Sometimes, the most painful secrets need revealed, before you can find true love.Tess Reynolds has idolized her older brother’s best friend, Connor McCoy, since he came to her rescue in fourth grade. But a young girl’s worship morphs into something deeper, and on the night before he left for college Tess professed her love. Connor never returns those three little words, instead he gives Tess her … Tess her first kiss, tells her not to wait for him and leaves.
Order and control are the only things Connor wants in his life, it’s how he keeps his loved ones safe. Years ago he learned the hard way that loss of control causes distractions that can lead to devastation. Because he craved Tess with every fiber of his soul, she became his biggest distraction. In order to protect her, he had to keep his distance. But when she ends up at a college only minutes from him, Connor’s restraint snaps and they end up creating more firsts.
Now, years later, they are both back in Bedford Park, and Tess has a young daughter that no one knows Connor is the father of. Secrets they’ve kept from their family and friends are about to be revealed but they both have secrets they kept from each other. Will those secrets destroy what they have? Or will their long history and love be enough to build a trust that will lead them to their happily ever after?
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This book has it all: pain, fear, secrets and lies, but above all love, trust, patience and faithfulness! It’s just full of emotion and is sure to pull on your heartstrings.
The protagonists, Tess, Ben’s younger sister and mother of Hope, and Connor, Ben’s best friend and Hope’s secret father, have so much growing to do. He’s a building developer whose office is upstairs from the daycare Tess runs. But they have so many secrets! Layer by layer, Ms. Dave unfolds and reveals them in a way that makes this reader cheer for Tess and Connor.
Ms. Dave has a special way of writing deep sensitivity and vulnerability from a male’s point of view that one doesn’t usually find from most female authors. She has a unique talent for sharing that with her readers.
The secondary characters are very loving, likeable, protective and supportive friends from book one and keep developing throughout, each waiting for a story of his or her own to be told.
I look forward to many inspiring books from Connie Dave!I
Secrets can get away from you
OMG shocker alert! What a secret the two main characters, Tess and Conner, are keeping from everyone! Sometimes what is meant to be is meant to be. After expressing her feelings and him letting her down easy before he goes away, they are somehow reunited by living near each other. They give in to their feelings and there is a beautiful result! But they keep it from everyone, including their families and especially Tess’s brother whom is Conner’s best friend. Go ahead and read the story to see how it all turns out. You won’t regret it! Loving this author, and loving Bedford Park!
I don’t even know where to begin. “Finding Faith” was exquisite. This is even more incredible. Connie Davé certainly knows how to tell a story. This glorious stand-alone small town romance is so much more than that. It is a life-affirming celebration of love, a glorious tribute to that part of us we hold tightly to our core and only give to those whom we trust the most in the world. “Trusting Tess” will rip your heart out, smash it to pieces, and then carefully reconstruct it bit by bit until it is bigger and fuller than you’ve ever imagined it could be. And, you might just quietly enjoy a few steamy moments or chuckle aloud to some hilarity, too.
Tess Reynolds is the sister of the main character Ben in book 1 (Finding Faith). Tess has an adorable little girl, Hope, who is almost 2 years old. To this day, Tess refuses to tell any of her friends or family the man who fathered Hope. However, it becomes clear as Hope is talking and she yells “Daddy” to Tess’ friend Conner when he is leaving the daycare which Tess owns and operates. Oooops!
Conner McCoy has been Tess’ hero since the day he moved to the neighbourhood when they were children and he helped Ben from getting beat on by a bully. He has loved Tess as well since that time as he saw her swing her backpack at the bullies, intent on hurting them and getting them to leave Ben alone. Conner is Ben’s best friend, and has been harbouring secrets and feelings of panic about children since childhood.
Now that the secret is out, Conner and Tess need to surprise their family and friends with the news, as well as try to live as a real couple. This isn’t easy for Tess in particular as she believes Conner will run, as he’s done many times in their past. But Conner is not going anywhere, and he has a plan to prove it to Tess! But secrets have their way of of coming out and of causing lots of misunderstandings.
I think this story is better than Book 1! I loved reading the interactions with all the family and the closeness of the friends in Bedford Park! I also loved the surprise twists thrown in, keeping the story moving along at a good pace. I know the next book will be equally engaging, if not more so!
I highly recommend this book! It will make you laugh, cry a bit and give you all the feel goods you want from a HEA book!
I was provided with an ARC of this book and I am providing my honest review.