You Belong With Me

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RANDOM RETRO READ DAY

FARIS, TARI

YOU BELONG WITH ME

Realtor Hannah Thornton has many talents. Unfortunately, selling houses isn't one of them.

When a business tycoon determines to raze historic homes in the small town of Heritage, Michigan, and replace them with a strip mall, Hannah resolves to stop him. She sets about helping Heritage win a restoration grant that will put the town back on the map -- and hopefully restore her disgraced family name. But she'll need help to to it.

As a foster kid, Luke Johnson never truly felt he belonged. Now he has a chance to earn his place in his hometown. But he doesn't anticipate how his relationship with Hannah will set into motion events that reveal the truth about who he is -- and who he was.

My Review:

Oh my wounded heart! What an emotionally angst-riddled debut novel with not one, but two rocky romances to navigate through. And Hannah just happens to be in the middle of it all. I can so relate to her resistance to change! In the midst of never ending changes! My tummy was in a maelstrom of knots in sympathy for her. :-) Talk about feeling your way through a story...this one is as tactile as they come.

Love the small town vibe and the the smorgasbord of secondary characters (including the four legged variety) that come with it. More angst along with sage wisdom like this courtesy of Aunt Lucy: 

"You can never really fix something shattered. But you can take the pieces and make something even better. Don't leave the painful parts of your life in a box on the shelf. Figure out how to make something beautiful out of them." (p 275)

And that's just what these characters do as they struggle to let go of past hurts and come to grips with their present while looking forward to the kind of future only God can lead them to.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for a paperback copy.

If you would like a chance to win a copy of You Belong With Me, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winners announced on Saturday January 30 2021. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck!