This is a romance story with a message. I have not read the earlier books but intend to do so now. It is very well written and leaves you with a good feel.
Many thanks to Revell and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

The author did nothing wrong it was totally me. I was not able to connect with the characters since I had not read the previous books in the series.

Well this was a nice sweet cozy read. I loved the small town and close family vibe through out. I liked the way that the relationship formed and developed over time. Nothing seemed rushed and you got to grow with the characters. Kaitlyn and Steven were so cute together and then you had the other characters and their lives too. I liked the way you had Elizabeth and how she seemed to be everyone's grandma. the fact that after a rough start Kaitlyn managed to get to where she was, was nice to read too.

So I could not finish this book. I am sure it is wonderful but it touched on a topic that is something I cannot deal with.

Sorry I was not able to read you book but it went to archive before I could get to it. Sorry once again.

Sorry, never got around to reading. Will try again at a later date.

A lovely novel about second chances and about loving the people as they are NOW.

This is a novel from the A Place to Call Home series, but can be read as a standalone book.

Kaitlyn Reed and Stephen Braden are both the black sheeps of their families.
Kaitlyn, whose parents are great business people, but lacking in offering her a simple parental love - and as a results she rebels against all of their life order. Cut to a teenage pregnancy, bad partner choices and finally leaving with a wrong guy and letting her wee daughter in the care of her brother. But Kaitlyn is now back and working hard to change. The public opinion about her might be formed - but no one despises herself so much as her. Still, this time she wants to stay out of love for her daughter Olivia and brother Chris. But it is so hard...
Steven is a ladies´man, all smiles and charm. But under the smiles there is a weight of yet another public opinion - the irresponsible one, the one who left and let his brother to postpone his own life in taking care of their father´s old bar. The one whose opinion nobody asks for.

Everybody warns Steven to stay out of Kaitlyn´s life. But she is so unique and beautiful - and such a good person and mom (even if nobody seems to notice). Kaitlyn herself knows her man choices are wrong, so she is not willing to open this time.
But Steven sees her for herself and more, respects her the way she is now.

Yay for the warm and human touch! The charm of this book is that I totally understand why Kaitlyn and Steven are the way they are. Honestly, if I was a niece of uncle Joe Jr. and aunt Nancy Jo, I would rebel as well! (They are not bad people, don´t get me wrong, but too much self-righteous and old-fashioned in their thinking to be really warm and caring about the others´ hearts).
Kaitlyn and Steven did mistakes (and some of them pretty bad at that), but they try to change. And as much as I love them to work on themselves (and to gain more self-respect and self-love during the process), I also love to see the mistakes the others do called out - the mistakes of having old, unchanged opinions, the mistakes of not seeing the process, the mistakes of heart not open enough to give more respect. A nice wake-up call for me, too!

I like the people of Last Chance a lot. Ms Armstrong writes them not as a perfect people, but as a quirky, flawed and real crowd -and the more quirky, the more lovable.
Gran Elizabeth is just fabulous - she is the one to live in the present and see them that way. And she has so loving heart! But she is not afraid to set one straight, if she feels the need - and still with such a love, that the subject of her gentle scolding just reflects on themselves without getting angry. What a gift to have such a person in one´s life!

And the food and the nature! I would love to visit Last Chance - but then maybe I would not want to leave :)

In all honesty I would go for 4.5 stars, if there was such a possibility, as Kaitlyn and Steven fell into love a bit quicklier that I would expect them to.

But stars or not, this is a book I recommend!