Be ready for another wonderful story by this talented author.
This past year, Marlow Heddings has been turned upside down more than once.
First she discovers that Dylan, her entitled husband, had an affair with a young woman. That unfaithfulness led her to seek a divorce. Just when things were finalizing, Dylan is killed in an accident.
Ready to get away from all the judgmental stares in Chicago, and her in-laws, she leaves the city and travels to a rental in the small town of Bramble, Kentucky.
Marlow, a woman with her own wealth, is ready to have a new beginning. Not only in this town but also starting a new business.
Whom she never expected to meet was her landlord, Cort Easton. A former Marine, whose once abused mother, found a home with kind people in Bramble. Now he too is considered one of them. A real accomplishment in a town that refuses to accept outsiders.
In the midst of it all, the young woman with whom her husband had an affair, shows up at her doorstep.
Pixie showing up was a shock and a surprise. Will Marlow help this young woman in need?
At times heartbreaking as well as heartwarming, this engaging story was one filled with new beginnings, hope , and second chances in life and love.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley and Kensington Books. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

Probably more of a 3.5+ rather than a 4 stars but really enjoyable overall.

It is a great story for a couple of afternoons when you are looking to relax and enjoy a simple but rich story where the characters and their interactions are more important than the actions themselves.

In my opinion, there are two things that could be better. The most important is the length of the story; it is a little bit too short for my taste and even when there are not gaps in the plot, adding more context at some points would have been a plus to completely understand the backgrounds of some of the characters.

The second issueis the transition from one scene to the next. At the beginning of the story there were parts where a character was speaking about their past and immediatly in the next sentence the same character was in the present at a different time. Not that it is poorly written but it was a bit confusing.

For a non-native English speakers, the story is easy to follow, and you won’t need to stop every two words to look up vocabulary.

I loved this small town romance. It was a delightful read that made me smile
I love a strong female character and the hero is dreamy and such a wonderful part of this story

Such a nice twist on a small town romance and keep me reading

This was a strong story in the romance genre, it had that feel that I was looking for and enjoyed the women's relationship between this. The plot was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed getting to read this. Lori Foster wrote this in a way that worked and am excited to read more.

this book gave me the feels. i was drawn by the title of the book and then i was sucked in completely. really liked this and want to find more of her books.