Abby Donavan came to the small beach community of Crystal Cove to start over. After a painful affair broke her heart and derailed her burgeoning career, taking over management for the just-opened bed-and-breakfast was the safe choice. In this sleepy town, Abby figured she could bury her memories and forget the pain.
When the chance to have her own hotel falls into her lap, though, she can’t resist the temptation. Making the old Riverside Inn into the showplace she’s always dreamed of running offers the second chance she never expected.
Abby didn’t expect another kind of second chance to land on her doorstep at the same time. Ryland Kent wants to help her bring the Riverside back to life, and his passion for restoration is irresistible. But as much as she wants to ignore it, she can’t help seeing another spark in his eyes . . . one that offers to reignite her own flame.
Sometimes the path to a happily-ever-after is anything but smooth.
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Why Second Chances Are Sweeter
When I wrote THE POSSE, it came to me all in one piece, a complete story rather than just a character (as is my typical MO). I knew Jude, but I knew what had happened to her more fully than I knew her as a character. Jude was a widow. She’d lost her beloved Daniel, her husband of many years, a year before the story began. She was a mom of mostly-grown kids. She felt as though the bulk of her life, the really important parts, were behind her.
She was wrong.
Jude and Logan’s love story unfolded sweetly and slowly, against the backdrop of their friends and family. It was meant to be a one-shot, stand-alone contemporary romance. But of course it was not. A number of supporting characters popped up, and it became clear that they each had a story to tell. And not surprisingly, all these tales had something in common: they’re all second-chance loves.
In an age when we’ve elevated the magic of first love to an almost-transcendent status, the idea of having to fall in love all over again—after your first happily-ever-after—can be unsettling. We want to believe our first real love will last us until we both draw our last breaths, hopefully simultaneously. That’s not always the case. As a matter of fact, statistics tell us it’s not even usually the case.
And guess what? Falling in love again can be even sweeter. When we’re a little older, a little more aware of who we are as individuals and the reality of our own needs, strengths and weaknesses, love can be fuller. Deeper. And definitely sexier.
While the Crystal Cove Romances all deal with couples who are new to each other, it’s possible to find a second chance at love with your existing partner. In fact, sometimes that’s the best kind of love there is. We love in a steady, comforting base line, but we fall in love over and over again.
May we never stop falling in love.
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Wedding bells will soon be ringing in the Rawley family, but gearing up for Van and Kay’s nuptials revives old insecurities for Kay’s sister-in-law Meg. When she learns that her ex-husband is asking for her from his hospital bed, Meg must confront the painful memories of her past.
Family is everything for Jeremy Rawley. Most important is the one he and Meg created together. But their beginning was tangled in memories he wishes his wife could forget for good. A call from her past brings them back to a place he thought they’d never have to be again.
Forgiveness may be the key, but the first step is finding the locked heart that needs it.
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