This was an interesting look at a family rebuilding after a heavy loss--I'd definitely classify it more as a women's fiction book than a romance, simply based on the recovery-focused content and slow burn re: the romance.

I received a free copy of Home At Last in exchange for an honest review. Overall, the plot had the potential for a great read. However, the author, Shirlee McCoy, missed an opportunity to really delve into Sunday's marriage, her relationship with her husband's family, what life was like with six children, the accident, and Sunday's recovery. None of this was done, and I was so lost. The few tidbits of Sunday'past was too little too late. There were also a lot of characters and no background to connect with. I believe I was halfway through the book before I even realized the kids were adopted. Again great injustice to a great story.

I would have liked to read the other books in this series to better understand the backstory. McCoy took what could have been a very heavy subject (the death of a spouse) and made it compelling and interesting. Great job!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

I am a big fan of this author’s books and Home at Last didn’t disappoint. Loved the plot and the characters. I highly recommend this romance.

This is the perfect title for this book as Sunday Bradshaw is home at last. She was nearly killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Her husband, Matt, was killed in the crash leaving her alone with their six children. Well, she is not totally alone as she has had help from her best friend as well as Matt’s brothers. Flynn Bradshaw, who owns his own ranch in Texas, is taking his turn helping Sunday to recover both physically and emotionally. He loved his brother, but knew that his brother was not the best husband or father. As he spends time with Sunday and the children, his brother Porter is preparing for his upcoming wedding. Sunday is having issues remembering things about the children as well as her marriage, but little by little she recovers her memories. She loved her husband, but remembers things about him and the marriage that leave her angry. Will Flynn be able to show her that there are men who can be trusted and he is that man? He was originally eager to return to his ranch, but now he wants to be there for Sunday and the children. A wonderful follow up to “Home With You” and “Home Again”…and an enjoyable visit with the Bradshaw families. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review (by paytonpuppy)

Home at Last, book three from the The Bradshaws series, is a good read. Like the others in the series, I enjoyed it. Four stars.

Home at Last is the latest in the Bradshaw Brothers books by Shirlee McCoy. Sunday has made it home from the hospital and still recovering. This is a story of strength especially Sunday’s, her family and the strength of choosing to do the harder things in life. It is also a story of the enjoying the small things in life, seeing that they are sometimes the important things too.

The oldest Bradshaw, Flynn comes from Texas back to Benevolence, Washington to lend a hand this time. So without a doubt, it is a romance story. The romance comes naturally within the story, not forced or instant. It comes in spite of the betrayal and the uncertainty of the future. Throughout the story, pain, forgiveness and acceptance is seen.

It is the way that Ms. McCoy conveys the lessons learned by this family from their own lives or the people who have influenced them, such as Emerson, that I found so beautifully well written. I was touched by the characters and their resiliency. Home at Last is a keeper!

An ARC of the book was given to me by the publisher through Net Galley which I voluntarily chose to read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I haven't read the other two previous books, but I loved this one. The story deals with a woman who is recovering from a car accident that killed her husband. Sunday had multiple injuries, including a brain injury. The brain injury seems to be the hardest for her to deal with as she struggles to once again become a mother to her children.
Her husband's brothers have all rallied around to help her with her kids and her farm. Flynn has finally returned from Texas to do his bit to help. He is smart enough to know the circumstances of his brother's marriage before he was killed, even as Sunday struggles to keep details hidden. With his help, Sunday starts to slowly return to herself. Does the attraction Sunday feels for Flynn have a basis in her new reality or is it just gratitude? What if he returns the feelings? Can he make a move on his dead brother's wife?
A very well written, captivating and heartfelt story.
I was given a copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts are my own.

This was a beautiful sweet story of a woman struggling to put her life together after a tragic accident took the life of her husband and left her severely injured. Sunday Bradshaw knows she needs to get it together, after all she has six kids that need her. Problem is her brain and her heart don't seem to be communicating. After facing the fact that her marriage had been crumbling for several years she now has to face what remains and it all just seems too much. Thankfully she has the reliable Flynn to help her find her way. Working alongside Flynn, Sunday watches as the farm slowly comes back to life and she feels the desire to live, love, and dream again.

I really enjoyed this third and I assume final book in the series. It is easily read and enjoyed even if you haven't read the prior books. I definitely recommend it.

Home at Last by Shirlee McCoy is the 3rd book in her The Bradshaws series. In Home at Last we return to Benvolence, Washington, where the Bradshaw brothers take their turn in helping their deceased brother’s family take care of their farm, and help Sunday, who has just returned home, but still suffers the effects of her serious brain damage injury. Each brother takes his turn to help Sunday and the 6 adopted children.
Flynn Bradshaw returns home to take his turn in helping bring the farm and the family’s finances back in order. He plans to spend a few weeks, and then return to his home in Texas. Best laid plans do not always work out. Flynn evaluates the overall situation of the farm and the finances that his brother Matt left his family, and along the way discovers that Matt mismanaged everything, and was having an affair.

Sunday, who is slowly recovering, but still very much unable to remember things, as well as her having difficulty with her mobility. Her children try hard to help her remember things, but it is Flynn who begins to keep a close eye on Sunday; especially when she tries to walk around the farm trying to remember. He ends up helping Sunday from dangerous situations, and though she wants to do it on her own, she knows she needs help. A slow built friendship begins, as Sunday begins to trust and rely on Flynn’s help; and Flynn finds himself drawn to the beautiful but flawed widow of his brother. Together, they both come to terms with Matt’s betrayals, which will bring them together even more.

What follows is a heartwarming story of family, heartbreak, forgiveness and love. I loved Sunday and Flynn together, though we could see that eventually they will end up together, the romance and Sunday’s complete recovery was left open. It was wonderful to see the family all bond together to help Sunday move forward, and become more active in their daily duties. Flynn was truly a great hero, helping with fixing up the farm; working with the children; and being there for Sunday.

Shirlee McCoy once again gives us a heartwarming and emotional story. Home at Last was written so well by McCoy, and her characters were wonderful. If you enjoy small town romances, family atmosphere, young children, sweet likeable couple, I suggest you start this series.

Good story about family and overcoming challenges. Months earlier, Sunday was in an automobile accident that killed her husband and left her fighting for her life. She's now home, but her life was irrevocably changed. While she was in the hospital and rehab, her husband's brothers stepped in to care for the farm and her six children.

I liked Sunday, and I hurt for her. In addition to the physical injuries that she is still recovering from, the traumatic brain injury has destroyed her memories. She can't remember how to do the simplest things, and even new happenings get lost in her brain fog. Most of the time she'd rather sit in her chair and let the world go on around her. But she also wants to reconnect with her children and begin to feel like a mother again. It hurt to see her struggle and how those struggles affected the way she saw herself.

Flynn is the oldest of the brothers and left his Texas ranch to do his part to help the family. He hadn't realized how bad things were until he spent more than a day or two there. It didn't take him very long to uncover the reasons why.

The development of the relationship between Sunday and Flynn was a slow burning one. They were both surprised by the feelings of attraction between them. Flynn tried to ignore them, certain that having feelings for his late brother's wife was wrong. But he couldn't deny the need to help Sunday get back to a normal life. I liked his way of supporting her in her quest, by letting her work through the struggles rather than jumping in to do things for her. The breakfast scene was an excellent example of this. I also liked seeing that he knew when to push her, such as the riding scene. Sunday had a lot of emotional baggage to work through. At the top of the list was her anger at her late husband for the way he neglected the farm, plus his constant cheating on her. She also had to deal with her guilt over her inability to do the things she used to do. The last thing she wanted was to be attracted to that same husband's brother, even though Flynn was everything she could hope for. I didn't see any big "aha" moment for either of them, only the slow realization that they belonged together.

Some of my favorite parts of the book had nothing to do with the romance. I loved Sunday's children and their love and support of their mother. Each of them had their own way of helping. I loved Twila's organizational skills and her use of calendars and spreadsheets to keep Sunday on track. My favorite was Heavenly. Though she had her occasional teenage moments of obnoxiousness, her love for Sunday was never in doubt. I enjoyed the bits of her story and her relationship with Sunday. I laughed out loud at her comment about how, in the Bible, it was a man's duty to marry the widow of his brother and how it freaked out both Flynn and Sunday. There were other little pushes throughout the book, as it appeared that Heavenly clearly saw what was happening. I loved that she had the last word at the end "See, Mom? It's not weird at all."

<b>Returning to their hometown isn’t something the Bradshaw brothers ever thought they’d do. But a family tragedy has reunited them in Benevolence, Washington—where second chances, reignited dreams, and real love are never far away . . . </b>

<b>Home at last</b> is the third and final instalment of the Bradshaw series, Sunday is seriously injured in a car accident that killed her husband Matt. Flynn Matt’s brother returns to town to help Sunday get back on her feet and support looking after the kids.

As the story unfolds we discover that Matt was self centred and selfish. He’d run the farm to ground and had accumulated a mountain of debt buy himself and his lady friends gifts.

The struggle is Sunday’s need to move on from Matt, while simple tasks are challenging. Through the kindness and straight talking Flynn, Sunday manages to get herself back on track.

I have to agree with other reviews, it would have been lovely to have had a epilogue that flashed forward and we saw more progress with Sunday’s memories or her physical movement.


**Thanks to the author and netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

In this third book from The Bradshaws, the story of Sunday and Flynn (the oldest Bradshaw brother) unfolds. As the story begins, you learn of the accident that killed Matt, Sunday’s husband, and left Sunday completely different from the person she had been before. Along with Sunday’s physical changes come changes in her memory. The accident has left Sunday with little memory of even the most basic of things. As she battles the physical and mental challenges, she is also dealing with being a single mom of six children and trying to take care of the family farm that has seen it’s better days. All the while she is remembering bits and pieces of a love story that had seemed perfect, but wasn’t.

Flynn Bradshaw is the oldest of the Bradshaw brothers. His brother, Matt, had been Sunday’s husband. Flynn left home years ago, but would come occasionally to visit. He’s now returned to help Sunday with the farm while giving his brothers a little break.
During his stay on the farm, Flynn attempts to help Sunday with her challenges.
But, unlike Sunday, Flynn has no problems with his memory. His vividly remembers the family difficulties that occurred when he was growing up. His memories about Matt included some that made him question a few things about his brother.

This was an absolutely beautiful story. The author’s skillful way with words just cut right to my core. The way she writes about Sunday’s challenges, what she’s feeling, how things that were so easy at one time had now become so difficult to do, was just heart wrenching. I could feel Sunday’s pain and frustration, and she was trying with such determination to do things that were now a challenge, I found myself cheering her on. The family dynamics, the amusing behavior of her children, and the sweetness of their care for her had me laughing and smiling. As Sunday and Flynn’s friendship blossomed and grew, I held my breath wondering how it would all end.

I cannot say enough about what a lovely story this is. Although it is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. And while I haven’t read the rest of the series, I am definitely looking forward to doing so.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are my own.

The third book with the Bradshaw brothers and you finally get to know Sunday and Flynn. Sunday is still trying to recooperate after the horrible accident that nearly took her life and killed her husband. Throughout the story you really get to feel her struggle of trying to just feel alive again. Flynn is a great person to help her find her footing. He doesn't want to just help her day to day, but bring back the woman she was.
I found her dialogue about being a better mother inspirational for any one as a mother. Just remembering to be a part of your child's life in the simplest ways, can be the most important.
There wasn't as much of a love story, but a story of overcoming whatever life has thrown your way and coming out on top. Flynn was the right person to help Sunday find her way back and to help her let go of all that her deceased husband had done to her. To help her see that the past is in the past and the future is what we should look to.
I really enjoyed this book. In some parts it almost felt philosophical what the characters were saying, but it resonated with me. Very good read. Highly recommend.

This is lovely series (but don't worry-this is fine as a standalone) about how a group of brothers pull together to help the widow of one of them- and her six kids! Matt was killed and Sunday suffered a traumatic brain injury in a horrible accident. Now Flynn has moved in and is helping to figure out the finances and the running of the family farm. He's also discovered that Matt might not have been the angel Sunday thought he was. She's really struggling with memory issues. The story of how these two pull together is sensitively written- you will pull for them and for the family. Thanks to net galley for the ARC. A good read.

This was such a touching story that stayed with me after I’d finished it. This continues the story of a family coming together after one brother died in an auto crash and his wife, Sunday, suffered a devastating brain trauma. Now she’s trying to recover while her brothers-in-law help out watching the six children she had adopted. She has to cope with her physical weakness and all the blanks in her memories. And somehow she has to find the energy to be the loving and energetic mother she had always been.

Her oldest brother-in-law, Flynn, has come in from Texas to stay with the family for a while to give the other two brothers-in-law a bit of a break from all that they had been doing.

This is such a sweet tale. These are good people who are trying their best to help Sunday and her children put their lives back together. She is a good person who has to struggle with her sketchy memory and difficulties to perform the simplest daily tasks. Her children are adorable and all have their own personalities and ways of coping with their family situation. I was caught up in their story and pulling for everyone. You will too.

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book that I received from Netgalley; however, the opinions are my own and I did not receive any compensation for my review.

I really enjoy this series. SO glad for Sunday's story. The children are such a hoot to listen to talk. What unique names. I would read others in series prior to reading this one.

I'd give "Home at Last' more than 10 stars if I could. Shirlee McCoy's writing is like poetry and the feelings she creates with her exquisite words are amazing. This third installment in the Bradshaw series is especially poignant as she deals with accident victim Sunday. She dealt with Sunday's brain injuries with a sensitivity and respect that had me constantly in tears (fairy kiss tears,"just like the dew on the roses in the morning".) Every character in Benevolence, Washington is so engaging, and I want to continue to visit them. I highly recommend this entire series, and sincerely hope there will be more.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

What a wonderful story! Although this is the third in a series it's the only one I read so it is a stand-alone story. Sunday was in a horrific car crash when she and her husband Matt were hit by a drunk driver. Matt was killed and Sunday suffered serious injury including a traumatic brain injury. This is a story of forgiveness, redemption, and acceptance. Three of Matt's brother's stepped in to take care of the family farm and their 6 children while Sunday was in rehab recuperating. When she returns home, the oldest brother Flynn arrives from his ranch in Texas to help out. He discovers through review of the finances that his brother was having an affair and had mismanaged their finances. With a lot of hard work and dedication he works to restore Sunday's family farm, and in doing so provides support to Sunday and the kids. He learns to let her do whatever she wants no matter how long it takes and is her sounding board on many issues. Sunday has to learn a new normal for she and her family when dealing with her TBI. At one point she decides to make breakfast for the family and there are shells in the scrambled eggs when one of her children tells her it's less than usual: that she always had shells in her scrambled eggs even before the accident. It's a turning point as Sunday realizes she needs to be present in the moment enjoying each day and accepting her memory limits. As the story progresses so does the relationship between Flynn and Sunday. Two of her eldest children and the housekeeper, Rosie all encourage them to pursue this relationship. All in all, it was a quick and enjoyable story that I highly recommend. I received a free copy from Net Galley and confirm this review is my honest opinion.

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I was disappointed. Sunday never did get a handle on her memories, even in the ending. I would have liked the epilogue to have been in the future more. Plus we didn't get to see too much of Flynn and Sunday together. This story focused more on Sunday overcoming everyday chores and getting to know her young children all over again. Just not what I was expecting.