Publishers Description:
Romance and old secrets beckon in this small North Carolina lake town.
When her parents die in a tragic accident, Molly Bennett and her siblings pull together to fulfill their parents’ dream of turning their historic Bluebell, North Carolina, home back into an inn. Staying in town would be temporary—three years at most—then they plan to sell the inn, and Molly can get back to chasing her own dreams.
Adam Bradford (aka bestselling author Nathaniel Quinn) is a reclusive novelist with a bad case of writer’s block. Desperate for inspiration as his deadline approaches, he travels to the setting of his next book, a North Carolina lake town. There, he meets his muse, a young innkeeper who fancies herself in love with his alter ego.
Molly and Adam strike up an instant friendship. When Molly finds a long-lost letter in the walls of her inn, she and Adam embark on a mission to find the star-crossed lovers and bring them the closure they deserve. But Adam has secrets he isn’t ready to share. Past and present collide as truths surface, and Molly and Adam will have to decide if love is worth trusting.
“Nobody does summer romance better than Denise Hunter.” —JULIE LESSMAN, award-winning author
First book in the Bluebell Inn Romance series Book One: Lake Season
Book Two: Carolina Breeze (available May 2020)
Book Three: Autumn Skies (available October 2020)
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My Review:
Every now and then I’ll read a Christian romance that makes me sad to read the last page of the story because I’m not ready to let those characters go. That was the case with this book. I loved the Bennett siblings and their commitment to carry out their deceased parents’ dream. But even more touching was their commitment to their younger sister, Grace. The siblings decide to work together to allow Grace to finish high school in their hometown. They open “The Bluebell Inn” and the siblings become innkeepers.
This book centers on the romance that develops between Molly, the oldest Bennett daughter, and one of the guests, Adam Bradford. Molly is outgoing, talkative, and loves to help people. Adam is a shy guy who finds himself intrigued with Molly. Adam is also hiding a secret from her: He’s actually the author who has a string of best-sellers written under the name Nathaniel Quinn. Molly thinks she has fallen in love with
“Nathaniel Quinn” because of his books. As Molly and Adam work together to solve a mystery from the past, they draw closer together. The secrets they uncover being huge surprises for both of them.
I’ll say it again: I loved this book. And I’m happy that this is the first book in this series and will be able to read more about The Bluebell Inn.
This book showcases the reasons that Denise Hunter is one of my favorite Christian romance authors.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About the Author:
About Denise Hunter
Denise Hunter is the internationally published bestselling author of more than 30 novels, three of which have been made into Hallmark movies. She has appeared on the The 700 Club and won awards such as The Holt Medallion Award, The Carol Award, The Reader’s Choice Award, The Foreword Book of the Year Award, and is a RITA finalist.
Denise writes heartwarming, small-town love stories. Her readers enjoy the vicarious thrill of falling in love and the promise of a happily-ever-after sigh as they savor the final pages of her books.
In 1996, inspired by the death of her grandfather, Denise began her first book, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she’s been writing ever since. Her husband says he inspires all her romantic stories, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too!
When Denise isn’t orchestrating love lives on the written page, she enjoys traveling with her family, drinking good coffee, and playing drums. Denise makes her home in Indiana where she and her husband raised three boys and are currently enjoying an almost empty nest.