Bella Andre has created an entire series around the Sullivans and I've read and loved them all. This was a great start to the next series - "Summer Lake". This book was an emotional read from the beginning, a great second chance love story, with lovable characters (I especially loved our heroines grandmother - Olive) and situations that feel real and believable but also beautiful also.
Sarah Bartow and Calvin Vaughn were best friends and then were inseparable in high school as first loves. Life was beautiful and perfect but heading off to different colleges that always had the intention of staying together. Instead, when Calvin's dad unexpectedly and tragically commits suicide two months after his mother dies giving birth to his sister Jordan, Calvin's life takes a 360 and he decides he must stay home to raise his sister. Even though Calvin desperately wants Sarah to stay, as young love often does, stubbornness gets in the way and Sarah continues on her path at College, gets her degree and moves to the big city to follow her dream career.
Now ten years later, Calvin is Mayor of Summer Lake. His sister is 10, and thriving. The whole town pitched in to help him raise her. Sarah has come home to Summer Lake for her job. During a meeting with a client, Sarah brought up her hometown. Now she's supposed to sell the small town on building condos. Of course the new Mayor & head of the architectural review board has to approve this.
This was a great start to a new series set in a familiar place to Sullivan NY fans, Summer Lake. As usual Bella does not disappoint with her descriptive writing and story telling so I was immediately invested in this story.
It is a little different to what we've expected in her other books as we actually get two love stories delivered at the same time. One in the present, (Sarah and Calvin) one in the past (Olive - Sarah's 88year old grand mother and Carlos). Carlos and Olive's story was just heartbreaking.
The story flowed effortlessly and I especially loved the way the art of knitting was incorporated into life lessons. Calvin and Sarah were clearly soul mates and I loved that their story is filled with emotion, passion and love. Their chemistry is electric also and there are some pretty spicy sexy times to go along with great conversation. I can't wait for more Summer Lake love. Well done Bella again.
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