by Marie Force
Part of Green Mountain, book 2
First published 2014
Hannah Abbott Guthrie has spent nearly seven years as a widow after her husband died serving in Iraq. She lives in Vermont's Green Mountains with the Abbott family, trying to rebuild her life piece by piece. When her longtime friend Nolan Roberts kisses her, Hannah feels something she thought was gone forever. The kiss awakens feelings that both comfort and terrify her. Nolan has waited years for this moment, watching Hannah grieve and heal while keeping his own feelings carefully hidden. He knows one kiss cannot undo years of loss and pain. Hannah struggles between her growing attraction to Nolan and her fear that loving again means abandoning her husband's memory. Nolan must find a way to show Hannah that her heart has room for both her past and her future. He believes people can find love more than once, but Hannah needs to believe it too. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of Vermont's mountains, where the Abbott siblings have always found home but are just beginning to understand what makes life complete.
Genres: romance, grief, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Vermont, Green Mountains
Period: Iraq War
352 pages · Paperback · Berkley