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The Love Lottery: A Honeybrook Romance
In the small town of Honeybrook, love isn't left to chance—it’s left to the lottery.
Zayna has zero interest in signing up for the Love Lottery. She likes her peace, her routines, and her drama-free, man-free life. But her best friend isn’t trying to hear that. Next thing she knows, Zayna's in the running to get matched up with some random dude for seven dates. Seven. Dates.
Evan Blanchard, Honeybrook’s handsome new dentist, also wasn’t checking for love. He moved here to escape city stress and a messy breakup—not to get thrown into a small-town matchmaking spectacle. But when a pushy patient and a sneaky QR code get involved, suddenly, he’s got a ticket in the game.
When Zayna and Evan get paired, things get... interesting. She’s skeptical. He’s intrigued. And Honeybrook’s nosy matchmakers won’t let them breathe. Between tandem bikes, town scavenger hunts, and undeniable chemistry, they just might find themselves catching feelings when they least expect it.
The Love Lottery is a warm, funny, and swoon-worthy romance about taking chances, getting out of your own way, and realizing love doesn’t always play by your rules.
Zayna has zero interest in signing up for the Love Lottery. She likes her peace, her routines, and her drama-free, man-free life. But her best friend isn’t trying to hear that. Next thing she knows, Zayna's in the running to get matched up with some random dude for seven dates. Seven. Dates.
Evan Blanchard, Honeybrook’s handsome new dentist, also wasn’t checking for love. He moved here to escape city stress and a messy breakup—not to get thrown into a small-town matchmaking spectacle. But when a pushy patient and a sneaky QR code get involved, suddenly, he’s got a ticket in the game.
When Zayna and Evan get paired, things get... interesting. She’s skeptical. He’s intrigued. And Honeybrook’s nosy matchmakers won’t let them breathe. Between tandem bikes, town scavenger hunts, and undeniable chemistry, they just might find themselves catching feelings when they least expect it.
The Love Lottery is a warm, funny, and swoon-worthy romance about taking chances, getting out of your own way, and realizing love doesn’t always play by your rules.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 5, 2025
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September 20, 2025
I really enjoyed this small time romance. Would you do something like this? Enter a town tradition of being matched with someone and you go on 7 dates. They are already preplanned and prepaid you just choose your adventure for the day. It was instant connections but super cute.
March 9, 2025
Light fluffy rom-com with no drama
Trope: Small town romance, strangers to lovers , he falls first and hard
General thoughts: Swoon worthy love story ,the drama felt like an over reaction. A general good time
Book overview: Zayna is an introverted virtual assistant, who has been single for the last two years. She gets forced to enter this year's love lottery, a traditional at honey brooks, the small town she resides in.
Evan is the new dentist in town, who gets told to sign up to love lottery to get to know the town and meet new people.
When Evan and Zyna get paired they are asked to go on 7 dates over two weeks.
Will they be compatible and become the latest couple in town or will they go their separate ways due to lack of chemistry?
Read this swoon-worthy story to find out
Trope: Small town romance, strangers to lovers , he falls first and hard
General thoughts: Swoon worthy love story ,the drama felt like an over reaction. A general good time
Book overview: Zayna is an introverted virtual assistant, who has been single for the last two years. She gets forced to enter this year's love lottery, a traditional at honey brooks, the small town she resides in.
Evan is the new dentist in town, who gets told to sign up to love lottery to get to know the town and meet new people.
When Evan and Zyna get paired they are asked to go on 7 dates over two weeks.
Will they be compatible and become the latest couple in town or will they go their separate ways due to lack of chemistry?
Read this swoon-worthy story to find out
September 8, 2025
This book was cute, and I really enjoyed the whole concept of the love lottery. I did find it a little odd how pressed Miss. Coral was about having Evan sign up. Though it felt like she’d known him forever, in reality he’d only been in town for three weeks and she’d only known him as her dentist during that time. The timing of how people interacted with each other felt a bit off to me.
That said, there were a lot of things I really liked while reading. I appreciated that the author shined a light on chronic allergic reactions and what it’s like to live with a chronic condition. Allergies often get overlooked, but for some people they can truly change your entire lifestyle from day to day.
One of my favorite moments was the game night scene. It was so cute, I actually put the book down and went to play board games with my husband after reading it lol! While I thought the FMC came off a little cringe at times, overall, I really enjoyed the concept and the heart behind the story.
That said, there were a lot of things I really liked while reading. I appreciated that the author shined a light on chronic allergic reactions and what it’s like to live with a chronic condition. Allergies often get overlooked, but for some people they can truly change your entire lifestyle from day to day.
One of my favorite moments was the game night scene. It was so cute, I actually put the book down and went to play board games with my husband after reading it lol! While I thought the FMC came off a little cringe at times, overall, I really enjoyed the concept and the heart behind the story.
October 14, 2025
I don’t do a lot of cute romances anymore so let me start off with that. I didn’t love this… the FMC worked my nerves and I found myself rooting against her cause she had an issue with everything. I thought that the big issues or conflict of the plot was very forced and didn’t make sense to me.
March 23, 2025
3.25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ .25 stars!!
February 22, 2025
The Love Lottery is about two people scorned from past relationships who are forced into a small town couple matching lottery. Will Evan and Zayna find that their attraction to each other is more than just skin deep?
For me, this book screamed hallmark movie from page one. The small town shops, community, traditions and vibes bring so much more to the story. Honeybrook is a town I would love to live in. A former resident who recently returned, Zayna is not looking for a new relationship drama of any kind. Even if the new dentist in town is super attractive.
A messy break-up brought Evan to Honeybrook and he's still adjusting to the small town life and all its quirks. A relationship could not be farther from his mind, but a lovely woman in a local cafe catches his eye and he rethinks that theory. Neither of them would anticipate fate, aka Miss Carol, stepping in to give them a hand in Honeybrook's Love Lottery event.
The plot of the story is straightforward but the charm of Zayna and Evan getting to know each other will captivate readers. Evan and Zayna have a lot in common in terms of personality and the easiness of their interactions made this a really cozy read for me. There's some drama that happens in this book but thankfully it's not caused by our MCs. The romance has a slow build up but the payoff is intense.
Romance readers will love this book. It has characters who communicate, there's flirting, there's genuine building of an emotional connection and feelings and nearly every person in their orbit wants to see them together. And Evan is a MMC for the charts.
For me, this book screamed hallmark movie from page one. The small town shops, community, traditions and vibes bring so much more to the story. Honeybrook is a town I would love to live in. A former resident who recently returned, Zayna is not looking for a new relationship drama of any kind. Even if the new dentist in town is super attractive.
A messy break-up brought Evan to Honeybrook and he's still adjusting to the small town life and all its quirks. A relationship could not be farther from his mind, but a lovely woman in a local cafe catches his eye and he rethinks that theory. Neither of them would anticipate fate, aka Miss Carol, stepping in to give them a hand in Honeybrook's Love Lottery event.
The plot of the story is straightforward but the charm of Zayna and Evan getting to know each other will captivate readers. Evan and Zayna have a lot in common in terms of personality and the easiness of their interactions made this a really cozy read for me. There's some drama that happens in this book but thankfully it's not caused by our MCs. The romance has a slow build up but the payoff is intense.
Romance readers will love this book. It has characters who communicate, there's flirting, there's genuine building of an emotional connection and feelings and nearly every person in their orbit wants to see them together. And Evan is a MMC for the charts.
September 22, 2025
Cheesy
If you like cheesy Hallmark movies then you'll enjoy this small-town novel about two people who are thrust into an annual matchmaking event.
The main characters were cheesy, especially the MMC, and I think a lot of that had to do with how he was written. The FMC was damn near insufferable with all of the over-thinking she did with every little thing. The townspeople were even weirder, and it fed into the stereotype of what some people would imagine small-town America to be. That's not a good thing.
It was cute for what it was, but without any drama it started to get a little boring. I pushed through it and skipped whatever chapter it was that was a full sex scene. The main characters weren't sexy enough to me to have a full sex chapter.
2.5 Stars
If you like cheesy Hallmark movies then you'll enjoy this small-town novel about two people who are thrust into an annual matchmaking event.
The main characters were cheesy, especially the MMC, and I think a lot of that had to do with how he was written. The FMC was damn near insufferable with all of the over-thinking she did with every little thing. The townspeople were even weirder, and it fed into the stereotype of what some people would imagine small-town America to be. That's not a good thing.
It was cute for what it was, but without any drama it started to get a little boring. I pushed through it and skipped whatever chapter it was that was a full sex scene. The main characters weren't sexy enough to me to have a full sex chapter.
2.5 Stars
March 14, 2025
The Love Lottery
This was such a cute and sweet small town romance. I liked the concept of the love lottery and even that Zayna and Evan weren’t completely sold on the idea of finding a mate through it, but signed up at the urging of friends. Their love story wasn’t without its ups and downs because Zayna was a bit skittish about relationships in general and sometimes got into her own head too much instead of just living in the moment, but Evan showed her he was all in and that she could trust him and be safe with him and got her to let her walls down.
If you love a small town romance that is so sweet but with a bit of spice, this one is an enjoyable read.
This was such a cute and sweet small town romance. I liked the concept of the love lottery and even that Zayna and Evan weren’t completely sold on the idea of finding a mate through it, but signed up at the urging of friends. Their love story wasn’t without its ups and downs because Zayna was a bit skittish about relationships in general and sometimes got into her own head too much instead of just living in the moment, but Evan showed her he was all in and that she could trust him and be safe with him and got her to let her walls down.
If you love a small town romance that is so sweet but with a bit of spice, this one is an enjoyable read.
July 9, 2025
A romance jackpot
If you’re looking for a good matchmaking story with a little heat then this read will keep you entertained.
Both recovering from past heartbreaks, Evan & Zayna are forced to participate in the small town matchmaking contest. Legend has it that many of the town’s residents met their significant others by participating in the Love Lottery.
Zayna, a local who recently moved back to her hometown Honeybrook is skeptical about the town’s tradition. Evan, the new dentist in town has nothing to lose so he joins the contest.
A cute fun read about two people taking a gamble at dating again.
If you’re looking for a good matchmaking story with a little heat then this read will keep you entertained.
Both recovering from past heartbreaks, Evan & Zayna are forced to participate in the small town matchmaking contest. Legend has it that many of the town’s residents met their significant others by participating in the Love Lottery.
Zayna, a local who recently moved back to her hometown Honeybrook is skeptical about the town’s tradition. Evan, the new dentist in town has nothing to lose so he joins the contest.
A cute fun read about two people taking a gamble at dating again.
July 30, 2025
I really enjoyed the story, but there were several mistakes. Zayna was repeatedly called the wrong name. For two pages, the author confused her with the dog's name. Another time, a completely different name showed up when talking about Zayna. It started with an N, but I can't remember it right now. Also, sentences were repeated multiple times. Lastly, why the heck was the other dentist (the one from the city...who liked him) introduced? We never heard her name again. I wish I could give this higher than a 3, because the storyline was good, but those mistakes took me out of the story completely each time.
November 24, 2025
This was such a cute Lifetime Movie type of Novella! A small town has a longstanding matchmaking tradition that brings hometown girl Zayna and the towns new dentist, Evan, together. Both are coming off breakups but Zayna is far more guarded than Evan. They only have 7 dates in the lottery to see if they can become something more and the whole town is rooting for them. The way Evan handled Zayna’s allergic reaction was swoon worthy. And Zayna gave him the same in return when he got injured at the dog park. I love them together!
March 27, 2025
Solid 3.5… I know she was tryna protect her heart but Miss Zayna was pissing me off in the beginning. And oh my goodness this need to be re-edited, i ain’t never been so mad at the errors in a book lol. I loved the small town feel and how they came together and i was giggling and kickin my feet some of the time. Dr. Cutie showed out but i didn’t get why ole girl (the dentist he had the awkward date with) was brought up if she wasn’t goin bring just a smidget of drama to the event.
April 13, 2025
Waste
So I’ve read a few books from this author that were 4 and 5 star reads. I have no clue what this was. It was missing so much life in this story.. there was no real plot and I just couldn’t continue to the end past about 65% I’m really upset that I continued up until then because it was a literal drag.. the FMC annoyed me and the MMC was a awesome.. this book had so much potential but was too flat and going nowhere
So I’ve read a few books from this author that were 4 and 5 star reads. I have no clue what this was. It was missing so much life in this story.. there was no real plot and I just couldn’t continue to the end past about 65% I’m really upset that I continued up until then because it was a literal drag.. the FMC annoyed me and the MMC was a awesome.. this book had so much potential but was too flat and going nowhere
May 8, 2025
Love it
Dr. Evan and Zayna are the perfect match for one another. This book was amazing to read i love Mrs Carol nosy bossy self real bad because she kept it real and knew what she was doing. I’m glad Zayna past with guys did not make her heart stop being open to love. Having a friend like Charmaine who checks you when you’re hard on yourself is necessary. Here are your flowers Nina because this book was amazing for start to finish.
Dr. Evan and Zayna are the perfect match for one another. This book was amazing to read i love Mrs Carol nosy bossy self real bad because she kept it real and knew what she was doing. I’m glad Zayna past with guys did not make her heart stop being open to love. Having a friend like Charmaine who checks you when you’re hard on yourself is necessary. Here are your flowers Nina because this book was amazing for start to finish.
May 25, 2025
A Filler Read
Okay to read if you're between books. It needed more editing. I also didn't understand the introduction of Haven (or whatever the dentist's name was) when we didn't see any conflict with her at the health fair. Same thing with Lisa; there was never a follow up after the dog incident. We never heard from her again. Those missing elements made the book incomplete. It could've used a run in from one of their exes as well.
Okay to read if you're between books. It needed more editing. I also didn't understand the introduction of Haven (or whatever the dentist's name was) when we didn't see any conflict with her at the health fair. Same thing with Lisa; there was never a follow up after the dog incident. We never heard from her again. Those missing elements made the book incomplete. It could've used a run in from one of their exes as well.
April 12, 2025
Enjoyed this
I enjoyed this read. Zayna was a little irksome at first but not in a terrible way...I could actually relate to her on a few levels. And I really liked Evan. Their connection was cute and Honeybrook seemed like a cool small town to live in. There were some editing issues throughout; they weren't egregious; just noticeable.
I enjoyed this read. Zayna was a little irksome at first but not in a terrible way...I could actually relate to her on a few levels. And I really liked Evan. Their connection was cute and Honeybrook seemed like a cool small town to live in. There were some editing issues throughout; they weren't egregious; just noticeable.
July 6, 2025
The OG of match maker’s (decades before the internet, social media, app’s & DMs 🤭), Chuck Woolery (#LOVECONNECTION) would be proud 📺 😍of Zayne & Evan‼️The Love Lottery (A Honeybrook Romance) - Book 1 was a delightfully entertaining rom com with typical reticence about a blind date or worse community match making event 👀😬but no overt ghetto/urban drama👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽…with a HEA in progress😊‼️
March 19, 2025
oh this was such a cute read
I enjoyed this story. It was refreshing and gave you the feels. Dr. Evan was a catch. Very much husband material. Zayna was reserved but it worked out for her. I hope they get married and have kids lol.
I enjoyed this story. It was refreshing and gave you the feels. Dr. Evan was a catch. Very much husband material. Zayna was reserved but it worked out for her. I hope they get married and have kids lol.
March 25, 2025
Love Lottery
A cute short story that really dives into the characters, the community characters and small town charm. Really nice story of two love skeptics finding their way through a different type of love connection.
A cute short story that really dives into the characters, the community characters and small town charm. Really nice story of two love skeptics finding their way through a different type of love connection.
June 29, 2025
Good story
Really enjoyed Evan and Zayna’s story. Neither was looking for love but they found it in the Love Lottery. This story was steamy, funny and romantic. Can’t wait to read who else falls in love in Honeybrook through the Love Lottery.
Really enjoyed Evan and Zayna’s story. Neither was looking for love but they found it in the Love Lottery. This story was steamy, funny and romantic. Can’t wait to read who else falls in love in Honeybrook through the Love Lottery.
March 9, 2025
Whew!!! This story was everything!
This was just a sweet story. Sometimes you got to take a chance and it really panned out for Evan and Zayna
This was just a sweet story. Sometimes you got to take a chance and it really panned out for Evan and Zayna
March 9, 2025
Small town romance
The perfect no drama
, small town romance from start to finish. A beautiful love story with the vibes of Gilmore Girls
The perfect no drama
, small town romance from start to finish. A beautiful love story with the vibes of Gilmore Girls
March 31, 2025
Win win
A cute whimsical read. Honeybrook is a small town with some small town traditions. This is my first read by this author.
A cute whimsical read. Honeybrook is a small town with some small town traditions. This is my first read by this author.
May 26, 2025
Cute read
Cute read but too many typos, at one point the names of the dog and female lead got mixed up so I took off a star.
Cute read but too many typos, at one point the names of the dog and female lead got mixed up so I took off a star.
September 12, 2025
sweet, cute,
Very quick and steamy little cutsey book. The love lottery is kinda of a cute idea. It might make you try something out side of your comfort zone.
Very quick and steamy little cutsey book. The love lottery is kinda of a cute idea. It might make you try something out side of your comfort zone.
November 7, 2025
This book has such good bones and had a lot of potential, but I think the execution fell short. The story started off really cute, but began to feel rushed and at times even forced - I honestly had to reread some parts because I thought I had to have missed something (but hadn't). I do wish that it had been flushed out a bit more with possibly an additional editing cycle, as not only did the plot seem untidy at points, but there were some errors that snuck into the released version as well. All in all, I do think this was a cute story and it did have so much potential to be a higher star read.
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