This is the sequel to The Summer of New Beginnings(Magnolia Grove #1). There are some up's and down's in this book. The primary focus was on Tracy and Alice DeLuca and Tracy's son Lucas [who has a hearing problem]. Alice is Dominic's [Tracy's ex] grandmother. I loved all the characters except Dominic. Tracy was trying to get her life on track when she realizes her true calling is working with children. Tracy's relationship with Gabriel is staring to blossom. Alice calls Dominic to ask him to come home telling him that she doesn't have much time left and wants to spend as much time as she can with him. Dominic returns home. Alice tells Dominic that he needs to do the right thing by his son Lucas, well Dominic ends up telling Alice that Lucas wasn't his son. He says Tracy cheated on him. Alice decides to hire a Private Investigator and learns the truth. Alice then decides to go see Tracy and get her side of the story. Alice tells Dominic that she was leaving the farm to Lucas. Alice then starts to have a relationship with Tracy and Lucas, she even went to see the school that Lucas goes to. Then one day Dominic decides to go see Lucas and Tracy comes outside and Dominic tells Tracy he wants Lucas to get to know his grandma and they get into an argument and Tracy tells him that his grandma has gotten to know Lucas as she has been visiting and spending time with Lucas. Dominic left in a huff and went to get drunk and when he went home to talk to his grandma she wasn't there so he called Alice's friend Charlie only to find out that she was in the hospital so he goes to the hospital in his drunken state and is told he needs to come back during visiting hours. Dominic's grandma passes away. During the visitation a lady [who turned out to be Real Estate Agent] put her business card in his hand. Dominic did call her and was told the farm and land was worth a whole lot of money. Dominic and a friend came up with a plan and Dominic hired a lawyer to sue Tracy for Guardianship/Custody/Joint Custody of Lucas. When Alice died I had tears in my eyes for Alice, Tracy, Lucas and Gabriel. To find out everything that happened you really need to read this book. If you read book The Summer of New Beginnings (Magnolia Grove #1) then you MUST read this book.
I would like to say thank you to Bette Lee Crosby and to Lake Union for allowing me to get an advance copy of this awesome book to read!! #AyearOfExtraordinaryMoments #NetGalley

A Year of Extraordinary Moments was very enjoyable. I am a reader who likes books series since when you read a book, you fall in love with the characters and the setting and you don't want to leave them. This book follows Tracy and her son - two characters I loved from the first book. There is a little mystery in this book, and a new character that is just wonderful. I hope there will be another book in this series!

Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the opportunity to read this book.

I had been eagerly awaiting the second book in the Magnolia Grove series and I was not disappointed! I liked that this book was told from a few different perspectives, but the primary focus was on Tracy and Alice (grandmother of Dominic, Tracy's ex). The characters are all delightful (with the exception of Dominic, of course!) In this book, Tracy is coming into her own and discovering what she loves to do - helping children. In addition, her relationship with Gabriel is blossoming. Her new interests are time consuming and this causes some conflict with her sister, Meghan, because she's somewhat neglecting her responsibilities at Snip 'N Save (the family business that she promised to run). Meanwhile, Alice is trying to sort out her grandson, Dominic's, lies to determine if Tracy's son is in fact her great-grandson. I love how the plot unfolded (including some sweet moments and some tense moments) as well as the addition of Alice (I kept wondering how such a sweet lady could have such a rotten grandson). I'm hoping there will be a third book in this series! I was provided with an ARC from the author via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving this review.

I received this book "A Year Of Extraordinary Moments" from NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own. Wow! This is better than the first book (The Summer of New Beginnings) and I could not put this book down. The story is mostly following Tracy in this second book. I loved the new character "Alice" she was such a sweet lovable lady. Dominic is back and causing trouble as usual, but that is what he does. There is even a mention of Paterson (one T Bette) and Little Falls lol. Growing up in northern New Jersey I know these towns - kinda fun to see in a book. Everything seems to be worked out in the end but I know if there is a third book in the works that things will stir up again. Easy, fast paced read and I look forward to more books by Bette Lee Crosby as they are always enjoyable.