TITLE: A Home for Christmas
AUTHOR: Ann Vaughn
RELEASED: 28th November 2013
Riley Stanton had no idea when he chased down the kids who stole a few purses that he would walk into a room and have his life changed forever. He looked into the eyes of Jenna and saw a strength in her that he found intriguing.
Riley soon learns that Jenna is everything he ever wanted in a woman. He falls for her and for her son harder than he expected to. Jenna is cautious but welcoming and hopes that she and her son can give Riley the one thing he hasn’t had in years, A Home for Christmas.
As you may be aware, I have a bit of a soft spot for Ann Vaughn. When she very kindly provided me with ARC's for her first two books, I was more than happy to review them. The fact that I thoroughly enjoyed them was an additional bonus. So when this book came out, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Like her previous books, I was unable to put it down. This was a one sitting read for me.
The book doesn't have excessive amount of drama, it doesn't have a 'will they won't they' thing going on. What it does have is a fantastic feel good factor to it from start to finish! Riley had spotted Jenna just prior to the purse snatching, and in that moment, he knew he wanted to get to know her better, and so heralds the start of a beautiful love story. Jenna has refrained from dating since her divorce five years previously, but when the handsome stranger who got her purse back for her, walked into the store managers office, she was hooked. Her only concerns about starting a relationship, was the effect it would have on her 10 year old son Cam, and whether or not Riley would be able to accept she had a child.
The book doesn't have excessive amount of drama, it doesn't have a 'will they won't they' thing going on. What it does have is a fantastic feel good factor to it from start to finish! Riley had spotted Jenna just prior to the purse snatching, and in that moment, he knew he wanted to get to know her better, and so heralds the start of a beautiful love story. Jenna has refrained from dating since her divorce five years previously, but when the handsome stranger who got her purse back for her, walked into the store managers office, she was hooked. Her only concerns about starting a relationship, was the effect it would have on her 10 year old son Cam, and whether or not Riley would be able to accept she had a child.
Life wasn't to be all plain sailing though. Once her ex-husband found out she had someone new in her life, he decided to try and ruin it for her. In doing so, he brought his problems to her door, which only gave Riley the opportunity to pull on his resources and provide Jenna and Cam with all the security and protection he possibly could.
I love how Ann Vaughn can write a happy story, that has the ability to keep you turning the page to see what happens next. This book is one I will be keeping on my e-reader, just for the feel good factor alone. It is an easygoing read, that will have the ability to pull you out of a funk and put that smile back on your face and that "Ahh" back in your vocabulary!
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Tessa had never meant to set into motion events that led to their childhood rivalry, but once it started, she embraced it with gusto...until her world started to fall apart and she realized that Shane was the one constant in her life, her rock who would never leave her and help her find her Long Way Home...
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Sarah Sauter was used to being alone. She lost her parents when she was eighteen and after a really bad love affair, had given up on ever finding love. Since then, her life had been all about simply surviving. Little did she know that when she went to lunch with her co-workers, she would have a chance encounter with a man who would literally turn her world upside down.
When Colt steps into Sarah's life, he finds that things with her aren't exactly as they appear to be. Secrets hidden deep in her past begin to surface, dropping Colt and Sarah in the middle of a nearly twenty-seven year old mystery. It will take all of Colt's strength, patience and resolve Finding Home for Sarah.
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Ann Vaughn is a Native Texan now living in Oklahoma. She's been writing since the seventh grade (many MANY moons ago) when she and her friends were obsessed with the Sweet Valley High series. Back then, access to books wasn't as easy as it is now, so to tide her over between SVH releases, she began writing her own, Texas versions of SVH, full of lots of Texas Friday Night Lights and pitfalls and perils of teenage life in the 80s. Writing has always been a comfort and a release for her, though she never expected to be published. It wasn't until a conversation with her husband about the rise of eBooks that she decided to try her hand at self-publishing. It was scary and exciting and ever since the release of her first book, Long Way Home on August 7, 2013 she has been on a wild roller coaster ride that she wouldn't trade for the world.
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