[New Post] ARC Review: The Back Nine by Rachel Blaufeld


Title: The Back Nine

Author: Rachel Blaufeld

Page count: 246

Published: January 10th, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5


James “Jamie” Silver is all grown up, working for the same high-profile, überwealthy people she’s spent her entire life surrounded by—as the outsider. With a new hairstyle and a sliver of confidence, she attacks the role daily…because since she was the scholarship kid at a hoity-toity District of Columbia prep school, Jamie has never quite belonged. Especially when it comes to her longtime BFF and secret crush, Ford Conway III.

As the oldest son of a Supreme Court justice and the world’s savviest society lady, Ford Conway was meant to attend prep school and grow into someone great. His mom never predicted he’d befriend the charity case. Much to her chagrin, as young kids and college classmates, Ford and Jamie were inseparable.

The duo shared all their secrets, until graduation, when they shared a magical night.

That is, until Ford forced himself to run away from his family’s political ties and his growing feelings for Jamie Silver.

Now a famous Hollywood producer, Ford makes his own rules. Except when his father becomes gravely ill, and he’s forced to come home and runs head-on into the only woman who ever captured his heart. Although James Silver doesn’t remotely resemble the girl he fell for decades ago, his heart doesn’t care. But his mom certainly does…

In a cross-country second chance love story, the pair embark on discovering one another as adults and finding happiness in their back nine.



This is about two people that have known one another forever. Jamie and Ford are in their 40s but they were acting like they were in their teens. I did a silent cheer when Jamie finally stood up for herself. I got annoyed with Ford and wanted to give him a Dinozo a couple of times because of the way that he was acting in a few situations he came off as too selfish and a jerk. I like the premise of the story it was lovely but as a whole, it was lack lustre. I’m intrigued to see what happens in the next one, I have read other books but this author so I’m shocked to see that this one didn’t sit well with me.



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