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Summer's Road by Kelly Moran
Published by KDP on April 5th 2016
Pages: 300
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Top Review Pick from Night Owl Reviews & The Romance Reviews!*A stand-alone novel with a HEA*
"With a tortured heroine and headstrong hero, Moran crafts a story about making the difficult choices in the search for love." ~NY TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Caridad Pineiro
Summer’s Road by Kelly Moran is a story of loss, fear, friendship and finding love where it’s least expected. Summer Quinn’s father died from cancer 4 years ago and even with three best friends who have always been there for her since childhood, she feels alone. Summer thinks that she gives all the right answers all the time, but she doesn’t acknowledge that she isn’t coping. After her father’s death, she relied on her friends, Ian, Rick and Rick’s wife Dee but four years on, thinks that she must not take so much from them anymore. Her response is often “I’m fine”. Her mother left her & her father when she was small, so Summer has no recollection of her and hasn’t seen her for years until she turns up at Summers door to claim half the house that Summer believed was hers! She rushes off to her boyfriend Matt, also a childhood friend, seeking solace and support and he declares that he loves her. They’ve had an open relationship for a few months and she doesn’t now how to respond, but Matt is dependable, sweet and kind – he’s a safe choice and would offer Summer a quiet life. She heads back home to Ian Memmer, nextdoor neighbour, impossibly good looking carpenter and serial womaniser. Summer teaches a weekly art class to a group of children with cancer and devotes herself to them and their families when they are hospitalised or pass away, but she’s still always “fine.” She holds herself back, so that she’s not truly, deeply, affected by what is going on around her and what she doesn’t realise is that Ian has been in love with Summer for years and is waiting for her to notice him. But Summer plays it safe, protecting herself from more hurt. How will she ever realise that true forever love is staring her in the face?
This book is deeply emotional and deals with a personality type that many people will recognize in others or even themselves. If you don’t open yourself up to what is around you, you can ensure that people don’t get too close and so you can’t be hurt. It isn’t until Summer really starts to see into the hearts and minds of her friends that she finds herself.
Kelly Moran originally published this book in paperback in 2011 and now it is being released as ebook. At about 300 pages, it is an ideal length to allow the reader to appreciate the story and character development. This is my first book by the author and it won’t be the last. – Reviewed by Morilyn Carter
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