SOMEBODY LIKE YOU the first book in a new series by Donna
Alward takes place in Darling
Vermont whose claim to fame
-- such as it is -- is the kissing bridge. Darling is a
typical small town. Everyone knows everyone and their
business. But now the town is looking raise its image with
tourists.
So the idea of updating the famous kissing bridge photo
was born.
Laurel has just returned home to Darling, albeit slightly
worse for wear, with her marriage and job left behind. The
job was good, but the marriage not so much. Seems her
ex-husband
Dan decided he should not have married Laurel or any woman
for that matter. Ah, the closet door just recently opened
for Dan you see but that didn't mean there wouldn't be any
collateral damage -- in this case Laurel's heart, hopes and
dreams.
Now home Laurel is devoting all her energy establishing
her garden nursery called The Ladybug. Lots of dirty hard
work but in many ways sort of therapeutic until Laurel's
past catches up with her.
Sheriff Aiden Gallagher has the auspicious honor of being
the targeted victim of a milk shake attack courtesy of a
very angry Laurel. They were both in high school at the
time -- Aiden pretty full of himself and Laurel candidly
surprised by his attention. Needless to say Aiden proved
himself unworthy of Laurel's affection and it's been the
talk of the town ever since.
Aiden had attitude and that carried him pretty far except
there are people you just can't fool and the Gallagher's
were a large close knit family with eyes on the situation.
They were probably the only ones in the town of Darling
that even suspected that Aiden truly cared for Laurel. It
was all just a case of teenage crushes gone amok.
Now Laurel's back in town barely sparing a look in Aiden's
way. But Aiden's up for the challenge -- well at least he
thinks he is. Two wonderful people who just don't trust
their respective hearts. It's going to take a lot of hard
work to get beyond their past to see if there is any
future. Let's see if the magic of the kissing bridge can
help these two learn to love and trust again.
Donna Alward has once again treated us to some truly
awesome people in this new series that takes place in the
small town of Darling. There are evidently many stories to
tell about these folk and in SOMEBODY LIKE YOU we are kind
of introduced to many of them. Laurel and Aiden are pretty
complex characters that have to face their pasts before
moving forward. Donna Alward is always very fair but
honest in dealing with the challenges her characters face.
That's how she keeps them real. And that's why I am such a
fan.
A kiss to last a lifetime
Aiden Gallagher was only five years old when he appeared in
a photograph on the Kissing Bridge. The town of Darling,
Vermont, has used Aiden’s image on the famed bridge—local
legend has it that a kiss there results in everlasting
love—as part of its tourism campaign. Now, twenty years
later, Aiden is asked to recreate the moment with the woman
he once kissed: Laurel Stone.
Recently divorced, there’s nothing Laurel wants less than to
pretend happily-ever-after with Aiden. As teenagers, their
romance was no fairy tale—and Laurel has never quite
forgiven Aiden for breaking her heart. But now that she is
back in her hometown, and keeps bumping into police officer
Aiden, Laurel can’t deny that there’s still a strong flicker
between her and her old flame. Could it be that the Kissing
Bridge is working its magic on Laurel and Aiden—and that all
true love ever needed was a second chance?
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