Author: Jen Gilroy
Publisher: Forever – Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Series: Firefly Lake
ISBN: 9781455569601
Sometimes love is better the second time
around.
Mia
Gibbs spent her marriage putting her husband’s needs before her own. And now,
after a painful divorce, she’s building a new life for herself and her two
daughters back home at Firefly Lake. The last thing she needs is a man to
complicate things. But former bad boy turned friend Nick McGuire has turned
everything upside down.
Attorney
Nick McGuire wasn’t meant to be a family man. His career has always been his
focus, and after taking time out to help his mother, he’s ready to get back to
the city…until Mia and her daughters arrive at Firefly Lake. Mia is beautiful
and intriguing, and it doesn’t take long to realize being “just friends” will
never be enough. As the summer nights turn colder, Nick will have to choose
between the life he’s always wanted…and the woman he can’t live without.
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My thoughts:
Summer on Firefly Lake is the second book in the Firefly Lake series. I hadn't read the first book, but I thought this one held up well as a stand alone. The author gave enough background on things that happened in the first book so that I didn't feel like I was missing anything. This is Mia and Nick's story. It was a cute friends to lovers story. Both Mia and Nick had been seriously hurt by love in the past. Mia needed to learn that independence didn't mean you had to give up on love. Nick had to learn how to open his heart and love without fear of loss. They were sweet together and I did find myself rooting for their HEA.
The other relationships in the story were equally as fun to watch. I especially liked the relationship between Nick and Kiley. We are also treated to a secondary romance between Gabrielle, Nick's mom, and a mysterious traveler. I only wish that there was more of them together in the story. It was seriously really adorable. I am hoping that Cat's story is next. I'm really intrigued at her reaction to seeing Luc again. This is the first book by this author. I look forward to reading more form her in the future.
Enjoy this excerpt:
“I want this.” Mia lifted her face to his as a cloud scudded
across the moon. “I want you.”
Even if it could only be for tonight, she was Mia, not a
mom, not a sister, and not a wife who’d been tossed aside for someone younger
and curvier. For this one moment, she didn’t have any responsibilities except
what she wanted and needed.
I want you, too.” Nick took her hand and led her toward the
car. “A part of me has wanted you since I was fifteen and you hung out at the
town beach in that green bikini with the white flowers.”
Her heart lurched. He’d noticed her enough to remember the
bikini she’d hidden from her mom. The one she’d bought because she’d heard Nick
say he liked green. “You were always with the guys by the life guard station.”
Everything about him was a lot sexy and a little bit dangerous.
“I wanted to see you.” His smile was forced, like the
admission cost him more than he wanted her to know.
Mia curved her cold hand into his warm one. She’d guessed
she’d hurt him the one time they’d gone out, but until tonight she hadn’t
understood how much. She couldn’t regret the past, and she couldn’t predict the
future, but she could do something about the present. “I want to be with you.
Even though we’re not teenagers anymore and I don’t have that green bikini.
Nick’s gaze skimmed her body from head to toe and lingered
at her breasts. Then he gave her a grin that was pure bad boy. “I was always a
lot more interested in what was underneath that bikini anyway.”
He opened the passenger door for her to slide in.
She looked at him from under her lashes and flirted like
she’d wanted to do all those years ago but had been too shy. “You were, were
you?”
“Oh yeah.” He shut the car door and, in the sudden silence,
panic rolled over her again. Except, there was excitement too…
Copyright © Summer on Firefly Lake 2017 by Jen Gilroy
Praise for Summer on Firefly Lake:
“Has
charm to spare...The delightful supporting cast...and expertly plotted story
add depth and richness to this tale, leaving readers eager for another visit to
Firefly Lake.” – Publishers Weekly
“Gilroy’s
second Firefly Lake novel encapsulates the quaint, busybody small-town feel and
the slippery slope of friends becoming lovers quite well…Engaging...(a) fast
paced page turner.” – RT Book Reviews
About the author:
Jen Gilroy lives
in a small town in eastern Ontario, Canada where her Irish ancestors settled in
the nineteenth century. She's worked in higher education and international
marketing but, after spending too much time in airports and away from her
family, traded the 9-5 to write romantic women’s fiction to bring readers'
hearts home.
Jen
likes ice cream, diners, vintage style and all things country. Her husband is
her real-life romance hero, and her teen daughter teaches her to cherish the
blessings in the everyday.
The
Cottage at Firefly Lake, the first book in her Firefly Lake series, was a
finalist for Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart® award in 2015. It was
also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon Award
2017.
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