*** 2019 Readers’ Favorite Book Award Winner, Bronze Medal – Holiday Fiction***NEW…AUDIOBOOK is released!***SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK. One small town. One magical Christmas. Connor Norton returns to his childhood home for the holidays, still grieving after his mother’s recent death. Tom, her orange tabby cat, is with him. He runs into Alana, the estranged daughter … Tom, her orange tabby cat, is with him.
He runs into Alana, the estranged daughter of his next-door neighbor Dottie who is struggling to come to terms with the devastating secret that tore her family apart.
Mary Ann has everything she wants … except for that special someone. Now Connor’s back in town, but is he too late?
Hope, love, and the power of forgiveness. Anything can happen—when you least expect it. During one magical holiday, their lives intersect in a way that changes them forever.
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Coming Home- Jane Suen
4-Stars
Coming Home by Jane Suen is the sequel to Jane’s Flowers in December series. I would suggest reading book 1 before starting this novella as it follows the same characters and storyline as the first. I absolutely enjoyed catching up with these characters and following their story some more!
I’m a huge fan of Jane Suen’s work, she’s such an incredibly talented author who writes with so much detail. I would absolutely recommend this series and author to anyone looking for their next one of a kind read!
Suen continues to be a go-to author for me. This latest book – just beautifully written. From start to finish, I was transported into the pages following the main character through every twist and turn. The characters and plot were rich and full. The story moved easily and kept my full attention. Highly recommended.
Coming Home written by Jane Suen is the sequel to Flowers in December. This was a pretty quick read but full of so many powerful moments. Conner returns home after his mother’s death and decides to come to terms with everything. In order to heal you have to forgive and move on, but can he do that? This story is so cute for what it is and it will make you think once your finished reading it. I love the characters and the storyline, I would suggest reading book one first but you would still enjoy the story if you didn’t.
Jane Suen is one of those authors who doesn’t have a formula for how a story is written. I’ve read many of her stories, and each is different from the other – she writes with a poetic style that is ripe with metaphors and stylist visuals.
On 12/14/18 I lost my mother and as I read COMING HOME I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is the sequel to Flowers in December so I knew what the basic premise would be and I was a little worried that my heart would break a little more. This story did the opposite for me.
It’s a tale of healing and moving on. A beautiful telling of putting a life back together. It’s a lovely and quick Christmas story that I read and enjoyed in one sitting.
I recommend this story and this author.
Coming Home by Jane Suen is the sequel to Flowers in December. The story picks up with Connor returning to his childhood home for the holidays after the passing of his mother. I recommend reading the first book because it goes into the background and the characters before delving into this story. This is an emotional read and proves it is good to return home sometimes. Connor is great and I like that he is dealing with loss but also moving on with his life. Mary Ann, Dottie, and Alana are great also. I really like the story and that there were some twists to break away from the expected. The book is a quick read and relatively short but impactful. I look forward to reading more from Jane Suen in the future.
Coming Home: The Sequel to Flowers in December by Jane Suen
5 Stars
The one thing you dont do when you read any of this authors books is go in thinking you know how everything is going to go because she will show you the meaning of what a twist and a turn means and have you sitting there at the end going ..What just happened? She shows you that a twist doesn’t have to be explosive or a throw your kindle moment, she does it in a slow crawl where you have no idea it’s even happening.
I could not wait to get my hands on this story and that’s not surprising because this author has become an absolute one click for me, no thought goes in to my choosing its just see it, get excited, then it’s on my kindle.
I loved Flowers in December and at the end knew I needed more because something was happening and being implied and then it was done and my imagination took it from there. Many Thanks to Jane Suen for seeing this, and knowing that her readers needed more and then delivering.
So much was going on in this very short story but you never feel like anything was crammed in or get confused…She touched on many emotions and feelings and I’m just not going to give anything away so you will have to pick this story up, but please don’t start here, you must read Flowers in December first, this is where you will really get to know Connor Norton, and Tom.
Trust me…I’ve read every one of this authors books, she is a master with words and brilliant with putting them together to form what seems like simple stories that are so much more complex than they seem, I would love to sit and talk to her for a day I have a feeling I would come away rethinking many things.
Loved It..Love this author!!
Coming Home is the sequel to Flowers in December by author Jane Suen and takes place four months after the ending of the previous story. This is a story of finding yourself and knowing sometimes what you really need is what you have left behind. Set over the Christmas holiday, Connor Norton decides to honor his mother’s memory and embrace his memories as well as his hometown. Along the way Connor re-familiarizes himself with old friends, possible new love and family tabby, Tom.
This was a sweet story continuing Connor’s journey of grief and growth following his mom’s passing. It was a unique way of showing that yes, you really can go home, not to mention that in order to make amends sometimes you need to be the person to make the first move, swallow your pride and just admit that you were wrong. Things may not go quite like you planned but just because one path has ended does not mean that another is not opening for you. I enjoyed this story and hope that Ms. Suen continues Connor’s journey.
Reading Jane Suen’s books is like a quick dose of therapy – a short hug that you need at the end of a busy week. Coming Home is no exception. This is the sequel to Flowers in December and centres around Connor coming home to his home town for Christmas, several months after his grief-stricken departure following the death of his mother. When he was last in town he had struck up a friendship with florist Mary Ann but would his return rekindle that spark, or had she moved on in his absence? Can he help Alana, his childhood friend who is also coming home after a long absence? I won’t spoil it for you… read and find out!
Jane’s novels are shorter than those I normally read but that doesn’t put me off, because she crafts such lovely characters and a warm setting that the reader doesn’t need pages and pages to get into the mood of the novel. I can empathise with the characters and cheer for them to get their happy endings almost immediately. Although I have never been to small -town America, the descriptions make it easy to imagine myself walking down the street and popping into the coffee shop.
A lovely heart-warming read.
I loved this book! It is a sweet Christmas story that pulled at my heartstrings and will yours too. It is about forgiveness, finding love and the feeling of happiness. The characters are awesome and the journey they took me on was an emotional roller coaster that I just couldn’t put down until the end. Mary Ann, Alana, Connor and Ron bring the story to life for me, they are so true to life and connectable. I found myself rooting for all of them to find their happiness. A must read!
What a beautiful Christmas story with heartwarming characters intertwining in a cozy Christmas setting to find love, happiness, and forgiveness. I hadn’t read the first book in the series but I had no problem catching up. By the end of it, I didn’t even care who ended with whom, the journey or the ride of finding happiness and meaning in life for Mary Ann, Connor, Ron, Alana was sweeter than the end result. Having said that, I still want to read what happens next:)