“Welcome to Westen. I’m Lorna Doone. Yep, spelled just like the cookie and I own the Peaches ‘N Cream Café here in Westen. You might think nothing much happens in a small mid-western town, but as my friend Harriett says, things aren’t always what they appear. Take our girl Emma for example…”
Emma Lewis has a lot on her plate. The single mother of two precocious twin boys and an aging mother who … mother who is having trouble getting through each day, the last thing Emma needs is a man in her life, especially a doctor. So when the town’s doctor goes on vacation and his handsome nephew takes over, Emma is shocked to not only find him standing in her bedroom, but accusing her of being a neglectful parent.
Clint Preston came to Westen for the year to fill in as the town doc while his uncle took a long needed vacation. Clint also needed a sense of peace and calm to try to find his passion for medicine burned out by long shifts in an urban hospital’s ER. Angered to find two boys in his clinic with broken wrists and no accompanying parent, he is determined to confront their mother. The feisty redhead he meets quickly dispels his belief that she’s a neglectful mother, but he can see her situation is more critical than she wishes to face and finds himself volunteering to help care for her sons and the remodeling of her home.
As Emma and Clint forge a relationship among the slightly off-beat characters that inhabit Westen a menace from Emma’s past threatens her and her sons. Clint and Emma join forces to prevent the loss of either boy and the love they’ve discovered in each other’s’ arms.
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First time reading this author but will surely read more by this author! You will have a very hard time putting it down!!
Predictable
C-. Billed as Romantic Suspense but a really lame one at that. An OK contemporary Romance but still on the predictable weak side. Recommend you skip.
I found this book slow moving and boring. I would not recommend this if you like a good romantic suspense book, filled with sexual anxiety, romance, action and suspense. This book had none of that. Just a romantic story.
This was a great read while on vacation. Easy to get lost in…
Good story
Loved Close to Home! Fast read! Charming, with a little mystery!
This book was really just ok. The story line seemed interesting at first but I felt that it just didn’t go anywhere and was a very slow read. I actually put it down twice before I finally went back and finished it. I was surprised by my feelings on this one because I love this author. Maybe this plot just wasn’t my cup of tea. I will …
Loved this romantic mystery. A real page turner.
Not so original and characters not amazing. But it was ok. I didn’t hate it.
It was OK. Nothing super exciting but a nice story and nice characters.
Very enjoyable with some interesting twists.
Interesting A little far-fetched,I think, but I wanted to see how it ended. So I guess that makes it a good read.
A good read, but a bit slow.
Easy reading. Nice story.
good book to read
Easy reading. Very believable. However, not to give the ending away, but not realistic. I did enjoy it though.
I enjoyed this book!
a little corney how they would fall in love , starts from the first few pages , no chase