#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has
captivated millions of readers with her heartwarming stories of the ties
that bind. Now she introduces Jenna Stevens, who’s about to discover
that sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back home again.…
After
nearly a decade as a sous chef in a trendy eatery, Jenna is desperate
for a change. She’s supported her ex-husband’s dreams for so long that
she can’t even remember her own. Until she sees a for-lease sign near
her parents’ home and envisions her very own cooking store.
Her
crash course in business is aided by a street-wise store manager and
Jenna’s adoptive mother. But just as she’s gaining a foothold in her new
life, in walk her birth parents—aging hippies on a quest to reconnect
with their firstborn.
Now Jenna must figure out how to reconcile
the free-spirited Serenity and Tom with her traditional parents, deal
with her feelings for a new love interest and decide what to do about
her ex’s latest outrageous request. In the end, Jenna will find that
there is no perfect family, only the people we love.…
5 STARS
Man, what a rotten guy Jenna's soon to be ex-husband Aaron was. We learn pretty early on the ways that he constantly undermined her confidence. She doesn't even understand that she has suffered abuse. It's verbal abuse but still it's abuse.
Violet Green was a godsend. She was like a complete opposite of Jenna, but in all the best ways. Well, we learn that she has also had a not so glowing past but darn that girl pulled me into caring.
Jenna's adoptive mother Beth Stevens was awesome. They had such a great relationship. Marshall is her adoptive father who is always loving and supportive too. It seems like the story didn't delve too deeply into the fathers in this story but what did show was well done.
The story is really emotional just as you would expect when dealing with Jenna was. It also had a good supporting cast of some surprise people.
I really liked Jenna but a few times I wish she would tell the wonderful Serenity to back the heck off a bit. And Serenity although kooky also had some interesting ways that drew people in. Yes, she was Jenna's biological mother but she was still basically a stranger. I had a suspicion about why Serenity was pushing but it all came out in the end.
It has an emotional ending and has a Discussion Questions section afterwards.
I read this book through the Libby Library App.
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