"A Heartwarming Tale of Love and Second Chances"
Reviewed by Susan Dyer
Posted August 23, 2014
Romance Series | Romance Contemporary
The Cottage on the Corner is the second book in the Apple
Valley series.
THE COTTAGE ON THE CORNER is a wonderful small town romance
novel. Charlotte Garrison lives in Apple Valley Washington.
She bakes
wonderful treats for all the townsfolk and everyone loves
everything.
People are always stopping by her house for something sweet
and she is
more than happy to oblige them. Her husband died a few
years ago and
she has been guarding her heart ever since. She came to
Apple Valley to
open a bakery on Main Street. She didn't come to fall in
love.
Max is a deputy in Apple Valley. He is a big time player.
Different woman
all the time and never for very long. He doesn't want a
family and he has
no plans on ever getting married. He asked Charlotte out
once and she
turned him down right away. He never asked again and she
was glad. She
wasn't in the market for a broken heart, been there done
that.
Max has just come home from the wedding of Tessa and Cade,
the sheriff,
and finds his ex-girl friend in his bed with her daughter,
Zuzu. Morgan tells
Max that Zuzu is his daughter and she needs him to watch her
as she
needs to go to Las Vegas for a job. She says she is going
to warm up the
car and will be right back. She just takes off, never
looking back. Max is
pretty sure Zuzu is not his. What is supposed to do with
this kid? How
does a mother just walk away from her child? How is Max
supposed to go
to work with Zuzu at his house? Who can he go to for help?
THE COTTAGE ON THE CORNER is a wonderful story of friends,
family,
romance and second chances. Shirlee McCoy's writing style
flows smoothly and
this is a very easy story to get lost in. The small town
setting and the
characters made this a sweet read, but not a sappy read.
Shirlee McCoy is
a very descriptive writer and while reading THE COTTAGE ON
THE
CORNER I felt like I was right there in Apple Valley. I
wanted to get the low
down on all the local gossip. I was instantly caught up in
Charlotte and
Max's lives and Zuzu stole my heart. The chemistry between
Max and
Charlotte was perfect and funny through out the story.
Apple Valley sounds
like a small town I would want to live. The townspeople are
interesting and
funny in their own way.
SUMMARY
In Apple Valley, Washington, true friends are never far,
neighbors can help heal the loneliest hearts--and longed-for
dreams can unexpectedly become real . . . Charlotte Garrison's second chance is falling into place
just like she's carefully planned. A few more sales of her
heavenly sweets and she'll be able to turn the empty shop on
Main Street into her own bakery--a plan much more sensible
than ever again risking her heart. But when a rambunctious
three-year-old girl lands on town deputy Max Stanford's
doorstep, Charlotte finds helping the good-looking deputy
care for her is sparking the most impossible dreams . . . Max has never been much for settling down. But while he
finds out if little Zuzu is really his daughter, Charlotte's
warmth and caring makes him want to prove he's worthy of her
trust. And as they struggle to come to terms with their
pasts, Max will do whatever it takes to show Charlotte home
is where dreams come true--and he and Zuzu are all the love
and home she'll ever need.
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