The Re-Do List by Denise Williams
My Rating: 🟊🟊🟊🟊🟊
Spice Rating:🌶🌶
Blurb:
What would you do with a second chance at your first time? Following a bad breakup, Willow Lewis tackles a re-do list with the help of her brother’s best friend in this sweet and sexy new romance.
Willow experienced all her big firsts with her high school sweetheart. Now, reeling from their very public breakup, she wants to get a re-do on those important moments. While dog-sitting for her brother during his deployment, she has a chance to start over and spending time with his best friend gives her the confidence to start checking items off her “Re-Do list.”
Deacon promised his best friend two things when Cruz left for a deployment: that he’d look out for Willow, and that he’d keep his hands off Cruz’s baby sister. “Operation Re-Do” is innocent enough at first: Deacon likes Willow and he’s willing to help her out any way he can. But when the list of firsts turns from a first dance to first kisses and more, Deacon can’t deny the connection he feels to Willow.
As Deacon’s and Willow’s firsts turn to seconds, thirds, and fourths, this pair can’t get enough of each other—and they support each other through new challenges. But they are both aware there’s an end date to Willow’s time in town… and even if she were to stay, Deacon doesn’t know how to choose between his loyalty to his closest friend and the woman he’s fallen in love with. With no more romantic moments on her list for them to re-do, can these two still find a way to stay together?
Willow experienced all her big firsts with her high school sweetheart. Now, reeling from their very public breakup, she wants to get a re-do on those important moments. While dog-sitting for her brother during his deployment, she has a chance to start over and spending time with his best friend gives her the confidence to start checking items off her “Re-Do list.”
Deacon promised his best friend two things when Cruz left for a deployment: that he’d look out for Willow, and that he’d keep his hands off Cruz’s baby sister. “Operation Re-Do” is innocent enough at first: Deacon likes Willow and he’s willing to help her out any way he can. But when the list of firsts turns from a first dance to first kisses and more, Deacon can’t deny the connection he feels to Willow.
As Deacon’s and Willow’s firsts turn to seconds, thirds, and fourths, this pair can’t get enough of each other—and they support each other through new challenges. But they are both aware there’s an end date to Willow’s time in town… and even if she were to stay, Deacon doesn’t know how to choose between his loyalty to his closest friend and the woman he’s fallen in love with. With no more romantic moments on her list for them to re-do, can these two still find a way to stay together?
My Review:
The Re-Do List by Denise Williams was such a genuinely sweet and satisfying read that completely won me over. I’m already a sucker for the brother’s-best-friend trope, but this story elevates it by giving us a forever bachelor hero who carries the quiet weight of being wounded in battle, adding emotional depth beneath all that charm. What I loved most was how beautifully the plot unfolded, it never felt rushed or forced. Instead, we get to watch a true friendship take root and grow, layer by layer, into a love that feels lasting and real. To me, friendship is the strongest possible foundation for a relationship, because how can you truly love someone if you don’t genuinely like them first? That progression from comfort and trust into something deeper felt authentic and heartfelt.
The premise itself was brilliant: creating a “re-do list” to reclaim and rewrite memories that an ex-boyfriend had tainted was empowering, creative, and honestly so relatable. It’s such a fresh way to take back your story. And really, what better way to reignite your confidence, and maybe spark something more, than by teaming up with your brother’s ridiculously handsome best friend? The chemistry simmered naturally, and every shared moment felt organic rather than manufactured. As someone who sometimes struggles to read straight romance without additional plot elements, I was surprised by how completely this book captured my heart. It balanced sweetness, emotional healing, and slow-burn tension in a way that kept me invested from beginning to end. I finished it feeling warm, hopeful, and eager to dive into more of Denise Williams’ work.
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