Today I’m joining the blog tour for Meet Me In Ivy Falls. I’m sharing an extract from the book with thanks to Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for providing the extract.

Blurb:

Welcome to Ivy Falls

In the gorgeous small town of Ivy Falls, Torran is putting all her passion into building her new career in house restoration, trying desperately to help the town keep its identity and charm. She has no time for love but when her childhood sweetheart, Beck, comes back to town and outbids her on her dream house at auction, sparks fly. This man broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again?

For Beck, Ivy Falls means trauma and loss. He knows his sudden departure hurt Torran badly but there are things she doesn’t know. He never intended to return to Ivy Falls so why is he there, bidding on his childhood home? His feelings for Torran are as strong as ever but Torran means Ivy Falls and Beck can’t go back there. Can he find a way to heal his past and find his future?

A romantic, uplifting and captivating read set in small-town America, perfect for fans of the Virgin River series and Gilmore Girls.

Extract:

Being

late was sort of my signature move. No matter how early I set my alarm, planned out
my day, I was always about ten minutes behind. My mom claimed it was because I was
always lost in my own world. Dreaming up designs for beautiful houses with big red doors
and backyards big enough for family barbecues. I thought I was being creative. Everyone else
thought I was being rude. Mom never pushed me on it because she said even in the womb I
was taking my own sweet time, showing up two days past my due date.
God, I missed her.
Sometimes the grief was so powerful I wasn’t sure I could get out of bed. But I’d let
enough people down in my life and I had to push forward.
The scent of fresh cream and milk chocolate spilled out of the Dairy Dip as I raced
past its wide glass doors facing the center of the square. My steel-toed boots pounded against
the uneven brick sidewalk as I picked up my speed. A thin sheen of sawdust and colorful
drops of paint covered the toes. Each mark a thrilling memory of the jobs I’d worked on. My
younger sister, Tessa, groaned every time I wore them. I didn’t care. They gave me
confidence. And on a day like today when the future of my business hung in the balance, I’d
take all the positive I could get.

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Meet Me In Ivy Falls is available from Amazon.

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