Contemporary Romance published by HQN Books 27 Jul 21
Lucy panics and runs away the morning of her wedding, leaving her family and fiancé Owen to pick up the pieces. As Lucy introspects on what’s important to her, she begins to build a life in far away Rendezvous Falls, making new friends. Owen, in the meantime, after a short stint of feeling sorry for himself, follows her to figure out how to win her back. It’s not that easy and straightforward, even with the help of a super-duper app on his phone.
Owen has made his choices regardless of what Lucy might want, leading to a fairly long engagement lived apart. Having served two tours of duty, he is finally ready to settle down, marry Lucy, and imagine a perfect life lived together. The fact that his wedding is taking on a look and feel that is very different from what he once knew Lucy wanted doesn’t really intrude into the distant world that he has built himself. Really, he has no one to blame but himself when he receives the Dear John letter at the church.
Lucy has been the good girl who always has to give up her hopes and dreams for other people’s happiness. Swept along into a wedding that is completely opposite of what she has always wanted by Owen’s dominating mother, she finally panics and runs away to just get away from it all.
Can Lucy and Owen recapture what had once brought them together? This time around Lucy’s done living for everyone else and Owen will need to bring the big guns to bear, and he does with the help of an app – until it all falls apart. Can Owen demonstrate that he knows how to listen and give Lucy what she needs?
This is a sweet romance with an interesting cast of characters.
Grade: B
Summary:
It’s never too late for a second chance…
Tonight should be the best night of Lucy Higgins’s life. Tomorrow she’s finally marrying Owen Cooper. She’s been waiting to start a life of wedded bliss, like the happy marriage her parents have. Except…she just learned her parents are divorcing and she’s freaking out. Owen has been so distant lately, shutting her out. Suddenly this big wedding seems like a really bad idea. Packing up her car, Lucy bolts for Rendezvous Falls and finds work at a flower shop while she gets her life together. The last thing she expects is for Owen to show up, wanting her back.
Owen Cooper’s carefully planned out life is ready to begin. He’s home from the military to join the family business and marry the sweet girl who captured his heart…until Lucy runs out on him. That was not part of the plan. Armed with an article that promises to help him win her back, Owen heads to Rendezvous Falls. But from the moment he sees her again, she seems…different. Happier, more confident and at ease. Can he convince this new version of Lucy that he’s become the man she deserves? He might need a little help from the local book club to accomplish this mission…
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