Wanderlust is a wonderful novella about friends reconnecting and how their love has transcended time. Ruby and Ford studied together at university, they were best friends and did everything together. On their last day as students, they share a scorching kiss, a kiss that touched their souls, a kiss that held the promise of so much more. Their paths, however took different turns and while Ruby stayed in England to take care of her younger sister, Ford went and traveled the world, promising to keep in touch but that promise went unfulfilled.

We find Ruby, 8 years later, preparing to host their friends wedding. Ford has declined to attend but in a last minute decision, he turns up on Ruby's doorstep and all the memories of that kiss return.

Their attraction to each other is still very much alive and while Ruby is convinced Ford is only here for the wedding, and will soon go back to his life, she cannot fight what her heart is telling her. Ford is just as rocked by his feelings for Ruby as she is and they both stop fighting the attraction and reignite the passion from that first kiss. Will it be fling or something more?

I really enjoyed this novella and was a lovely quick read filled with romance and steamy lust. Throw in a snowstorm and some creative wedding planning and it is the perfect holiday read.

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Synopsis:

Ruby has been in love with Ford since their university days, but she hasn't seen her former best friend in years--not since the one unforgettable kiss they shared right before he went off globe-trotting and she stayed behind. When he returns to town unexpectedly for their friends' New Year's Eve wedding, the sparks between them ignite, but can her wanderer ever settle down?

Ford has never forgotten Ruby, or the kiss that changed everything between them, despite the many women he has tried to erase her with. His return to England for the wedding means a second chance with Ruby--but will one passion-filled evening with her be enough, or has he finally found his home?


Ruby and Ford were the closets friends at the Uni. When their school year concludes, Ford asked Ruby to travel with him. Ruby has obligations and tells Ford she can�Ûªt. Ford placed his heart on the line when he asked her and with her decline he is hurt. Since, he believed, this would be their last time together he must have one kiss from her.
That kiss changed everything.

Several years have passed and Ruby is managing a hotel and assisting with the planning of her best friends wedding. During the preparations for the wedding, Ruby discovers that her sexy, globetrotting, college friend, will be at attendance to the New Year‰Ûªs Eve wedding.

This makes Ruby uncomfortable and nervous about their impending meet.

Ford is eager to see old friends and Ruby. He has wondered about her for sometime.

In the story it talks about how Ruby has slightly ‰ÛÏLOL‰Û cyber-stalked Ford, with his permission (social media). This was her way of being connected with him.

Ford has thought about Ruby, but has tried to erase her memory with many women during his travels.

The meet-cute for them is wonderful. The story is cute and short.

From the begin of the story I wanted these two distant characters to come together as one. I wanted the HEA. The way Kitty wrote this, you feel complete by the story and it‰Ûªs ending.

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