Sunday, May 02, 2021

LONG WALK HOME

MY THOUGHTS:

This is the third and final installment in the Blue Hills series.  This book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone novel.  I loved returning back to Blue Hills in the wine country and what an escape it was.

Lola is the youngest daughter in the family and is living at home with her dad and sister in Lake Chelan, Washington.  She is a cook in her family’s restaurant but has aspirations  for so much more.  Lola writes her Blue Hills Winery blog where she posts her dreams and future plans for the family winery and restaurant.  She wants to build tiny cabins at the winery, but her older sister Carmen says that will not happen anytime soon. But when her first love, and high school sweetheart Gus, returns to Chelan, after being gone for ten years, her whole world is turned upside down. Gus broke her heart once before, but they have a second chance at their happily ever after.  He has a changed a lot in ten years and is not the same person he was when he left. Gus is also a building contractor, is he the one that will help Lola achieve her dreams, or will he once again break her heart? 

Ellyn Oaksmith is so descriptive in her writing.  She describes her characters in such a way that you feel like you know each one personally.  This engaging and heart warming story is so inspiring and full of second chances, it is a must read.  It will have you flipping through the pages so fast, you will find yourself experiencing all the emotions with this one. This is a fantastic end to a wonderful series.

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DESCRIPTION:

Rating: 5 out of 5
LONG WALK HOME
Author:  Ellyn Oaksmith
 
Publisher:  Bookouture
Publication Date: April 30, 2021 
Pages: 314 
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Lola recognized him straight away. After ten long years of telling herself that maybe she hadn't really loved him—there he was. And straight away she knew she wanted him still.

Lola Alvarez loves working in the restaurant of Blue Hills, her family’s winery, looking out over vine-covered slopes down to the crystal-blue waters of the lake. But she is also determined to make her own mark on the business—to show her older sister Carmen that she’s not the same flighty teen she used to be.

Her plan to build gorgeous vacation cabins in the mountain meadow above the winery will be the perfect addition to Blue Hills, even if she has to go behind Carmen’s back to make her dream a reality. When Carmen sees how popular they are she’ll have to come round—right?

But then Gus Weaver comes back to town. Gus was her first love, the bad boy she used to climb out of windows to see. But he’d broken her heart when he left town suddenly, without so much as a goodbye. After that, she’d never seen him again.

Until now. As fate intervenes and they’re forced to work together on Lola’s project, sparks start to fly between them once again. But he’s led her astray before. Can Lola keep her mind on what she truly wants, when her heart—and the way it beats faster every time she looks into Gus’s blue eyes—is telling her something very different?

ABOUT ELLYN OAKSMITH

Ellyn Oaksmith is the USA Today and Kindle bestselling author of addictively fun love stories. She has never run a winery, been attacked by drones or nearly drowned someone but she loves putting her characters in challenging situations. Ellyn also enjoys chatting with readers on social media. Especially when she should be writing. Ellyn began her writing life as a screenwriter in Los Angeles which, outside of writing hours, is exactly as crazy as it seems in the movies. After hightailing it back to her native Seattle, Ellyn began writing comedic romances and never looked back.

Ellyn lives in Seattle with her husband. She’s part of a competitive rowing team. You can often find her on Lake Sammamish rowing in the dark.

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