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Come Home To Me

Come Home To Me, April 2014
Whiskey Creek #6
by Brenda Novak

Harlequin MIRA
Featuring: Presley Christensen; Aaron Amos
416 pages
ISBN: 0778315916
EAN: 9780778315919
Kindle: B00FTQ2L70
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"She's turned her life around... but can she make it work?"

Fresh Fiction Review

Come Home To Me
Brenda Novak

Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted April 13, 2014

Romance

This new tale set in Whiskey Creek focuses on some of the younger people in town. Presley moved away to Fresno for a couple of years and has just returned. I did find it a little confusing that Presley is a girl's name, especially as her ex-boyfriend is called Aaron; I kept wondering if their mothers had a crush on Elvis. COME HOME TO ME shows that Presley Christensen partied too hard in her immature years and suddenly had to grow up when she found herself pregnant. Since she left without telling anyone, Aaron Amos doesn't realise that the child is his. Now a responsible young woman, Presley rejects the supposition that she's available for drug parties or bed hopping. She's got certifications, cleaned up an old wreck of a house, taken on a yoga and massage studio in town. She doesn't want anything to do with her past friends. As it turns out, Aaron swears he's grown up too. But nobody who knows him believes that he's responsible enough to raise his child. Presley had a tough childhood and distrusts friendship. For the sake of her child Wyatt she's come to her sister's settled community, but she doesn't know how to fit in here. She last saw Whiskey Creek as a troubled teen; people are astoundingly pleasant and helpful. Even the ones who knew her. Another lad, Riley Stinson, offers to build a reception counter for free. Finding Riley in place, Aaron who works in a family auto shop promptly offers to paint the studio walls. Presley's not getting involved with either of them, but can't deny she needs their help. Presley's sister Cheyenne also needs some help on a highly personal matter... she thinks Aaron might be just what she needs. As she's married, happily, to Aaron's brother Dylan, this could get tricky. Matters with Presley and Aaron swiftly revert to something approaching the old days, and I confess to being disappointed in the lady. But maybe author Brenda Novak is only reflecting current attitudes. I also didn't get as deeply into this book as with the previous books in this series. There are fewer characters to follow and they all seem obsessed with having babies and whose child is whose. For someone of that age, in similar situations, no doubt the scenarios presented in COME HOME TO ME would be fascinating. As always Brenda Novak makes her characters feel very real and this adult love story presents them with plenty of challenges.

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SUMMARY

Home is where her heart is When Presley Christensen returns to Whiskey Creek with her little boy after two years away, she has completely changed her life. She's made peace with her past and overcome the negative behavior that resulted from her difficult childhood. Now she's back in the small town that was the closest thing to "home" she ever knew—the town where she can be with the sister who's her only family. There's just one catch. Aaron Amos still lives in Whiskey Creek, at least until he moves to Reno to open a branch of the Amos brothers' auto body shop. And no matter how hard she's tried, Presley hasn't been able to get over him. Seeing him again makes the longing so much worse. But she hopes she can get through the next few months, because she can't fall back into his arms…or his bed. She's come too far to backslide now. And there's a secret she's been guarding—a secret she'll do anything to protect.


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