Summary
Twenty years ago the world came crashing down for Phoebe and Aidan. A fire at Aidan’s father’s garage led to the death of Phoebe’s father at the bakery next door. The rumor was that Aidan’s father set the fire to get the insurance money because his wife’s cancer had wiped them out. It wasn’t true, but Phoebe’s family kept stoking the flames of the story. While Aidan had thought they were in love, Phoebe didn’t stand up for his family. When his mother died from her illness, Aidan and his father left town, ready to shake off the dust of Blessing’s accusations and mistrust. And when Phoebe showed up as they were leaving town to tell Aidan she believed them and still loved him, it was too little too late.
At the time, neither of them knew Phoebe was pregnant. She vowed not to tell Aidan until he chose to come back for her. When he didn’t, she raised their son on her own.
But Aidan is back in Blessings to handle some old family business. It won’t be long before someone tells him about his son. The question is what Aidan will do when he finds out.
Review
This is book 6 in the Blessings, Georgia series. I hadn’t read anything in the series before this, but it wasn’t an issue. The story stands completely on its own, although there are hints at some possible stories from previous books with some of the other town’s people. The author also seemed to be setting up a couple of characters for a future story in this book.
I loved every minute of this one. The three main characters – Phoebe, Aidan, and their son, Lee – are fantastic! And the road to reconciliation, while not easy, was not filled with needless angst and lies or hidden motives or misunderstandings to thwart them at every turn. That gets old for me after awhile. But this story just… unfolded. And I was able to sit back and enjoy watching it all happen.
Now I absolutely have to track down the rest of the series – including book seven, because the story I think is coming up next is shaping up to be excellent. [Some language.]