Engaged, Apparently
Amy Andrews
Reviewed by Helen
Another brilliant story from one of my favourite authors, this one is set in a small country town in Victoria and is sure to leave any reader smiling, I laughed, I cried and I loved it.
When Sweeney Bailey and Fin Murphy arrive back in the small town of Ballyshannon as a surprise to celebrate their mother’s sixtieth birthday they did not realise that they would be engaged, their mothers Ronnie and Connie are the best of friends and after hearing about everyone else’s children getting married and giving them grandchildren they apparently broke a secret that their children had become engaged not realising that said children were just about to enter the pub doors to surprise them.
Finn and Sweeney are not happy there is no way they are going to play along with this they have been the best of friends since they were babies and there has never been anything more in their relationship they haven’t even caught up for a few years with Fin living in Dublin since his father’s death and Sweeney traveling the world with her photography and having a home base in New York, but they love their mothers dearly and in the end decide on a fake engagement till they both leave, Sweeney in a week Fin in four weeks.
But their engagement goes viral in the small town and soon Feeny as they are known are the hot topic in town and on the family social media account and soon it is not just the town but worldwide when Fin takes on coaching the young kids in the Gaelic Football team and Sweeney takes on the position of photographer a couple of kisses start both of them thinking, then off to the Gold Coast with the team and things really heat up in a way that shocks them both, do they want to change their best friend feelings and make it more?
This story is absolutely wonderful not only is it an awesome romance it is about grief and life in small towns but takes is Auslan, Australian sign language. This one is filled with fabulous characters I loved Fin and Sweeney so much it is filled with emotions and it is very moving as we see Fin and Sweeney realise where their hearts belong. I highly recommend this one to any lover of a good RomCom it was hard to put down, Thank you Amy Andrews for another awesome story, I loved it.
My thanks to Netgalley and HQ Fiction for my digital copy to read and review
When Sweeney Bailey and Fin Murphy arrive back in the small town of Ballyshannon as a surprise to celebrate their mother’s sixtieth birthday they did not realise that they would be engaged, their mothers Ronnie and Connie are the best of friends and after hearing about everyone else’s children getting married and giving them grandchildren they apparently broke a secret that their children had become engaged not realising that said children were just about to enter the pub doors to surprise them.
Finn and Sweeney are not happy there is no way they are going to play along with this they have been the best of friends since they were babies and there has never been anything more in their relationship they haven’t even caught up for a few years with Fin living in Dublin since his father’s death and Sweeney traveling the world with her photography and having a home base in New York, but they love their mothers dearly and in the end decide on a fake engagement till they both leave, Sweeney in a week Fin in four weeks.
But their engagement goes viral in the small town and soon Feeny as they are known are the hot topic in town and on the family social media account and soon it is not just the town but worldwide when Fin takes on coaching the young kids in the Gaelic Football team and Sweeney takes on the position of photographer a couple of kisses start both of them thinking, then off to the Gold Coast with the team and things really heat up in a way that shocks them both, do they want to change their best friend feelings and make it more?
This story is absolutely wonderful not only is it an awesome romance it is about grief and life in small towns but takes is Auslan, Australian sign language. This one is filled with fabulous characters I loved Fin and Sweeney so much it is filled with emotions and it is very moving as we see Fin and Sweeney realise where their hearts belong. I highly recommend this one to any lover of a good RomCom it was hard to put down, Thank you Amy Andrews for another awesome story, I loved it.
My thanks to Netgalley and HQ Fiction for my digital copy to read and review
5 stars
January 28, 2026 by HQ Fiction
