She can’t let go of her dead husband…Maddie Kincaid believes her late husband Jack gives her advice on everything from ordering a pizza to hiring a carpenter, so when she finds Caleb Walker’s business card on Jack’s desk, she’s convinced that he’s the guy to remodel her kitchen.He can’t decide if she’s worth the risk…Caleb is a single father and protecting his young son means avoiding … romantic entanglements. But there’s heat in every kitchen, and sparks ignite between Caleb and Maddie–until disaster strikes.When Jack goes silent, Maddie’s guilt consumes her, and it looks as if she and Caleb will never find their happily-ever-after–at least, not without a little help from Jack…
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Fantastic story with characters so real, you feel that they are living, breathing friends you have just met. I was emotionally invested early on, laughed out loud, and even got misty eyed at times. Wonderfully written story of second chance love found.
As a side note, the editing for this book deserves 5 stars as well! Very rarely do I come across a kindle book that I don’t stumble across at least a few grammatical error, but this book had none to trip me up and distract me from the overall story. Bravo!
Oh my goodness…this was so filled with love and forgiveness and remembering and then survival. When you lose the love of your life you don’t think you can survive but Maddie has found a way to survive by talking with her deceased husband, Jack. She finally decides he has told her it is time to go on with the kitchen rehab and even showed her who to call. Caleb Walker is the perfect one for her, not only as a carpenter but with his little boy they soon find their way. This was such a beautiful story that had me shedding some tears which was not unexpected as I lost my husband a few months ago and also 2 sons in the past few months. It has been an emotional year but I recommend this one! I am writing this review after completing the series and really recommend all three!!!!!!
Love Built to Last is Lisa Ricard Claro’s first published novel, however she has had many other works published. It is the first book in the Fireflies series but it is a standalone; there is no cliffhanger – yay for that!
I read all kinds of romance, from sweet to erotic, and I like them all for different reasons. I would call Love Built to Last women’s fiction with heavy emphasis on romance. If you are looking for a wonderful story to read, with lots of heat but no explicit sex scenes, I highly recommend this book. This is a book where the anticipation and tension between Maddie and Caleb made the story that much more compelling for me.
This book touched on all of my emotions. I cried and I laughed and I felt frustrated at times when Maddie and Caleb let things keep them apart. A book is a winner for me when it makes me feel all of these things so deeply.
The blurb for the book is very accurate so I won’t restate the story. I’ll just say that I love the way it unfolds and the depth of Maddie and Caleb’s characters. Lisa’s writing is so deliciously descriptive that I could easily see in my mind what the characters were seeing, doing and feeling.
There is an excellent and entertaining cast of secondary characters, including meddling, matchmaking families. Given that this is the first of three books in the Fireflies series, I expect we will be seeing more of them.