Alice Grantham lost her fiancé and her job, so she’s had to come home to Willow Park to live with her parents. To recover some sense of independence and security, she’s cobbled together different part-time jobs, including one as assistant to the pastor of her hometown church. Nothing seems to be going right for her. Even Micah,the first boy she ever loved, is standoffish with her now.
Micah has …
Micah has always been a prodigal son, but now he’s trying to put that lifestyle behind him. Then a five-month-old daughter he never knew existed is dropped on his doorstep, the result of one of his many one-night stands. He needs help from Alice to care for his daughter, but he can’t let himself hope for a second chance with her. He can’t help but want it, though…
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2.5 out of 5 stars. I really made an effort to try liking this novel, but I just couldn’t like it as much as I’d hoped. The plot was pretty standard, sweet girl/women moves home to start her life over–falls back into a crush with her high school crush/guy friend–guy friend needs help from her with a big adjustment in his life–they get control …
I loved this sweet story, I did cry a little, but the story is wonderful.
Reread:
I wasn’t sure if I would have the emotional reaction to this book during my reread as I did the first time around. But I absolutely did. This story once more wrenched my heart and pushed me to feel so much more for characters than what I ever expect to feel when going in. Even knowing what was going to happen in this story, I was still …
The long phone message towards the end, you never mentioned if he got it and therefore how it effected him.