Just-for-now could become forever… They agreed to help each other out. No one mentioned falling in love. Back home after losing her job, Isabella Bradley plans to stay only long enough to save her father’s diner, but she can’t do it alone. Her childhood friend Tucker Holland has the perfect solution–he will renovate the diner if she’ll be a nanny for his twins. But as Isabella and Tucker … Isabella and Tucker reconnect, their arrangement begins to feel a lot less temporary…
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Coming home means new beginnings and second chances.
Bella comes back to her hometown to find her bearings and make a new game plan, when disaster strikes at her family’s diner. Her high school best friend and EMT Tucker Holland offers to help her fix up the place if she can help him out with childcare for his twins during his long shifts. Bella slips back into life in her hometown, bt not without a few bumps, I loved how passionate she is about her community and helping others. She is great with Tucker’s kids, and I love how she bonds with them quickly, they aren’t perfect, which makes them all the more realistic and adorable.
Tucker is a really responsible guy with a lot of things on his place, he has a great relationship with his family and I loved how he is quick to lend a hand and wants to help others who have gone through what he did.
Overall, an engaging story of finding home, with amazing characters who are passionate about their hometown and their families. I loved how Tucker and Bella reconnect, and I liked how well developed everything was from the people in the community and backstory to the feel of the town. Compelling, and heartwarming, highly recommend.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
I really enjoyed reading this sweet romance by this new to me author! It was easy to read, with fun characters and an interesting story line.
I liked Isabella’s (Bella) character and her love for family, especially her dad and their love for cooking. I liked reading about Tucker’s twins and how they interacted with Bella as their new babysitter. Tucker and Bella’s friendship help them thru their emotional struggles as they try to maneuver life, grief and faith.
This is a clean, romantic story that I really enjoyed and recommend for a light afternoon of reading.
I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.
Will these old friends find an unexpected spark?
Over the years I’ve read a lot of the Love Inspired Suspense books but not as many of the regular Love Inspired titles and it’s because of books like A Love Redeemed that I’m slowly changing that. I enjoyed this fun and heart-tugging read from Lisa Jordan.
Nothing seems to be going right for our heroine and life has seemed to just spin out of control, a sentiment that I, and I think most people, can easily relate to. Her circumstances may be different but I think we’ve all felt that way a time or two.
As I said, I really enjoyed reading A Love Redeemed. I especially loved the old friends-to-lovers aspect to the romance. I also appreciated the faith message that Lisa Jordan wove throughout the story. All in all this book was an easy, though sometimes thought provoking, and quick read. Perfect for a quiet afternoon…
(I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)
A love redeemed is a sweet clean love story that drew me in from the first page. Although this is my first read from Lisa I really loved and enjoyed the story.
This a story of second chance, love found again, hope and faith.
Bella (my favorite) returns home to clear her head and lay low for a while after being fired from work only to find her dad and his diner in a bad shape and decides to stay home long enough to see her dad back to his usual self again. But when she runs into her old friend Tucker and strikes a business deal with him, she begins to consider staying on.
Tucker being a widower and single dad of twins has his hands full with work and school and raising his kids. Falling in love was not part of the plan when he asked Bella to help care for his kids. This story will keep you turning page upon page until you’re done.
Both Bella and Tucker had to let go of past hurts and disappointment and really hold on faith for them to cling to one another. I really loved their love story, how it blossomed and the hurdles they had to get through.
I received a complementary copy of this book from the author and this is my honest opinion.
A Love Redeemed is a short, sweet romance by Lisa Jordan. Isabella Bradley returns home to Shelby Lake, defeated and struggling to find her place in life. When she discovers her father collapsed on the kitchen floor of his diner, her life starts down a track she never expected.
Tucker Holland is tired. Unexpectedly widowed three years ago and raising young twins while working as a paramedic and going to school, he’s not sure how to keep going. Especially when his babysitter has to leave town. Enter his high school best friend, Bella, and a mutually beneficial deal to help one another.
I enjoyed A Love Redeemed. The culinary piece kept reminding me of a cozy mystery, a genre I like, so I kept expecting a mystery to develop around every corner. Especially with Joe’s near-death experience in the first chapter! Bella and Tucker were likable characters, though Bella seemed a bit stuck. What I found most challenging was that it felt like I was missing chunks of the story because I hadn’t read the previous books.
If you enjoy short, sweet romance, try A Love Redeemed. Or perhaps start at the beginning of the books so you have an even greater understanding of all the dynamics at play. Then tell me what you think!
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I received a complimentary copy of this book from JustRead Publicity Tours and Love Inspired. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC guidelines.
A Love Redeemed is the perfect clean read to kick off the fall season! Just like the perfect pumpkin spice latte, this novel has all the goods. The story line is one that has been popping up in a lot of my reads lately: renovations and cooking. I love the parallels of both restorations and cooking to life, both setting up the perfect ingredients for love.
The main characters, Bella and Tucker, have been friends forever, so the banter between them is comfortable, and the attraction immediate, but it takes a lot more to get these two together, including a lot of self-doubt and soul searching for both parties, each having been through quite a bit of drama up to the point that they reconnect.
I am a sucker for a good story that has a single dad and adorable twins, and reading about the rambunctious Landon and Olivia was a joy. Pair that with Tucker, who is a wonderful father, and the connection between the twins and Bella, and it gives you such a wonderful sense of family. It was a pleasure to get to know these wonderful characters, who shine off the pages, and watch them grow throughout the story.
A Love Redeemed is a clean read, with a wonderful pace, and good writing that highlights fleshed out characters who are just trying to get by and figure out life when they’ve been hit with some pretty hard curveballs.
*I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author and/or publisher through JustRead Tours. All views and opinions are completely honest, and my own.
When Bella returns to her father’s diner after a humiliating situation at her job, her former best friend shows up when she’s freaking out. Tucker’s calm and collected on the outside but as a single parent to twins, taking college courses, and his job as an EMT, he has a lot going on in his life.
I know I say this often, but I am a huge fan of the friends to more romance trope and Lisa Jordan writes a believable relationship between these two characters that made me sigh with contentment in the end. Plus, who can resist the twins who steal Bella’s heart?
Sure, they both have some obstacles to overcome—from family to careers to grief and more—but the journey is what makes the ending of A Love Redeemed all the sweeter.
Disclosure statement: I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book and was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
What a nice love story, full of second chances for both Bella and Tucker. Both of these characters had hurts from the past to overcome. Tucker had to decide if he was strong enough to love again after losing his first wife and Bella carried her own insecurities ingrained inside of her from her mother’s abandonment of her when she was a child.
I really liked the way the attraction and romance grew between these two. It was clear that there were feelings between them that were more than friendship, but they still had much to work through before they had a chance at love.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
This was a cute story that reminds you to trust God through all of life’s circumstances. A Love Redeemed is the first book I have read written by Lisa Jordan and I ended up really enjoying it. Isabella, Bella, is just trying to pick up the pieces of her life. She never expected to stay and help her dad with his dinner or reunite with her childhood friend Tucker. Tucker was running out of options, after his nanny quits he knows he needs help. So when he runs into Bella, he offers up a compromise. She watches his kids and he will help out with the dinner. However, life gets more compliance when they find themselves falling for each other. But how will their love last when Bella is only going to be here for a little while?
I thought that Bella was a really cool character, she was so strong. And I was really jealous of her cooking skills. I loved reading about her interacting with the twins, it was so cute. The twins fell in love with her. However, Bella had her own baggage and I really felt for her as she tried to rebuild her life and help her dad out. She had to make decisions of what was more important to her family or her job.
Tucker was amazing, he worked so hard. I loved Tucker from the beginning, he was kind and he was a hard worker. He tried so hard to put his life back together after his wife died, but he was struggling. However, he still put his family first and tried his best to juggle life. I was so worried that he was going to break soon, but he had not only his family to help him but also Bella.
This was a great story. I really liked how Tucker and Bella were friends first. I have to admit I was really worried about how things were going to turn out, but in the end everything worked out well. I adored Tucker’s kids and his family. Family always makes everything better.
A Love Redeemed reminds you that no matter how hard your life gets, God is still in control and he loves you. I would definitely recommend this book and I can’t wait to read more of Ms. Jordan’s books!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
I loved the family in this book. The love, support and strength of family are some of the most important things God gives us and this book had oodles of it.