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When Joy Hudson left home she thought it was for good, but now that her father has suffered a major heart attack, she's back in Wharton, Kentucky, bringing her veterinary practice with her. She has spent the last 18 years running away from the memory of her best friend's tragic death and the boy, Jeff Bradford, she blames for it. Well, the boy is now a man and her father's doctor, so she can't avoid him. Forced to confront her past, she dives right in and purchases her friend's old house, then tries to find the truth about the accident. With old friends happy to see her, she starts to realize her memory of that terrible time in high school is skewed, and she needs to truly forgive Jeff, and herself. The house itself seems to be guiding her with supernatural occurrences. Ultimately, Claire's charming romance disproves the adage that you can't go home again. Patty Engelmann
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About the Author
Novelist and playwright Edie Claire is a veterinarian, a childbirth educator, and a mother of three who delights in writing cozy mysteries, classic and young adult romantic suspense novels, women’s fiction, and comedic stage plays. Pick up an Edie Claire work and you can be assured of intrigue, humor, a touch of romance (or a hefty dose of it, depending on the book!) and an ending that will leave you with a smile.
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Novelist and playwright Edie Claire is a veterinarian, a childbirth educator, and a mother of three who delights in writing cozy mysteries, classic and young adult romantic suspense novels, and comedic stage plays. Pick up an Edie Claire work and you can be assured of intrigue, humor, a touch of romance (or a hefty dose of it, depending on the book!) and an ending that will leave you with a smile.
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Two words. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! Edie Claire has written a wonderful novel about friendship, love, guilt and death. Joy Hudson never completely moved passed the death of her best friend, Jenny Carver, which occurred right before their high school graduation. Now, almost twenty years later, Joy must travel back to her hometown to care for her ailing father and there she runs into Jeff Bradford, Jenny's boyfriend and the man that she has always blamed for the accident. Joy knows that it is finally time to face the emotions and memories that she buried along with Jenny. She ends up purchasing Jenny's old house and then the odd occurrences begin. A song from prom plays over and over again and the door to her home opens itself on its own accord. Joy knows that Jenny is trying to tell her something, but what? Joy will need Jeff to help her regain the memories that her mind refuses to hold onto and when she does, she finds forgiveness and love that has been waiting for her.
Utterly riveting. Edie Claire takes what could be a tedious and sappy subject and turns it into a wonderfully balanced tale of how the scars death and guilt can cause. Every character is richly developed and the story flows easily. The paranormal parts of this book are believable and poignant. I read it in one sitting and craved more even though I was satisfied with the ending. The only part of this story that bothered me was the quickness that Joy forgave Jeff. She had been harboring this hurt and blame for 18 years and forgives him in almost a blink of an eye. Besides that small plot point, this story is powerful and will find its way to my keeper shelf.
Utterly riveting. Edie Claire takes what could be a tedious and sappy subject and turns it into a wonderfully balanced tale of how the scars death and guilt can cause. Every character is richly developed and the story flows easily. The paranormal parts of this book are believable and poignant. I read it in one sitting and craved more even though I was satisfied with the ending. The only part of this story that bothered me was the quickness that Joy forgave Jeff. She had been harboring this hurt and blame for 18 years and forgives him in almost a blink of an eye. Besides that small plot point, this story is powerful and will find its way to my keeper shelf.
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58 of 63 people found the following review helpful
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After being away from her hometown of Wharton, Kentucky for eighteen years except for short visits to her parents, veterinarian Dr. Joy Hudson moves back. The only people who could make her return are her parents. Her septuagenarian mother suffers from glaucoma and cannot care for her dying octogenarian spouse by herself. Surprisingly everyone Joy buys the house in which her deceased best friend Jenny Carver once lived.
Joy still blames Jenny's boyfriend Jeffrey Bradford for the car accident that took her friend's life as she believes he drove under the influence. Still when they meet when she hit his dog Bear they both feel an attraction. As Joy and Jeffrey fall in love, her blaming him stands in their way. If Joy can move past her anger, perhaps she and Jeffrey can help her father meet his prime goal of holding a grandchild and also allow Jenny to rest in peace.
This contemporary romance engages the audience in several ways. Readers will wonder if the lead female character's love for Jeffrey can overcome her animosity towards him as she blames him for Jenny's death. The audience will also speculate whether the ghost of Jenny is pushing together the two people who meant so much to her when she lived. Fans will cherish this charming tale.
Harriet Klausner
Joy still blames Jenny's boyfriend Jeffrey Bradford for the car accident that took her friend's life as she believes he drove under the influence. Still when they meet when she hit his dog Bear they both feel an attraction. As Joy and Jeffrey fall in love, her blaming him stands in their way. If Joy can move past her anger, perhaps she and Jeffrey can help her father meet his prime goal of holding a grandchild and also allow Jenny to rest in peace.
This contemporary romance engages the audience in several ways. Readers will wonder if the lead female character's love for Jeffrey can overcome her animosity towards him as she blames him for Jenny's death. The audience will also speculate whether the ghost of Jenny is pushing together the two people who meant so much to her when she lived. Fans will cherish this charming tale.
Harriet Klausner
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148 of 175 people found the following review helpful
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I read alot of reviews about this book and I concur with them all, but no one mentioned the fact that it is a paranormal story. I am not going to choose this genre and would appreciate knowing this information before I read. I wouldn't have chosen it if I had known. It seems more and more of the cozy mysterys I get written after the year 2000 are paranormal. I'm not happy about it. I will repeat this review with any paranormal book I find if it hasn't already been mentioned.
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This is a hard book to rate, the beginning is excellent, the middle was fine but the quality of writing in the last third was disappointing.
This is romance novel with an unnecessary supernatural component. Joy (an odd name for a woman who has none) returns to her home town and must confront the man she holds responsible for the death for her best friend in high school. She has two men vying for her attention, a dying parent, a jealous ex-wife, someone trying to murder her, she is starting a new business, has revengeful business competition and the ghost of her died friend. This is too much junk to carry an effective storyline.
It was free on Kindle so the price was right.
This is romance novel with an unnecessary supernatural component. Joy (an odd name for a woman who has none) returns to her home town and must confront the man she holds responsible for the death for her best friend in high school. She has two men vying for her attention, a dying parent, a jealous ex-wife, someone trying to murder her, she is starting a new business, has revengeful business competition and the ghost of her died friend. This is too much junk to carry an effective storyline.
It was free on Kindle so the price was right.
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72 of 86 people found the following review helpful
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If you enjoy books that seem to drag on forever about high school issues, ghosts, amnesia, and a
totally ridiculous plot then this is the book for you.
totally ridiculous plot then this is the book for you.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This book seemed pretty interesting from the description and since it was free I decided to give it a try. It was alright. The book is about a woman returning to her hometown after nearly two decades of being away. Her best friend had died tragically in a car accident right before graduation and the main character, Joy, had never dealt with the loss. Now, being back in her small hometown she is confronted at every turn by memories and emotion. There seems to be a mystery around the death of her friend but it is actually more of a mystery of why she wasn't able to deal with the loss in the first place. The book seemed to drag on and on at points. The book was interesting enough to keep me going though but at the end it became fairly predictable. You could pretty much guess what was going to happen the last 20% of the book. It was a decent read but not something I will pick up again.
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