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Who is Amber?
Amber’s a city girl through and through. She’s determined,
and never hesitates to do her best, better than best, in everything she does.
She puts all herself into her job and does whatever she can to make things
better. She has a caring, but practical outlook on life and is willing to help
those in need. But Amber does not believe that anything she does is enough.
Enough to satisfy an inner need to prove herself worthy. To prove she is good
enough to have someone’s love.
Amber’s life hasn’t been easy, though she would be the first
to disagree with that statement, saying she’s just an ordinary person living
her life the best she can. Amber has her best friend, Zoe and her faithful dog,
Rufus by her side. That’s enough to give her a fulfilling life. Or so she
thinks, until she inherits a hotel in Willow’s Bend from a grandfather she
never knew.
Did she make a mistake in her dealings with Zach?
Amber knows immediately that Zach’s handsome and way too
good for her. Less than a day later, she thinks he’s unreliable, untrustworthy
and way he lifts that right eyebrow of his is annoying. As she gets to know
Zach more, she sees another side of him, one she’s even more attracted to, so
attracted to him, it scares her silly. And she’s mystified by his habit of
leaning on the nearest vertical surface. Even though she won’t admit it, even
to herself, she begins to trust Zach.
She tells herself Zach only helps her because he wants to
save his town. His family has generations of history in the district after all.
He’s honourable and well respected. No way would a guy like him be romantically
interested in a girl like her. Someone abandoned by her mother when she was 16
and left to cope on her own.
Can they save their town?
Amber has no intention of staying in Willow’s Bend. She has
no interest, initially, in the town or its people. All she wants is to do the hotel
up, so she can sell it and move on with her life. She gives herself six months
to accomplish this.
But then she discovers a previously unknown aunt who runs
the local bakery in Willow’s Bend, and an air force pilot cousin based in
Darwin. Before long, she gets to know, through talk around town, all about the
grandfather she inherited the hotel from, a person she never met. Then there’s
the local women, the barman, the Stock and Feed Store owner, and even the
mayor, all of whom accept her unconditionally. Well, maybe not the mayor. Not
at first anyway.
And, of course, there’s Zach Wentworth, a local sheep and
wheat farmer who rescues her the first night in town. He’s annoying and
opinionated and the most handsome man in existence. And he keeps trying to help
her, often with unsolicited advice on how to get the hotel back on its feet.
Like he thinks she doesn’t know what she’s doing. She does. Like he doesn’t
believe she’s good enough to claim the hotel as hers. Well, she’ll prove him,
and the rest of the town, wrong.
Amber, does in fact, save the town. Quite unintentionally,
she galvanises the locals to think outside the box. But renovating the hotel,
and saving the town, is not smooth sailing. For Amber, it is one step forward
to three steps backwards. And she’s constantly worried about her finances and
her ability to make the hotel a success.
Good Enough For Love: Willow's Bend Series, Book 1
Renovating a country hotel challenges everything Amber knows … about family and about love.
When Amber Hutchinson inherits a country hotel, she wants to sell it and move on. The money she’ll earn will secure her future, even if living in the country while renovating a hotel never featured in her plans.
Zach Wentworth, a local sheep farmer, wants to do the right thing. When he comes across a woman stuck in the hotel window, he naturally tries to help.
Sure, Amber knows their sizzling attraction won’t last. It never does, because she’s never been good enough for anyone to love.
Without the hotel, Willow’s Bend is likely to die a slow death, so Zach does whatever he can to secure his town's future. But doing the right thing might mean risking his heart.
With the town eagerly watching their every move, Amber and Zach must choose between protecting their hearts and taking a chance on love.
When Amber Hutchinson inherits a country hotel, she wants to sell it and move on. The money she’ll earn will secure her future, even if living in the country while renovating a hotel never featured in her plans.
Zach Wentworth, a local sheep farmer, wants to do the right thing. When he comes across a woman stuck in the hotel window, he naturally tries to help.
Sure, Amber knows their sizzling attraction won’t last. It never does, because she’s never been good enough for anyone to love.
Without the hotel, Willow’s Bend is likely to die a slow death, so Zach does whatever he can to secure his town's future. But doing the right thing might mean risking his heart.
With the town eagerly watching their every move, Amber and Zach must choose between protecting their hearts and taking a chance on love.
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Sounds like a sweet read. It's hard for someone to trust when her trust has been shattered like that.
ReplyDeleteThank you Liz. Amber does have trust issues. But you'll have to read the story to see how she overcomes this and falls in love...
DeleteI like the premise for this story. Sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mary.
DeleteSounds like a lovely book with main character getting to know people in town and her late grandfather.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tamago...and here's hoping you'll give my story a try.
DeleteAmber sounds like a wonderful heroine :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Anna. I like Amber as well. :)
DeleteWhat a lovely feature! Good for her!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenn.
DeleteI will enjoy reading this book. Thanks Wendy!
ReplyDeleteGood to know Denise. Thank you.
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