Monday, December 29, 2014

Love Gently Falling By Melody Carlson



Rita Jansen is living her dream as a hairstylist in Hollywood when her father calls with news that her mother has suffered a stroke. When she gets home to Chicago, Rita finds her mother is healing but facing a long recovery. Worse, without being able to run their family-owned salon, her mother could lose the business. Rita decides to help, but she only has until Valentine's Day to come up with a plan. As Rita takes her mother's place at work, the nearby skating rink she loved as a child brings back fond memories. Rita also finds herself renewing friendships with her childhood best friend, Marley, as well as her classmate Johnny. Although they now lead such seemingly different lives, Rita is surprised by how well she and Johnny connect and how far he will go to help her. Though Rita believes Johnny is only being kind, with romance kindling in the air and on the ice, their friendship may just fall into something more.

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Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books (with sales around 6.5 million) for teens, women and children. That's a lot of books, but mostly she considers herself a "storyteller." Her novels range from serious issues like schizophrenia (Finding Alice) to lighter topics like house-flipping (A Mile in My Flip-Flops) but most of the inspiration behind her fiction comes right out of real life. Her young adult novels (Diary of a Teenage Girl, TrueColors etc.) appeal to teenage girls around the world. Her annual Christmas novellas become more popular each year. She's won a number of awards (including Romantic Time's Career Achievement Award, the Rita and the Gold Medallion) and some of her books have been optioned for film/TV. Carlson has two grown sons and makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and yellow Lab dog. To find out more about Melody Carlson, visit her website at http://www.melodycarlson.com

This was a fantastic Valentines novella a quick fun read. This book would make a great gift for the Valentine reader in your life.
Loveable characters and great story line.
I gave this book 5 stars and Highly recommend it. You can read it in one sitting but it is a really great book/
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the great review. This book sounds awesome.

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  2. Great review Mary! I have come to love novels and novella's by this author. It is so nice to enjoy books in all kinds of genres'

    Blessings!
    Judy B

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  3. Yes, this does sound like a great book for Valentine's Day! Thanks for the review.

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