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jbarr5's review against another edition
4.0
Home Sweet Home by Fern Michaels; Donna Kauffman; Melissa Storm
Like that this anthology contains three different stories from 3 of my favorite authors with one theme: going home.
Other works by the authors are listed at the very start of the book.
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Three's A Crowd by Fern Michaels
Starts with Samantha and she had left her girlfriends shared apartment to head overseas to be a new reporter.
Years later she's on her way back to the states, her parents think they will stay with her but she has some things she needs to tell them. She first meets up with her girlfriend and they catch up but there are some secrets she can't even tell her about...
It's hard to go back to open up to your parents when they want all the details...
She needs to be strong and get on with her life...Like how they spend their time for the first mothers day spa experience and getting to know one another again.
Mystery really starts and things get scary when she receives flowers, nobody knows where she is at....
Her mother, the librarian and her father, the cop help her solve who is involved and they have a picture...
Very short ending, very fast...
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Blue Hollow Falls New Beginnings by Donna Kauffman
Katie is starting over at home now that she's returned from overseas. Her sister is home also, pregnant with twins and just announced it...
Katie's old boyfriend is nearby also, Declan and she knows she would just need to see him once and she'd fall all over him again...
Story also follows Declan and his photography, career and loves what he captures...
He had heard things from her he never should've heard at all...
Lots of characters and at times it's hard to keep them straight. This is the first book in the series I've read.
BRING ME HOME by Melissa Storm
Hazel is an interior designer and she learns from her father of his cancer. She helps him at the hospital with the chemo as they remember stories of her mother that they had lost when she was just a toddler.
He soon refuses chemo and just wants to be home where they lived and it gives them time to really talk about the hard subjects.
She learns more about mother and the cancer club of women she had met and are helping as they are going through the same thing
but her father just wants her to head to work...She also learns of his affair.
Hard subject and she's mad at her mother for dying and now her father...
Quick ending.
Received this review copy from Kensington Books via Zebra via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
#HomeSweetHome #NetGalley
Like that this anthology contains three different stories from 3 of my favorite authors with one theme: going home.
Other works by the authors are listed at the very start of the book.
.
Three's A Crowd by Fern Michaels
Starts with Samantha and she had left her girlfriends shared apartment to head overseas to be a new reporter.
Years later she's on her way back to the states, her parents think they will stay with her but she has some things she needs to tell them. She first meets up with her girlfriend and they catch up but there are some secrets she can't even tell her about...
It's hard to go back to open up to your parents when they want all the details...
She needs to be strong and get on with her life...Like how they spend their time for the first mothers day spa experience and getting to know one another again.
Mystery really starts and things get scary when she receives flowers, nobody knows where she is at....
Her mother, the librarian and her father, the cop help her solve who is involved and they have a picture...
Very short ending, very fast...
.
Blue Hollow Falls New Beginnings by Donna Kauffman
Katie is starting over at home now that she's returned from overseas. Her sister is home also, pregnant with twins and just announced it...
Katie's old boyfriend is nearby also, Declan and she knows she would just need to see him once and she'd fall all over him again...
Story also follows Declan and his photography, career and loves what he captures...
He had heard things from her he never should've heard at all...
Lots of characters and at times it's hard to keep them straight. This is the first book in the series I've read.
BRING ME HOME by Melissa Storm
Hazel is an interior designer and she learns from her father of his cancer. She helps him at the hospital with the chemo as they remember stories of her mother that they had lost when she was just a toddler.
He soon refuses chemo and just wants to be home where they lived and it gives them time to really talk about the hard subjects.
She learns more about mother and the cancer club of women she had met and are helping as they are going through the same thing
but her father just wants her to head to work...She also learns of his affair.
Hard subject and she's mad at her mother for dying and now her father...
Quick ending.
Received this review copy from Kensington Books via Zebra via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
#HomeSweetHome #NetGalley
jeannethinks's review against another edition
3.0
This is basically three short stories all loosely tied together with homecomings of a sort.
Fern Michaels Three's a Crowd
Samantha has been keeping things from her family and she's about to unleash a huge secret, her eight month old daughter Caroline. After returning from an overseas assignment she's trying to get back to some type of normal. First step, don't tell anyone the full truth. Second step, totally flip out over flowers. Third step, I'm pretty sure we missed this one because I've never seen something get wrapped up so quickly you're head is going to spin. I actually reread the page three times. Sorry, but this went from I can't talk, to spilling my guts, to oh wait there's more, really you couldn't add a day or some sort of explanation before you tied a big bow?
NEW BEGINNINGS IN BLUE HOLLOW FALLS by Donna Kauffman
This story was well worth the read. I've not read anything in this series yet it was easy to get right into it. The youngest in the clan has come to keep her heavily pregnant elder sister company while she's on bedrest and ward off the family visits. Katie is fierce and ready to settle down. She doesn't expect to face Declan after so much time apart. Her other half as far as she's concerned and now fate may have finally stepped in to give them their chance.
Bring me Home by Melissa Storm
Hazel is learning life isn't always what we're told it is, there are half truths and secrets. When her fathers health is declining he decides to share the truths of her mother. It's a bittersweet time as they spend as much time together as possible. And the tiny ray of sunshine that comes from making new friends who know what Hazel is dealing with. Throw in a hot nurse named Keith and our story is complete.
Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster, this is not the sweet coming home tonne you were expecting.
Honestly I would have only read the Donna Kauffman story of I hadn't committed to a review.
Fern Michaels Three's a Crowd
Samantha has been keeping things from her family and she's about to unleash a huge secret, her eight month old daughter Caroline. After returning from an overseas assignment she's trying to get back to some type of normal. First step, don't tell anyone the full truth. Second step, totally flip out over flowers. Third step, I'm pretty sure we missed this one because I've never seen something get wrapped up so quickly you're head is going to spin. I actually reread the page three times. Sorry, but this went from I can't talk, to spilling my guts, to oh wait there's more, really you couldn't add a day or some sort of explanation before you tied a big bow?
NEW BEGINNINGS IN BLUE HOLLOW FALLS by Donna Kauffman
This story was well worth the read. I've not read anything in this series yet it was easy to get right into it. The youngest in the clan has come to keep her heavily pregnant elder sister company while she's on bedrest and ward off the family visits. Katie is fierce and ready to settle down. She doesn't expect to face Declan after so much time apart. Her other half as far as she's concerned and now fate may have finally stepped in to give them their chance.
Bring me Home by Melissa Storm
Hazel is learning life isn't always what we're told it is, there are half truths and secrets. When her fathers health is declining he decides to share the truths of her mother. It's a bittersweet time as they spend as much time together as possible. And the tiny ray of sunshine that comes from making new friends who know what Hazel is dealing with. Throw in a hot nurse named Keith and our story is complete.
Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster, this is not the sweet coming home tonne you were expecting.
Honestly I would have only read the Donna Kauffman story of I hadn't committed to a review.
bonniereads777's review against another edition
4.0
Home Sweet Home is a collection of three short stories by three different authors, all of which involve homecomings. The story by Fern Michaels is a spy thriller romance. The story by Donna Kauffman is a traditional romance, and the story by Melissa Storm is about a family battling cancer. All three are entertaining reads about family, love , and heartache. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.
I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. My review is voluntary.
I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. My review is voluntary.
annarella's review against another edition
5.0
Three sweet and heartwarming stories that made me smile and root for the characters.
All of them are well written and engrossing.
It was a good read, recommended.
Many thanks to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
All of them are well written and engrossing.
It was a good read, recommended.
Many thanks to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
tchtramcd's review against another edition
4.0
Loved all three stories! I would so love to live or visit where the stories happened, the authors made them feel like great places to live. Home Sweet Home definitely fits all 3 stories!
annarella's review
5.0
Three sweet and heartwarming stories that made me smile and root for the characters.
All of them are well written and engrossing.
It was a good read, recommended.
Many thanks to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
All of them are well written and engrossing.
It was a good read, recommended.
Many thanks to Kensington Books and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
peacefulbookwyrm's review
5.0
This review is only for NEW BEGINNINGS IN BLUE HOLLOW FALLS by Donna Kauffman.
I love second chance romances. It has been more than 10 years since Katie and Declan last saw each other, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t thought about the other during their time apart. Katie believed Declan wasn’t interested in her all those years ago, only that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is a sweet romance with engaging characters and a guaranteed happily ever after.
NEW BEGINNINGS IN BLUE HOLLOW FALLS is a novella within the Blue Hollow Falls series but it can be read as a standalone. If you have read the other books in the series you will see familiar, beloved characters.
I love second chance romances. It has been more than 10 years since Katie and Declan last saw each other, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t thought about the other during their time apart. Katie believed Declan wasn’t interested in her all those years ago, only that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is a sweet romance with engaging characters and a guaranteed happily ever after.
NEW BEGINNINGS IN BLUE HOLLOW FALLS is a novella within the Blue Hollow Falls series but it can be read as a standalone. If you have read the other books in the series you will see familiar, beloved characters.
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