Coming Home to Starr's Fall
Welcome to the town of Starr’s Fall, where Autumn can feel like it goes on forever, and two people have a chance to fall in love…
The leaves are falling, with a crispness to the air, along with the scents of coffee and pumpkin spice, past a half-empty street of shuttered storefronts and a bandstand that has seen better days…
Just like the whole town of Starr’s Fall, thinks Laurie Ellis – as she and her beloved dog Max head to collect the store keys. Maybe she has seen better days, too, but she’s certainly ready for a new start—and to leave her past behind. Still Laurie wonders whether she made a terrible mistake in coming to lovable but shabby Starr’s Fall. Will she even find customers for her pet store and bakery, never mind a community to welcome and accept her?
Not according to Joshua Reilly, the handsome but grumpy manager of the bookstore across the road, who claims he’s never heard of anything so ridiculous as a bakery for dogs.
But Laurie remains stubbornly undeterred. She’s starting over, right here. Not least because she has another secret reason for being here… one she isn’t telling anybody, at least not yet, as it involves her own tragic past.
What she doesn’t yet know is that a clue to the mystery is hidden deep in Joshua’s bookstore. And he doesn’t yet realize that Laurie herself might be the key to mending his own battered heart… for Laurie and Joshua and the whole town, it’s going to be a fall to remember.
My Review:
Coming Home to Starr's Fall is a lovely romance. Filled with complexities, we get so much more than just a romance in this book. Laurie Ellis has been alone for a long time. She moves to Starr's Fall as a sort of new beginning and as a hopeful path to her past. What she finds is small town charm, new friends, and even a spark with the bookstore owner across the street.
The author unravels both Laurie and Joshua methodically but in a way that isn't cruel or clinical. Each character has demons in the their past that they are either trying to deal with or have buried but should deal with sooner rather than later. Relationships are hard but you can't grow into one if you're still haunted by previous life events.
Laurie is inspiring. She chose to move to small town, previously unknown to her, and open up a business that is typically found in metropolises. I love that for her.
Joshua has a lot burdening him down. With no one to talk to or confide in, he just keeps sinking further down into his own misery. When the shop owner from across the street appears, he can't help but find her interesting; albeit, he has a weird way of showing it.
I enjoyed Coming Home to Starr's Fall. The author created a wonderful world, 3-dimentional characters, and a story that is realistic and shows that everyone has imperfections. I loved the author's writing style, and the pacing of the book. I was completely engaged in the book from the first sentence.
I was provided a copy of this book.
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