Last Chance (In the Garden book 4)

Four years after his fiancée abruptly broke their engagement and disappeared, corporate lawyer Nick Belmont is finally putting his emotional life back together. That is, until his boss, Bryant Huxley, gives him an unorthodox assignment: go to Crystal Creek and convince his daughter, Nick’s ex- fiancée, to come home. Nick has no choice but to go and in doing so, finds himself in danger of losing his heart again.

Free from the bondage of her parent’s high-class expectations, Comfrey Huxley is building the life of her dreams on her permaculture homestead. Surrounded by nature, friends, and good old-fashioned work, she thinks she’s satisfied…until Nick Belmont walks back into her life. It doesn’t take her long to realize that she’s still in love with the man she walked out on. But how can two people with such different dreams build a life together?

“Last Chance” is a sweet book about finding your own way in life and re-discovering love along the way. The characters are good-hearted and well-meaning, but the prose tends to be convoluted, and there isn’t much substance to the plot. There are so many side characters and nick-names that it’s easy to confuse who is who - Comfrey herself is given three names in the first chapter alone. Confusions aside, this is a relaxing, fun story with a couple that is easy to root for. 

Janice Martin