Sarah Cooley has returned to her hometown of Last Chance,
New Mexico
as a new 2nd grade teacher. She's thrilled to be back in
Last Chance
because nothing ever changes there. Yet, unknown to Sarah,
change is
coming. Sarah is a tough kind of girl on the exterior, but
maybe not so
much on the inside. She's running from something. ONE
MORE LAST
CHANCE is all about how Sarah fights change when ever she
can.
I love how Cathleen Armstrong sprinkles in little clues,
so subtly, through
out the book that lets you know Sarah was avoiding
something and
someone. She keeps letting the phone ring, admitting she
isn't ready to
deal with the situation. Hmmm, that made me want to keep
reading. And if
that isn't complicated enough there's a gut-wrenching
secondary plot that
will pull at your heartstrings. ONE MORE LAST CHANCE is a
beautiful
celebration of embracing change in order to live life to
the fullest. Even if
you don't like change, like Sarah! sometimes change can be
just what you
needed.
Chris Reed is the new owner of the Dip-n-Dine Diner and
would love to
change things on the menu. Yet everything that he tries is
consistently
vetoed by his cook. Wait a minute, isn't he the owner?
Can't he change
whatever he wants in HIS diner? When he suddenly finds
himself caring
for his seven year old niece, he comes to realize that
sometimes change is
good. He takes over the diner with the hope of turning it
into a destination
restaurant—a plan that might be ruined by his stuck-in-
the-mud
employees. Some of the patrons want change and they let
him know, but
the employees fight him every step of the way.
As it turns out, the winds of change are blowing into Last
Chance--just not
in the ways that Sarah or Chris might expect. With the
same strong writing
and fascinating characters that won fans over for her
debut novel, Welcome
to Last Chance, Cathleen Armstrong invites readers back to
Last Chance
for a soul-searching story of two people navigating the
twists and turns of
small-town life. What you think your life is going to be
can sometimes be
completely different once the dust settles.
I really liked ONE MORE LAST CHANCE and I think I liked
it better than
Welcome to Last Chance, the first book in the series. I do
think at the
beginning Sarah was a bit juvenile towards Chris. As for
her former
boyfriend, I wanted to slap him half the time - he is just
so annoying!!! But it
was fun overall, to make another trip to Last Chance and
see how
everyone was doing. And the little teaser excerpt for book
three had me
purchasing it before I finished this one. When an author
can capture my
attention like that, I read every book they have written.
Can I go visit Last
Chance? What a heart warming town Cathleen has created, a
place I
would love to call home.
Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico,
for one reason--because it doesn't change. After an
engagement gone bad with a man who wanted to change
everything about her, Sarah is more than ready for the
town whose motto may as well be, "If it ain't broke,
don't fix it."
Chris Reed, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to
spark some change in the little town. As the new owner of
the Dip 'n' Dine, he's shaking things up to draw folks
from all over the Southwest into his restaurant.
As it turns out, the winds of change are blowing into
Last Chance--just not in the ways that Sarah or Chris
might expect.
With the same evocative writing and fascinating
characters that won fans for her debut novel, Cathleen
Armstrong invites readers back to Last Chance for a soul-
searching, romantic story of two people navigating the
twists and turns of small-town life.
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