He just wants to leave the past behind him…
International hotel manager Ben Carter is not sticking around Hearts Bend. He’s just home to sell the inn he inherited from his grandparents. The place holds all his best memories—especially the ones that include regular summer guest Cami Jackson. But she’s been out of his life for years, and she’s not coming back.
She is headed for a glorious future…
Real estate developer Cami Jackson is ready to take over as VP of her father’s company, Akron Development. When the Hearts Bend Inn comes on the market, she wants to swoop it up, if only because of the sweet memories of her favorite summers. The last thing she expects to find is her first love back to sign on the dotted line.
But a first love won’t let them go…
The more time Cami and Ben spend together, the more they realize they have unfinished business. Suddenly, an impulsive decision could turn into a lost-but-found dream. But for Cami’s father, the inn holds memories of a terrible tragedy, and he wants to kill the deal.
Will their lost dreams survive another betrayal?
A heart-healing story of second chances set in the charming town of Hearts Bend!
Want more of Hearts Bend?
Hearts Bend Collection
Book 1: One Fine Day
Book 2: You’ll be Mine
Books set in Hearts Bend by Rachel Hauck
The Wedding Collection
The Wedding Chapel
The Wedding Shop
The Wedding Dress Christmas
Rachel Hauck is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.
She is a Christy Award Winner and a double RITA finalist. Her book The Wedding Dress was named Inspirational Novel of the Year by Romantic Times Book Club. She is the recipient of RT’s Career Achievement Award.
Her book, Once Upon A Prince, was filmed for an original Hallmark movie. The Wedding Dress, The Wedding Shop and A March Bride have all been optioned for film.
She’s been acclaimed for her split time novels and royal romances.
A graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in Journalism, and a former sorority girl, Rachel and her husband live in central Florida. She is a huge Buckeyes football fan.
Hauck recently learned how to hard boil an egg. She’s quite proud.
Visit her at http://www.rachelhauck.com or http://www.facebook.com/rachelhauck
When Mandy Boerma isn’t hanging out at her favorite coffee shop writing, she’s a busy mom. After meeting Prince Charming, they started their own version of Happily Ever in the Florida Panhandle. Nothing compares to life at the beach. While those early days included romantic sunset walks with sand between our toes, days are now filled with sandcastles, swimming and school. Mom-duties fill Mandy’s days. You know them all— cooking, cleaning, chauffeuring, organizing, helping at school, all the lessons and practices, homework, etc. And because that’s not enough, she also teaches piano, normally with coffee in hand.
‘The Lord and I aren’t exactly on speaking terms.’
I loved the town of Hearts Bend, Tennessee when Rachel Hauck first invented it. It is one of those little places you want to visit and perhaps live in, even though you can’t cause it’s fictional. Hauck has teamed up with Mandy Boerma to take us back to this delightful place for another visit.
Ben Carter’s grandparents ran the old inn in Hearts Bend and now both have passed on, and Ben must make a decision about the inn. Should he stay on and try to run it, even though it’s in great need of improvements, or sell it and return to his high powered job out of the country? And there’s Cami, who spent summers at the inn with her mother, but hasn’t returned in fifteen years, and who had her first kiss from Ben Carter.
Lots of decisions must be made here by both these folks. And they are torn as to what those decisions will be. But both are trying to lean on the Lord for the wisdom to make the right decision. Can they do it?
Come on back to this delightful town and meet old friends, have your heart touched great by being here. You won’t regret it.
My thanks to Sunrise Publishing for a copy of this book. The opinion here is entirely my own.
English
Publisher
Sunrise Publishing
Publication date
August 16, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B212CX3J/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
Simply Susan 
Wonderful review, Susan!
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