Recently divorced and down on her luck, Lesley DeLoach is determined to make a new life for herself. When she inherits her great aunt’s estate, Rosalyn Manor, her future seems to be heading in the right direction–until she sees the home’s crumbling skeleton.Widower John Hambrice is barely keeping his construction company afloat and his children fed, so when he’s offered a job restoring the … Rosalyn Manor he can’t turn it down. But the big city client with the high falutin lifestyle reminds him too much of the last time he was burned by big money.As the summer temperatures rise, so does their attraction. He learns there’s more to the city girl than he expected, while she learns the country boy’s gruff exterior hides a heart of gold. But each has lost so much in love already…is the chance of another broken heart worth the risk?
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Love Comes in the Mourning
By Erin Bevan
5 out of 5 stars
The story Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan is a book that I loved reading. It pulled me in from the beginning and didn’t let me go until the final page. It is a romance story that touched my heart and I have to say that I went through quite a bit of tissue while reading it. It had my emotions going up and down the entire time I was reading it. It is also a book that had both wondering what was going to happen next and falling in love with the characters of Lesley DeLoach and John Hambrice. Lesley is going to the estate that her great aunt left her, Rosalynn Manor. She is determined to make a new life for herself and stand on her own. Then she meets John. John is a widower who is trying to keep his company afloat and take care of his children. While he knows he would like the job restoring Rosalyn Manor he is not so sure working for someone from the city would be a good idea. He has problems with those from the city in the past. Then he meets Lesley. There is an attraction between John and Lesley that can’t be denied. With John having lost his wife and Lesley recently divorced are they ready for a relationship? Will they take a second chance at love? What does their future hold? Read this book to find out. I grew to care about John and Lesley with each chapter that I read. I wanted them to find happiness. The story takes place in a small town whose residents all know each other and care about one another. I enjoyed reading about the additional characters that are introduced and loved reading about their part in the story. The author has created unforgettable characters and a storyline that has you hooked from the start. I would highly recommend reading it.
What a sweet love story! Love Comes In The Mourning is a novel written by Erin Bevan. This is a story that puts you on an emotional ride from the very beginning, which caught you from the start. In this book we meet Lesley DeLoach. Lesley is a divorcee who is determined to find her way. She also wants a new life herself with the help of her aunt when she inherits her aunt’s estate. Then we meet John. John has lost his wife and is trying to keep his life afloat raising his children and running a business. When these two meet there are definite sparks. But the question remains, do they something about that spark? Are the wounds still too fresh? These two had a really great connection and the characters worked really well together. I was really impressed with this book and would definitely recommend this book to people that want a really good love story. This book grabs you and hooks you from the get go and keeps you there the whole time. This is my first book from this author and I can’t wait to read more from her!
Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan is an amazing story. The description summarizes it as a typical love story of second changes and finding love, but it was so much more. There was a wonderful story within the story. While the main focus is on Lesley and John, we also hear about her great aunt’s story, through journal entries. Lesley is recently divorced and inherited her great aunt’s house, which she dreams of turning into a bed and breakfast. However, it needs a LOT of work, more than she expected. John is a local contractor hired to do repairs, and is struggling to make ends meet after his wife passed away from cancer. At first the two don’t get along, and struggle to work together on the house. But before long they find middle ground and start to make a pretty good team. There are a lot of highs and lows in the story, and topics of love, loss, confusion, friendship, and more. We find out at the end there is more to Aunt Myrtle than anyone knew, but I won’t give it away. I actually loved her story more than Lesley and John’s, due to the way it was written. There was surprise after surprise and we didn’t get the full reveal til the very end. Highly recommend and cannot wait to read more by Erin Bevan!
Absolutely loved this book. The author has a way of just reeling you in and immersing you in the story in a way you feel you’re in the story.
I really loved the story between John and Lesley. Both having been hurt before they deny the growing attraction. A story about growth, learning to open their hearts again and love.
I highly recommend this read!
Love Comes in the Mourning
by Erin Bevan
This was such a sweet and emotional story. There were definitely some tears and laughter while reading this book. Lesley has moved to a small town where she inherited a house from her aunt. She is recently divorced and is going to try to get on her feet again and regain her independence. John is a contractor who has lost his wife and is trying to keep his business afloat, but he isn’t sure he wants to work for a city girl. When these two meet there is definitely attraction but neither one of them are in the market for a relationship. As I got further into the story I couldn’t help but become invested in their lives and want what’s best for them. There are also other characters in this book that make this story that much better. The attention to detail in this book made it so I felt like I was right there in the story. I highly recommend this book.
Love Comes In The Mourning by Erin Bevan. This is such a sweet contemporary romance. Its the story of recently divorced Lesley DeLoach and Widower John Hambrie. Lesley is down on her luck and moving to a new down because her Great Aunt has died and left her run down Estate to her. When Lesley finds out her great aunt left her this estate she thinks her luck has finally turned in the right direction until she see it. Its as run down as a place can be. Rosalyn Manor has left a lot to be desired but Lesley decides she can’t kick a gift horse in the mouth so she hires John Hambrie’s construction company to restore it. John is excited to get the business because he is barley holding on as it is. As he begin works the Manor begins to take shape and John and Lesley find an attraction bubbling. John has been burned by big money before so will he allow his heart to be put to the test again? Lesley is so soured from her divorce will she be able to love again? Read Love Comes in the Mourning to find out!
Love Comes In The Mourning by Erin Bevan
5-Stars
Romantic and entertaining, Love Comes In The Mourning by Erin Bevan was an addicting read. I struggled to put this captivating novel down. It had excellent characters who grew as the story progressed. It was creative, emotional, and filled with love. This author created a piece with a great plot and climax. It easily kept my attention and my emotions going. I loved this book and I know other readers will as well. I felt it easily deserved five stars. I highly recommend it.
Love Comes In The Mourning is a wonderful romance novel by Erin Bevan. I have read a few books by this author and this one is, by far, my favourite. It needs to come with a ‘tissues required’ warning. I was in tears by the end of the first chapter.
Lesley DeLoach has inherited her aunt’s home Roselyn Manor and intends to turn it into a bed and breakfast. Little does she know how dilapidated the house has become.
John Hambrice is a constructor who is struggling to keep his business afloat after the death of his wife to cancer the year before.
Lesley and John could not be any more different if they tried. Local boy John does not know how to handle feisty city girl Lesley and lets just say that some of their initial encounters are hilarious and highly entertaining.
I adored both Lesley and John. John is struggling with the emotions that Lesley brings out in him. He feels guilt that he has these feelings for another woman after losing his wife. Lesley is trying to come to terms with her divorce from cheating ex-husband Peter.
This is a fantastic romance story. The writer has written a wonderful storyline with amazing characters. You also can’t help but totally fall in love with John’s 2 children.
Be prepared to go through every emotion if you choose to read this book. I would urge anyone considering this book to take the plunge and give it a try.
Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan. This is a new to me author and I’ve got to say I’m very excited to read more. I love a story about finding love when you’re not even looking. Each of the main characters have past hurts and stories to be told that will have you all in your feelings. The chemistry they share is so well written you forget it’s on pages instead of on a screen before you. The storyline is well written and paced nicely never feeling rushed or lacking anything. It’s a sweet story that I was so happy to get lost in for a while. You can easily connect with the characters and it was sad when I reached the end because I wasn’t wanting to leave them. So excited to see where this author takes me next! Four stars and highly recommended!
Love Comes in the Morning was my first novel by Erin Bevan and it was such an amazing read!
Bakersville, Georgia is where Lesley finds herself looking for a fresh start. She just inherited a grand old house from her great aunt and it truly couldnt have happened at a better time. She has a lot to work out, but she is going to take thid fresh start and run with it.
John is a local contractor. Hesitant of city slickers, when his Uncle tells him he needs to take a job for this new lady coming to town he just knows she is going to be a pain. But as soon as he starts to get to know her, maybe he judged her a little too harshly.
John and Lesley are both going through their own personal issues. Each a little bit different, but maybe they will find that they could work on them together. I really enjoyed this story. The author did a wonderful job creating this book world in Bakersville, Georgia. The characters were really great and I didn’t want to out it down!
The story started out with a bang! Interesting and sassy characters but then it fizzled. It became slow and it struggled holding my interest. I didn’t care for the secondary story about the aunt. I see why it was added at the end but at the time I thought it was filler.
The characters building was good but again it just went poof and they seemed to be stuck. Each of these characters had something to overcome. They did work on that a bit as well as try to come to terms with their feelings. I did enjoy the whole dove aspect. That was cute and a way to tie things to the story. The secondary characters were nice too.
Overall it is an ok book. There are elements that are endearing. I felt like it was supposed to be more than just a romance.
This is a heartbreaking and heartwarming story about finding love again after so much loss.
Lesley is a recently divorced woman who caught her husband being unfaithful to her. Unable to deal with living in the same area when she found out about Rosalyn Manor that was left to her by her aunty she saw this as her chance to rebuild her life. What she didn’t expect was the house to be in such a desperate state and needing so much work.
John is the man who is called for the job. John’s story is a sad one, after watching the love of his life die of cancer he was left alone to carry on and take care of their two children. Struggling to keep his business afloat and feed his children he remembers the last time he was burnt by someone from the city and is reluctant to work with Lesley.
However as time progress and the connection and attraction grows between them, they both have to learn to trust again and they both have to learn to let love re-enter their lives after they thought it was gone forever.
Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan
5 of 5 Stars
Lesley DeLoach is recently divorced and is determined to make a new life for herself. Lesley is excited when she learns she has inherited Rosalyn Manor, her late Great Aunt’s estate, however when she sees that the house is a crumbling skeleton she’s not so hopeful about her new start. Meanwhile widower and single Dad, John Hambrice is barely keeping his construction company afloat and money is tight and so when he’s offered the job to restore Rosalyn Manor he can not believe his luck. Lesley and John do not have great first impressions of each other as she thinks he’s just a ‘country boy’ and he thinks her city lifestyle means she’s all about the money. However as the summer roles on and the longer they are working together and as the temperatures rise, neither can deny their mutual attraction. John discovers that there is much more to the ‘city girl’ than he expected and Lesley learns that behind the ‘country boy’s’ gruff exterior actually hides a heart of gold. Both of them have lost so much in love before and so must decide if the chance of another broken heart is worth the risk. This is a heartwarming story which took me on an emotional rollercoaster. It’s a wonderfully written novel with some lovely characters and I was hooked from page one.
Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan is an emotional story that will draw you in and keep a tight hold right until the last page. The characters have such a complexity about them that you cannot resist being pulled into their lives. I loved that they came across as flawed, and not perfect people.
The whole story had such a great pace about it. The author has done an amazing job of knowing exactly what the story needs and when. I have read a few books by this author now but there was something about this one that really caught my attention. It is easily my favourite one so far. If you haven’t read this author before then please do yourself a favour and go out and buy this book today.
Love Comes in the Mourning by Erin Bevan is an emotional contemporary second chance romance that hits you right in the feels. You will go through the gambit of tears to laughter. The characters are intriguing and well developed and it did take a little bit to settle in with them but once they both took a step back, they felt so much more relatable and quite lovable.
John and Lesley are two of the most unlikely people to fall in love. Him a widow and her a divorcee and from two different worlds. Not only do we have their love story there is another story in the background that shares a sordid and sad tale.
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I enjoyed this tale and am interested to see what comes next from Erin.
4 Stars
Love Comes In the Morning by Erin Bevan is a contemporary romance- sweet and emotive with a little angst, city girl vs country boy, both still hurting from past love, chemistry starts to sizzle and temperatures rise, but will they risk their hearts again on a new chance at finding love again? This book is well worth the read to find out.
After divorce send her reeling, Leslie DeLoach could do with a stroke of luck as she embarks on a new beginning. She gets her lucky change when she inherits her aunt’s manor house and thinks things are finally taking a turn for the better. But when she lays eyes on the manor she only sees how much work there is to restore it- as the house is in dire need of some TLC- and this is where handy man John Hambrice enters the picture- and the story really gets interesting.
A little slow to get going and it took me a little bit to connect with the characters- but that really didn’t detract too much from my overall enjoyment of the story.
Thank you, Erin Bevan!
This is the first book that I have read from this author…but it won’t be the last!
This story centers around Lesley and John. Lesley is recently divorced and finds herself moving to the estate her aunt left her to start anew. She is really looking forward to this new start…until she sees Rosalyn Manor in person. It is in desperate need of repair. While she finds the man in charge of fixing up her new home attractive, she is unsure if she is willing to open up her heart again in fear of being hurt.
John, a widower with children, is the owner of the construction company tasked with restoring Rosalyn Manor. While he needs the job because his company is barely surviving, he wants to avoid his attraction to Lesley because he has been burned by others like her in the past.
This story is filled with emotion. Both John and Lesley have been hurt in the past and both are fearful of putting their hearts on the line again. I found myself invested in these characters and enjoyed the way their story played out. There were some tears along the way…but they were worth it.
What happens when a second chance in both love and life comes a knocking, are you ready to just go with the flow?
This book introduces us to two wonderful characters, Lesley who after her divorce has been at a loss but when she receives news that she has inherited her Great Aunt’s house this may be on the up.
John is a widower trying to support his family and strive to keep his business afloat. He really needs the contract to renovate Rosalynn Manor but he has an aversion to those city types as he has been burnt once too many times, but upon meeting Lesley there is an attraction he can’t quite point his finger on.
I loved this story from the very first paragraph, these two characters were well created and complimented each other brilliantly. The way the story weaved through kept me engaged and invested with these two people. The way the story delved into the emotional side of each of them was lovely and I love a book that makes me cry.
This is the first book I have read by this author and can’t to read more, I recommend this book to anyone who just loves a good feel good story.
Erin Bevan really hit the nail on the head with this latest novel that I read by her, Love Comes in The Mourning. I must say this is quite the emotional roller coaster of a read that will keep you on the verge of tears, if not ugly crying, throughout most of the book. The couple we meet, Lesley and John both have pasts that would make anyone wanna give up on love but together they will get a chance to rekindle love and try to find happiness once again. Will it be with each other? Can they heal enough from the pasts they have to be able to love again? These two were so relatable and realistic that I often felt as if I was reading a memoir. I loved how they both had a strong anchor in the book and rather than fighting for the limelight they both shined just as equally as the other. I cannot wait to see what we will get next from Erin Bevan. I know for sure I will be right there ready to soak it all up!
Love Comes in the Mourning
By Erin Bevan
5 stars
This was such a lovely read; I was completely captivated by the whole book from beginning to end. The characters Lesley and John were wonderful; I especially fell in love with John straight away. I had my fingers crossed for Lesley the whole way through – I wanted her to find the man that she deserved someone who would love her like she loves. I could feel the emotions coming from John during the story; the author was able to get them across so well.
The authors writing was slow to develop but it was absolutely perfect for this story, there is no way a fast paced read would have suited these characters and their story.
I would absolute recommend Love Comes in the Mourning and this author and I look forward to reading more from Ms Bevan again in the future.