3.5 Stars

Home For Good is the second book that I have read as part of A Homecoming Novella series. The first one had a different author but shared similar characteristics. Being that it’s rather short, I don’t want to get too deep into the details. I will say that it was a straightforward love story. I didn’t feel that it was realistic considering the backstory of the hero and heroine. Matt Locke and Joelle Winslow had two very different childhoods. Matt lost his parents in a car accident and was adopted by his dad’s best friend who just so happened to be Joelle’s father. At the same time, Joelle had been off living with her mother in a different state because her mom decided that she no longer wanted to have a life on a farm which lead to her parent’s divorce. Right before Joelle’s father died, he told her to pursue her dreams which she interpreted as selling her half of the ranch. Matt, who inherited the other half of the ranch, didn’t quite like the idea of losing the only place he truly called home.

As you can guess, Joelle and Matt spend several days together trying to figure out how to make an amicable sale. Homecoming for the local high school is also going on at this time. Nostalgia impresses up Joelle while Matt tries to get to know the adult Joelle. Clearly, there are sparks but I find it hard to believe that they fall in love so quickly considering how jealous they were of each other prior to this situation. Surely, I’m supposed to ignore certain things but I like to have a little bit of reality in every thing that I read. Nonetheless, it was at least a decent story.