ABOUT THE BOOK
After a decade away, Raine Wiley is forced to confront her past when a family emergency brings her back to Covewood, Kentucky—the small town she's painstakingly avoided. Her steer clear of Ryland Quinn at all costs. But fate has other plans, entangling her with Ryland as he oversees the renovation of her grandparents' farmhouse—a project she unwittingly signed up to lead.
Escaping the past is about to prove more complicated than she ever imagined.
Ryland Quinn’s world turns sideways when his long-lost love resurfaces. While juggling a thriving construction business and single parenthood, his carefully constructed barriers begin to crumble in the face of Raine's unexpected return. The allure of a second chance at love proves irresistible, tearing down the emotional walls he's built for years.
Escaping the past is about to prove more complicated than she ever imagined.
Ryland Quinn’s world turns sideways when his long-lost love resurfaces. While juggling a thriving construction business and single parenthood, his carefully constructed barriers begin to crumble in the face of Raine's unexpected return. The allure of a second chance at love proves irresistible, tearing down the emotional walls he's built for years.
REVIEW
My first book by India and I enjoyed it very much. From the start it pulled me in with interest. The second chance romance is my favorite so I knew I would enjoy that part. I loved the flashbacks throughout the story and how we didn’t know the full story of what happened to them until towards the end of the book. And can we all say “Thank You!” for not having some silly fight or some sort of falling apart that could have just been solved with a simple conversation. There is also a lot of trauma in this story, mainly from parental figures and there was a lot of things to be overcome from this. This all came together like real life. Also--the emotions throughout, the closeness with the grandparents, it was all fantastically done.
There is faith within this story, but there were a few lines that I didn’t agree with, and would make me pause before giving this book to an impressionable young adult who is still growing in their faith. These two things are might be considered slight spoilers, so scroll down to see them.
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The first thing that gave me pause was when the main character and her best friend (who both are Christians in the story) talk about how moving in with the boyfriend in the natural next step--as if that's something a Christian would consider part of God's plan.
Then later in the story the main character says something about how her boyfriend/fiancé wants to wait to move in together until they’re married. The context seems as though she doesn’t feel the same but is respectful to his wish.
This whole living together before being married (which also implies sleeping together) is a huge connection between two people both physically and emotionally. It is so downplayed in our society and seen as 'the norm'. It is not in God’s plan for how we move forward in a romantic relationship. I feel this is something that needs to be handled with more care in Christian books. It's not about always doing the right thing, but that, as Christians, we strive to.
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