A woman with a hurt heart and a man with walls around his find each other at chemistry driven odds. Trace is a local contractor hired to renovate Em’s small home. They have a past-not one of love but a tired history. She is trying to find her footing and running scared of a relationship. He has found himself in love. It is a wonderful story of love, trust, and facing fears.
Ireland was calling to Lori to return but she was sure of a promotion in her father’s company. She is driven to Ireland to assess her goals when another person gets the promotion instead. Waiting and hoping for Lori’s return is Flynn, the extraordinarily handsome sheep farmer. With chemistry to die for and fervent kisses, they try to hold back because Lori’s life is in Chicago.
Lush descriptions of Ireland enhance the romance in this cross your fingers for love to win novel.
Rachel is really awful in social settings. She makes mistakes all the time. When she is moved to a new office with new obligations, one of them is to interact with her new team and with prospective clients. Luke is a lawyer who wants to start his own practice. He is in the dark about how to go about it. He and Rachel meet at a bar and have a lustful night. It includes conversations about their dilemmas and deciding to partner to solve them as Rachel is a research and numbers whiz and Luke is at ease in social settings.
The ebb and flow of their relationship and off the charts chemistry is captivating. Throw in a Gal Squad and two moms and it is a perfect plot for advice, meddling, and romance.
Mysteries at Hartwell continue in book two of The Secrets of Hartwell series. Jo, the local detective, is fending off Jack while she works to capture a thief. Meera, a doctor and in love with Ben, grapples with her estranged husband’s problem and refusal to divorce. Rachel, a lovely daughter, deals with her mother’s memory problems. Lucy, newly widowed, deals with estate money problems and her flighty mother. Their dilemmas combine to create a delightful tale of friends and of reliance.
When one life is ruined, it leaves a chance for a new one to begin. For Avery, a divorced mother of two, has a chance to develop a new path with all its pitfalls and successes. She is plagued by the loss of confidence in her abilities due to the machinations of her ex-husband’s lover and partner in the business they all ran.
Avery has no home and has to return to her childhood home. A meddling grandmother gives it her best to reunite Avery with her longtime friend, Cole. Due to Avery’s social media presence and the gossipping town, criticisms of her almost cripple her but she perseveres and continues to move forward with Cole’s assurances of her talent.
A delightful look at family, social media, and a second chance for love.
Hazel and Flora-two children removed from their home in London in 1939, are relocated to a small town and to the home of Birdie and her son, Harry. Their lives are turned upside down but they find love and comfort with Birdie. All is well until Flora disappears. Hazel blames herself for the fairytale she has repeated to Flora to comfort her.
So begins a lovely and heart wrenching tale of lost but never forgotten sister and a deeply buried love.
As a child piano prodigy, Prudence Childs lived the anguish of the teaching of her overbearing grandmother. Prudence quit performing to write jingles never to perform again. Alexie is a young adult piano perfectionist plagued by his mother’s management. Both Prudence and Alexie are in for some big personal changes as they prepare to compete in a televised show.
The story is so interesting as you read about the struggles of Prudence and Alexie compounded by a list of villainous or helpful characters.
