title: Kitty St. Clair's Last Dance
author: Kate Robb
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
publication date: October 7, 2025
pages: 336
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings: death by old age and by cancer, mentions of vomit
summary: Though Jules would love to go to medical school in Toronto so that she can come back to her small town as a geriatric doctor, she's stuck paying off her mother's debts and working for a martinet of a boss. Meanwhile, she keeps running across Reeve, an unforgettable man with whom she shared one amazing night two years earlier. As she moves forward fearfully with Reeve, she's also trying to sort out a time-bending mystery left to her by one of the residents of the retirement home where she works.
tropes:
- second-chance romance
- black sheep of the family
- horrible mothers
- retirement community shenanigans
- great best friend
- from different worlds
- long-distance romance
what I liked:
- her doubts make sense
- relationships with her friend and the elderly residents where she works
- time-bending element
- figuring out the mystery
- small-town life
what I didn’t like: none of it
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)