--- product_id: 65266423 title: "The Start of Something Good" price: "NZ$49" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/65266423-the-start-of-something-good store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # The Start of Something Good **Price:** NZ$49 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Start of Something Good - **How much does it cost?** NZ$49 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/65266423-the-start-of-something-good) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Start of Something Good [Probst, Jennifer] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Start of Something Good Review: 5* Start to a new contemporary romance series! - THE START OF SOMETHING GOOD (Stay Book 1) by Jennifer Probst is definitely a GOOD start to a new contemporary romance series. The H/h start as enemies, but Ms. Probst weaves a story that gradually brings out their backstories, insecurities and vulnerabilities and turns them into a sexy couple who find they fit and have to decide what they truly want to get to their HEA. Ethan Bishop has returned to his family’s B&B and animal rescue farm in the Hudson Valley. His last mission with his Special Forces team left him seriously wounded physically and mentally. He wants to hide out at the farm, heal and try to find some peace. Mia Thrush owns her own PR firm in Manhattan which is about to hit the big time. She is big city and designer clothes all the way. When her most prestigious client asks Mia to be a “guardian” to his daughter as she does community service at the farm over the summer, Mia cannot refuse. Ethan hates high maintenance women. Mia hates everything country. City girl vs. country horse man. It is going to be a long, hot summer. I absolutely loved this romance! Ethan is the wounded hero that you cheer for throughout to get a happy ending. At first, I did not like Mia at all, but Ms. Probst knows how to turn a character around with great writing. Their attraction and growing understanding of the other was well paced, realistic and heartwarming. There are several sex scenes that are explicit and I feel appropriate to the romance. I loved everything about the B&B and animal rescue ranch. Hei Hei, the chicken was the funniest animal character I have read in a romance and that he fell for Mia was extremely entertaining. I am looking forward to the continuation of this series. I am also looking forward to Ethan’s sisters’ stories and to continue to follow all the towns people introduced in this book. This story has everything I am looking for in a well written contemporary romance genre book. Review: Not your typical romance novel - I'm not big on romance novels but this one was definitely better than most. Well developed main characters Mia and Ethan don't play games with each other and develop a true connection. Still a little of the unrealistic animalistic attraction and some overly detailed sex scenes for me. But overall a really good story line. Mia, a self made business woman with a ground floor publicity firm is strong and resilient. She meets Ethan, an ex military guy with some unresolved PTSD issues, on his family's working horse rescue farm while supervising one of her clients teenage daughters that is doing community service. Sparks fly and a relationship develops. Overall a good story line. Some cheesy moments and Mia's personality transformation are a little hard to swallow but who doesn't love a good feel good story. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,707,066 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,905 in Military Romance (Books) #6,192 in Contemporary Women Fiction #7,880 in Contemporary Romance (Books) | | Book 1 of 5 | Stay | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (8,447) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1503901858 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1503901858 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 315 pages | | Publication date | June 5, 2018 | | Publisher | Montlake Romance | ## Images ![The Start of Something Good - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81iV1PyvG-L.jpg) ![The Start of Something Good - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71+rOG0eMIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5* Start to a new contemporary romance series! *by A***A on October 14, 2018* THE START OF SOMETHING GOOD (Stay Book 1) by Jennifer Probst is definitely a GOOD start to a new contemporary romance series. The H/h start as enemies, but Ms. Probst weaves a story that gradually brings out their backstories, insecurities and vulnerabilities and turns them into a sexy couple who find they fit and have to decide what they truly want to get to their HEA. Ethan Bishop has returned to his family’s B&B and animal rescue farm in the Hudson Valley. His last mission with his Special Forces team left him seriously wounded physically and mentally. He wants to hide out at the farm, heal and try to find some peace. Mia Thrush owns her own PR firm in Manhattan which is about to hit the big time. She is big city and designer clothes all the way. When her most prestigious client asks Mia to be a “guardian” to his daughter as she does community service at the farm over the summer, Mia cannot refuse. Ethan hates high maintenance women. Mia hates everything country. City girl vs. country horse man. It is going to be a long, hot summer. I absolutely loved this romance! Ethan is the wounded hero that you cheer for throughout to get a happy ending. At first, I did not like Mia at all, but Ms. Probst knows how to turn a character around with great writing. Their attraction and growing understanding of the other was well paced, realistic and heartwarming. There are several sex scenes that are explicit and I feel appropriate to the romance. I loved everything about the B&B and animal rescue ranch. Hei Hei, the chicken was the funniest animal character I have read in a romance and that he fell for Mia was extremely entertaining. I am looking forward to the continuation of this series. I am also looking forward to Ethan’s sisters’ stories and to continue to follow all the towns people introduced in this book. This story has everything I am looking for in a well written contemporary romance genre book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not your typical romance novel *by L***J on July 3, 2023* I'm not big on romance novels but this one was definitely better than most. Well developed main characters Mia and Ethan don't play games with each other and develop a true connection. Still a little of the unrealistic animalistic attraction and some overly detailed sex scenes for me. But overall a really good story line. Mia, a self made business woman with a ground floor publicity firm is strong and resilient. She meets Ethan, an ex military guy with some unresolved PTSD issues, on his family's working horse rescue farm while supervising one of her clients teenage daughters that is doing community service. Sparks fly and a relationship develops. Overall a good story line. Some cheesy moments and Mia's personality transformation are a little hard to swallow but who doesn't love a good feel good story. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfection *by K***S on October 27, 2018* The Start of Something Good is AMAZING! How have I never read a Probst novel before?? Why didn’t anyone make me? I was searching and searching amazon for a new read (like my TBR pile isn’t big enough) when I came across this GOREGOUS cover! I couldn’t help it, forget the TBR, I just right into this! To say that Ethan and Mia got off on the wrong foot is an understatement, but that just means that the best was yet to come. One of my favorite tropes is enemies to lovers. The bantering, the little teasing moments, all of it makes my heart smile! You know that feeling you get when you read a book that just captivates you. A book that pulls you in and just leaves your breathless? This was that book. The writing was flawless. I was hooked from page one. I loved Mia and Ethan, but the secondary characters were just as perfect! Chapter after chapter I fell more and more in love with the book. The whole concept of the little town, the farm, the B & B. It was all so perfect. I feel like I just can’t say enough great things about it. Ethan was a broken man. He had his demons to overcome and coming home was supposed to be his escape. The place where it all a started. Mia the city girl sent to the country side to be a “babysitter”. These two couldn’t be more different, but they fit together perfectly. Mia helped heal the broken parts of Ethan. While Ethan gave Mia a whole new outlook on life. Perfection. Heartwarming. All the small town feels. 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