Title: Coming Home
Author: Priscilla Glenn
Pages: 413
Publisher: Self-pubber
Tour Company: AToMR Tours
Source: ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads: Here
Summary:
Leah Marino hasn’t been on a date in two years. After discovering the man she loved had manipulated and deceived her, she refuses to even entertain the idea of a relationship. Instead, she focuses her attention on taking care of her family, a role she’s assumed since the death of her mother and the one place she knows her kindness won't be taken advantage of again.
When a nostalgic trip back to her childhood home results in a chance encounter with Danny DeLuca, a smart-mouthed mechanic who’s as attractive as he is mysterious, Leah's carefully cultivated walls begin to crumble. She finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Danny, despite his unreliable behavior and mixed signals.
But Danny has a secret...
One that could shake Leah's already precarious foundation and bring her world crashing down around her. Suddenly, she's faced with an incredibly difficult decision--is she willing to risk everything for the chance at finding the love she's always wanted? Or are some obstacles just too big for the heart to overcome?
Author: Priscilla Glenn
Pages: 413
Publisher: Self-pubber
Tour Company: AToMR Tours
Source: ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads: Here
Summary:
Leah Marino hasn’t been on a date in two years. After discovering the man she loved had manipulated and deceived her, she refuses to even entertain the idea of a relationship. Instead, she focuses her attention on taking care of her family, a role she’s assumed since the death of her mother and the one place she knows her kindness won't be taken advantage of again.
When a nostalgic trip back to her childhood home results in a chance encounter with Danny DeLuca, a smart-mouthed mechanic who’s as attractive as he is mysterious, Leah's carefully cultivated walls begin to crumble. She finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Danny, despite his unreliable behavior and mixed signals.
But Danny has a secret...
One that could shake Leah's already precarious foundation and bring her world crashing down around her. Suddenly, she's faced with an incredibly difficult decision--is she willing to risk everything for the chance at finding the love she's always wanted? Or are some obstacles just too big for the heart to overcome?
Flirty Review: FIVE Lip Bites
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It's been a really long time since I rated a book with five lip bites. But Coming Home by Priscilla Glenn has earned that distinction. I'll tell you right off the bat what I loved about Coming Home: the realness. This book wasn't full of plot devices, weird twists and turns, or heavily ladened with cliche after cliche. Nope, the story of Danny and Leah could have happened to anyone one of us. It's a true depiction of what a real love story could be. Nothing was lofty and full of female fantasy. This was so refreshing after reading so many dominant males and spineless females lately.
Leah Marino is scarred by her former boyfriend. She hasn't dated in two years and when she meets Danny Deluca, it's not love at first sight. There are no fireworks or electrical zaps. She sees a man with a caring heart albeit a little rough. With Glenn's grasp on show vs. tell you see that there is a interest there, and the story quickly develops between the pair.
Danny Deluca is a complex, multidimensional character. You don't learn his "secret" until much later in the book and I was really surprised at what it was. I had it all worked out in my mind what I thought it was, but was completely wrong and I loved that. Glenn threw me for a loophole and it worked so well. Of course, I'm not spilling what it is, you'll have to read the book.
Glenn's characters continued to do what I didn't expect them to. It was nice being wrong when I tried to predict the direction of the book. Maybe I was being blind because I was so engrossed in the book, but I truly was entertained and felt all the feels that Glenn was trying to convey. She hooked me with Leah and Danny.
If you want a sweet, romantic, and different love story then Coming Home is the book for you. It's realness really sets it apart from other books I've read and I think that's what really creates such a nice appeal for the reader.
Leah Marino is scarred by her former boyfriend. She hasn't dated in two years and when she meets Danny Deluca, it's not love at first sight. There are no fireworks or electrical zaps. She sees a man with a caring heart albeit a little rough. With Glenn's grasp on show vs. tell you see that there is a interest there, and the story quickly develops between the pair.
Danny Deluca is a complex, multidimensional character. You don't learn his "secret" until much later in the book and I was really surprised at what it was. I had it all worked out in my mind what I thought it was, but was completely wrong and I loved that. Glenn threw me for a loophole and it worked so well. Of course, I'm not spilling what it is, you'll have to read the book.
Glenn's characters continued to do what I didn't expect them to. It was nice being wrong when I tried to predict the direction of the book. Maybe I was being blind because I was so engrossed in the book, but I truly was entertained and felt all the feels that Glenn was trying to convey. She hooked me with Leah and Danny.
If you want a sweet, romantic, and different love story then Coming Home is the book for you. It's realness really sets it apart from other books I've read and I think that's what really creates such a nice appeal for the reader.
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About The Author
Priscilla Glenn lives in New York with her husband and three children. She has been teaching English at the middle and high school levels for the past twelve years while moonlighting as a writer, mom, coach, student, and professional laundry-doer.
If you catch her when she's feeling sophisticated, she'll tell you her favorite things are great books and good wine. In the moments in between, she'll admit her love for anything Ben and Jerry's, UFC fights, and Robert Pattinson.
Glenn is the author of the contemporary romance novels Back to You, Emancipating Andie, and Coming Home. You can contact her at priscilla.glenn3@gmail.com
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If you catch her when she's feeling sophisticated, she'll tell you her favorite things are great books and good wine. In the moments in between, she'll admit her love for anything Ben and Jerry's, UFC fights, and Robert Pattinson.
Glenn is the author of the contemporary romance novels Back to You, Emancipating Andie, and Coming Home. You can contact her at priscilla.glenn3@gmail.com
Twitter || Facebook || Goodreads
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