gets a free weekend stay at their ski chalet.

During their weekend getaway, they discover that Maggie is a horrible skier but she never gives up. While there, Sam and Maggie have ice ball fights, naked hot tub time and glorious time in the hot springs.

All during her adventures, she is taking pictures to send to Sterling to prove she is not basic in hopes to win him back. Her pictures end up doing the job she set out for, but somewhere along the way she discovered she didn’t want them to work. Sterling shows up ready to take her back, but Sam gets him to confess he’s not adventurous and was wrong in telling Maggie she was not.

I had so many laugh out loud moments reading this and I forgot how much I like Miles and Kate from Wait with Me. Adding Kate, a romance writer to the mix and well what can I say but you must read.

18+ Romantic Comedy, Publication: November 27, 2018, 246 pages