A desperate hairdresser. Her handsome friend. And a farmhouse full of secrets.
When Maggie Devereux is served an unexpected eviction notice, everything falls apart. Out of options, the nearly divorced forty-something stumbles across an unopened letter regarding her late aunt’s estate: a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of town. It could be the perfect solution, if it weren’t on the verge … if it weren’t on the verge of collapse and teeming with complicated family secrets.
Property investor Rhett Houston needs a fresh start. So when he bumps into his old friend, Maggie, who’s looking for help with a project, he jumps right in. Soon, Rhett finds himself growing close to the hardworking family, and he realizes he’s at a crossroads: stay in the city where he’s made a life, or move home to Hickory Grove to help Maggie for good. His choice would be easy, if she weren’t still married.
Can friends become more under the right circumstances? The Farmhouse is a romantic, small-town women’s fiction set in charming Hickory Grove.
Take a trip to the heart of America, and fall in love with Hickory Grove’s quirky residents who work hard, enjoy the simple life, and always put love first. Each title is a standalone read.
The Schoolhouse: Book One
The Christmas House: Book Two
The Farmhouse: Book Three
The Innkeeper’s House: Book Four
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Story line is great and I loved the characters. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it! Unexpected twists and turns had me reading this book in one sitting. Great storyline and character development made this book a hot and enjoyable read!
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Twist at the end that made all things possible to be a happy ending.
My first book by this author did not disappoint!
These almost old worldly storys by this author will make your heart melt. They are beautifully written with a delightful attention to detail and wonderful characters who make a home in your heart real quick.
Heart warming read.
The Farmhouse
A Hickory Grove Novel, Book 3
By: Elizabeth Bromke
Narrated by: Cecily White
What happens when your husband disappears and leaves you on the brink of bankruptcy? Maggie finds herself served with eviction papers, and no where to go. While packing things up, she finds correspondence leaving her an old farmhouse on the edge of town. Could this be the answer to her prayers? Rhett is looking for a change in his life. Coming home to Hickory Grove could be the answer. But his old flame in town is married! Or is she? Now given the second chance they both deserve, will they take it throw it away? This is a sweet listen. I love Maggie’s new found independence and confidence in herself. She has such an amazing drive and love for her kids that nothing is going to stand in her way. Rhett is a wonderfully warm man who has been dealt bad cards. Now he has a chance a real happiness. I love these two, their history and their future. A warmhearted listen, it is a joy to my ears.
Cecily White brings this story out with warm and tranquil sound. I enjoy her voices and she finds each character the perfect voice. I look forward to hearing more from her.
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This book was well written and flowed nicely. I had my misgivings at first because the main character seemed to be moving into a new relationship the same day that her marriage and life was falling apart. An old friend you have to hots for is one thing, but acting on that the day your husband had seemed to ditch you and your four kids? That just didn’t work for me, but Rhett and Maggie did seem to step back a little as the book went on and I was more accepting of the situation.
Overall, this is a good, quick and easy read with characters that you will want to keep up with as the books continue.
Living in a small town, being married to your first love, starting a family and finding out after 18 years that life is not what you expected. This is what happens to Maggie when she finds out that her husband has not paid the bills for months and all her bank accounts are empty. There you are with 4 children, not knowing what tomorrow will bring you. The return of Rhett, her dear friend from high school and all the friends in the town cannot take away her problems.
When she goes through the papers of her runaway husband, she finds a letter addressed to her; her deceased aunt left her a farm.
A beautifully described novel about life in a small town where the main character in each chapter grows in her role as a single mother. All her life she has let her dominating, controlling husband decide everything for her but now she has to do it alone. Slowly but surely she finds the strength within herself to be the woman her children can be proud of. A role model for her daughters that a woman can be happy in who she is, that she doesn’t need a man for that. And that she can be the woman that Rhett can be proud of.
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Maggie and Rhett were best friends at school. She married someone else, he moved away. Rhett arrives back in town just as Maggie’s life falls apart. This small town romance is about choices, secrets, second chances and new beginnings. It is well written with great characters and an interesting storyline. I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend it to all contemporary romance fans and anyone who loves small town books.
Maggie is starting over. In her forties and going through a divorce, she comes across a document from her aunt’s estate leaving her a dilapidated farmhouse outside town. Rhett, an old friend of Maggie’s agrees to help her renovate the property. The two grow closer, but Rhett is afraid to risk his heart while Maggie is still married. Highly recommended.
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I’ve enjoyed this series, this is book 3 so far. These can be stand alones, but if you read all in order, they will mean more to you. This is Maggie’s story and it’s interesting, sad, fun, and humorous all together.
This is a heartwarming story about courage, friendship, and new beginnings. Set in a small town, the storyline was artfully crafted and kept my interest throughout the entire book. The author does a great job of describing the scenes in such detail that you have no trouble picturing them in your mind. The characters are authentic and well defined and they faced real life challenges. There is not only romance, but adventure, mystery, and plenty of plot twists. A highly recommended read!
This is the first book I have read by this author and am looking forward to reading more.
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Loved how Rhett steps up to help Maggie out and tries to make sure is taken care and safe. I think they both had to overcome their pasts to be happy in the future.
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I found this storyline definitely a worthy addition to my collection. The characters are well developed and engaging and the storyline flowed smoothly keeping me turning the pages.
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This is a well written book with strong,well developed characters and an interesting story line. The author does a great job developing the story and pulled me in with her descriptive writing and detailed scenes. It’s a story of starting over and facing difficulties and obstacles along the way. It’s a sweet story of friendship,love and new beginnings and is told in a realistic fashion that had me hooked from start to finish reading this emotion filled story. I loved and highly recommend this book.
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Elizabeth Bromke hits the nail on the head. Such a wonderful warm hearted story of struggles, finding your strengths, a story of a marriage that should have ended along time ago from a dead beat husband, Travis, who didn’t pay his mortgage and now Maggie with 4 children has to move because they are in foreclosure. while she looks threw her unopened papers, she find that she was left a small rundown old farm house from her aunt. Rhett will move back to Towne and he’ll be helping Maggie fix the place up for a room. Will these two find what they are looking for? Will Maggie trust any man after her husband.
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I’ve read several books written by Elizabeth Bromke; she has done a great job at writing a good book; she is becoming one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of books her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I loved the chemistry between the characters.
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The Farmhouse is the third book in the “A Hickory Grove Novel” series.
The characters in this story are well developed, likable, relatable, and have difficulties to overcome. The storyline is well written and flows nicely, with a mother of four having to fix up an inherited farmhouse with the assistance of an old friend.
I loved reading this clean sweet romance and I’m looking forward to more books by this author.
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The third book in the A Hickory Grove Novel series it is well written, a sweet clean small town romance story. Maggie Devereux gets a eviction notice because of her husband Travis has not been paying the bills. Maggie was about to start divorce procedures when she found that out. She finds she owns a farmhouse from her great aunt and takes her and her four kids there. She meets Property investor Rhett Houston and they get their second chance as he helps her with things that need done to the farmhouse. I enjoyed reading their story and seeing the rest of the town people come to live through this story.
Maggie Engel is a hairdresser, married, with 4 children. Her marriage is not going so well and she is making the decision to leave her husband, Travis. When she returned home, she found a foreclosure slip on her door – Travis had not paid the mortgage for several months and now she has no place to live. Looking for a place for herself and her 4 children is not an easy task. But she finds an unopened letter where her Aunt willed her an old falling-down farmhouse on the outskirts of town. She is willing to put in the work for the possibility of a new start.
Rhett Houston is moving back to Hickory Grove for a new start as well. He agrees to help Maggie fix up the farmhouse. Working together on the renovations would also give him a chance to perhaps tell her how he feels about her after her divorce is final. Will this be a home
for Maggie and Rhett to start over as a couple? Will Travis come back to cause her trouble?
This was a nice story because it promised to get Travis out of her life and let Rhett, who cared for her, come into her life. But things are never that easy, and there will be difficulties and surprises along the way. Grab your copy and see how everything works out for them!
Another book by Elizabeth Bromke that is a can’t put it down. Love the way she tells a story. Great characters and how they bring God to help with issues. A must read.