Review: hooks you right in....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2013
This was a nice love story, at first we meet the horrid husband Blaine, who is given an ultimatum by the other woman he is seeing.  She wants him to tell his wife he ius leaving her! what a cad!We then meet Martha, who finds out she is pregnant, which should be a joyous time, but you feel its all going to go wrong from here, he doesn't even visit Martha who ends up in hospital, and is the gossip of the hospital.She decides that they both need a change and sets about moving, which she does on her own, with the husband apparently joining her later.She ends up driving all through the night, to a new place called New Hope.She gets to the hotel, and settles in straight away, meeting some of the locals, including the local bad boy, Joe.Their friendship starts off rocky, both trying to keep things friendly.The locals know Joe's history and warn them both off each others, but they have to continue to see each other as Joe ius the contractor on her houser, she is renovating.They begin to get more than friendly, with each other, although not without interruptions from the neighbours.The house is getting better, as is their friendship, which starts to develop into a relationship, he is a really nice person, who had been through a bad relationship, thinking he was destined to be single for ever, until he world collides with Marti.  She was not very confident after leaving Blaine, but she soon finds herself, and that she is beginning to fall for Joe, who is also beginning to fall for Marti.After the house fire, we get a brief meeting with Joe's ex, Finn but we have to wait for the next book to see what happens.I loved all the character's they made you feel like you were watching all this from the gazebo in the town square.  This book had me smiling, laughing, willing them both to get on with it! mixed emotions !