Uneasy Street + Giveaway


Once upon a time Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison were close friends and business partners. But when their business relationship imploded, so did the friendship.

Now, four years later, Max is a rich CEO. Sloane’s a not-so-rich etiquette expert who returns to Maine to serve as her niece’s temporary guardian and help the girl search for her birth father. Sloane and her niece move into a darling garage apartment but Sloane’s joy in their accommodations soon turns to horror when she realizes their apartment belongs to Max. Thanks to an unbreakable lease, she’s stuck living right next door to him.

Max pulled strings to bring Sloane into his orbit because he needs closure on what went wrong between them. Quickly, though, his scheming comes back to bite him. The world might view him as a cold-hearted rake, but this one woman has dangerous power over his emotions.

They’ll have no choice but to confront their history—and the undeniable spark between them—while living side by side on uneasy street.

Discover witty humor, rich emotion, banter, and charm within the pages of this sweet enemies-to-lovers romance! 

My Review:

Becky Wade’s books are always a treat and this last book in her ‘Sons of Scandal’ series is exceptional. A lovely mix of angst and humour with a gentle, but oh so profound, faith thread woven throughout.

While ‘Uneasy Street’ could work well as a standalone, I think reading the books in order will enrich your enjoyment so much more. This crazy, complicated family, the brothers and their personal love stories, all build to this grande finale featuring outcast Max.

Excuse me while I swoon, but Max is so…Max! Infuriating at times, yes, but, oh my, once he makes his mind up about Sloane…well, it’s all toe-curls and smelling salts. But oh what a journey! Wade kept me on tenterhooks right to the end with this unique friends to enemies to wary friends to more trope.

Sloane is such an interesting mix of fiery spunkiness and controlled etiquette expert. Love her profession! The way she leans into the structure in the rules of conduct like they are a security blanket. It’s funny and sad all wrapped up together. And makes a great contrast to Max’s laid back, easy going manner.

And, oh my, the banter between these two! Max knows just how to goad Sloane and no matter how outrageous he was, I couldn’t stop falling for him. I was definitely Team Max from the start, impatiently waiting for Sloane to catch up. So. Much. Fun.

And if all that romantical deliciousness wasn’t enough, the author also gives us two family mysteries to sort out and Max is in the middle of both of them. ‘Uneasy Street’ is the kind of emotionally compelling story you don’t want to come to an end. I could have done with a dozen more epilogues but even then, I’d be left wanting more.

I listened to the audio book and thrilled over the dual narration provided by Reba Buhr and Ryan Hudson. Brilliant performances that captured the essence of these beloved characters making this an emotionally satisfying listening experience. The combination of storytelling and acting talent ensures that ‘Uneasy Street’ will end up on my re-listen play list.

My thanks to the author and Net Galley for providing me with an audio edition of this book.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for a print or ebook copy. Winner’s choice.

US – available in print or ebook — winner’s choice

Canada – available in print or ebook or audible (if available) — winner’s choice

International – ebook copy if you have a US Kindle account.

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Uneasy Street, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it’s easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday February 8 2025

48 thoughts on “Uneasy Street + Giveaway”

  2. I’m a Becky Wade newsletter subscriber and today’s e-mail gave us access to the first two chapters. You better believe I’ll be reading this! I’m hooked and so glad I’m a subscriber.

    perrianne (DOT) askew (AT) me (DOT) com

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  6. Yes, yes, yes! As I said in my review the epilogue needs an epilogue! 🙂 I’m hoping if Becky gets enough feedback, she’ll give us one. As I was thinking about Becky’s story long after my review, I kept wondering if she actually knew all those etiquette rules or if she had to research them? Inquiring minds want to know!

    And another thing I kept pondering, just think of all the damage that could have been avoided to these three “sons of scandal” had their father Felix been a better man, a Godly man. But of course, we wouldn’t have these great stories to read either…

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    1. Ha — I wondered the same things about the etiquette rules! This should really be a job our society these days needs a bit more civility and manners! And if Felix had been a Godly man we wouldn’t have Max! But very true to life when it comes to his story and how it fits in with his sons’ stories. And yay — an epilogue-ish novella would be just the thing. At Christmas time. A few years in the future. Happy sigh.

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      1. So true about not having Max, and technically we wouldn’t have Jeremiah or Jude either if he had not cheated on his first wife.

        This type of thing does happen in real life, I know it from a close relative who had an affair and fathered a child. Years and years later the child now a woman contacted him, but he never acknowledged she was his. Then said child contacted the wife and he was very angry about it. The wife told the husband about the call and to fix this himself, because she never wanted her own children to know. But the child/woman started contacting all of them. Big fat mess. Becky’s story is almost mild in comparison!

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      2. Oh, wow, what a real life mess! We can be so focused on our own wants and needs that we fail to see the repercussion our actions have years down the line. For generations even. So sad. And good point about no Joe or Jeremiah either!

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  7. Thank you for your review on UNEASY STREET, which raised my desire (which I didn’t think was possible) to read this book. Love this author’s books and this one sounds fabulous. Can’t wait for the opportunity to get down to reading it instead of wishing to.

    Greatly appreciate the chance to win a copy!

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  8. I’ve so enjoyed this series & have really been looking forward to this one! And they all release on Valentine’s Day! Her book & some chocolates—what more could anyone ask for? Thanks for all the great giveaways this week, Kav!

    dianalflowers at aol dot com

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  16. Wow this does sound like a story that needs to be read from the first book to the last after your review and some of the comments. Will have to look for the other books first now.

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  17. Such a great series! I read both of the first two books, and then listened to them on audiobook (actually still listening to Rocky Road). I figured it would be a good refresher on the Camden family!

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  18. I definitely need to read this series! Thanks for the review and the chance to win, Kav! I’m so behind on Becky’s books, and they’re always such a treat to read.

    whthomas13 at yahoo dot com

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  23. I receive her newsletter and have been hearing about this story. I have read the first in the series. Have to wonder if she plans to independently publish going forward or if we might see her back with Baker group eventually. Thanks!

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    1. I was wondering that too. I guess theirs more creative freedom if you self publish though the flip side of marketing has to be harder. Mind you, Becky Wade has made a name for herself so I’m guessing that’s not as much of an issue as it could be with a newer author. Good luck, CC!

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