In Jen
Gilroy’s Back Home at Firefly Lake, Cat McGuire and Luc Simard find love and
second chances in a heartwarming small-town romance that
fans of Women’s Fiction and Susan Wiggs’ The Lakeshore
Chronicles will love!
Publisher: Grand Central - Forever
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Series: Firefly Lake
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Women's Fiction
Print ISBN: 9781455569618
Digital ISBN: 9781455566938
Publisher: Grand Central - Forever
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Series: Firefly Lake
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Women's Fiction
Print ISBN: 9781455569618
Digital ISBN: 9781455566938
She has a million reasons to leave. Can he give her the one she needs to
stay?
Cat McGuire’s return to Firefly Lake is turning into much more than she bargained for. Sure, she missed the crisp pine-scented air and the comfort of having her family around her. But being home makes her feel less like the successful single mom she is–and more like the awkward teen who never fit in. It doesn’t help that hockey-pro Luc Simard is back in town, too. Luc was her childhood crush, the hometown hero who never noticed her, and yet somehow he still makes her heart skip a beat.
Luc’s homecoming has been bittersweet. He’s lost his wife and his career, but there’s no better place to start over than Firefly Lake. Coaching the local kids’ hockey team makes him feel alive again, and he thinks his life is complete–until Cat arrives. The shy girl he always wanted to protect is now the gorgeous woman who’s stealing his heart and making him believe in second chances. But how can he convince Cat that Firefly Lake is where she truly belongs?
My Thoughts…
Oh, how I wish I lived at Firefly Lake. I want to be friends with Cat and Luc. I want to be part of that amazing McGuire family. The friendships, the families, and their relationships in this town are truly special. The way they stand up for each other, protect each other, and go to the ends of the earth to help each other is amazing.
Cat is an amazing mom.
Being a single mom is hard and rewarding. Cat has decided to make Amy her whole world
and has no time for a boyfriend. Until
she is reunited with Luc, her high school friend that she has always had a
crush on, then feelings start to come around.
Yet, she has to figure out how to work a boyfriend into her life and not
upset the careful balance she has.
Luc has history he has to deal with. He is a widow, losing his wife while he was
on the road with the NHL. He doesn’t
talk about it, he never forgets, and he doesn’t know how to move past it. He doesn’t know how to open his heart and
learn how to love again.
Everything about this book is wonderful, from the
friendships to the families and the relationships all the way around. I love the setting of Firefly Lake and the
history of the town. The rest of this
series is one that I cannot wait to get my hands on.
Thank you Barclay Publicity for including me in the book
tour and providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Now an
Amazon Best Book of the Month!
Praise for Back Home at Firefly Lake:
“When these two broken
souls come together, magic happens.” – Publishers
Weekly
“Back Home at Firefly Lake is a charming small-town,
second-chance story. With well-written and relatable characters, readers both
new and old to the series will enjoy it.”
– Harlequin Junkie
Excerpt:
Luc’s
heart squeezed. [Cat] was embarrassed to ask her family for help, like he’d
have been embarrassed asking his. Except, that would never be an issue because
he had more money than he could spend in one lifetime. Money to finance the
creamery expansion his dad had talked about for years, and to send his folks on
that cruise they’d hankered after but could never afford because of the cost of
raising four kids and putting most of them through college. Money for
everything except what mattered most—taking care of his wife and their child
like he’d planned.
“Pay
for the hockey registration when your grant comes through.” He tried to smile.
“I know you’re good for it.”
“Thanks.”
Cat’s voice cracked and she took one hand away from her bag to rub it across
her face. “Hockey means everything to Amy. I want her to be able to play, but
she’s growing so fast right now.”
“Hockey’s
an expensive sport.” He slid an arm around her shoulders and gave her a little
squeeze. The same kind of friendly squeeze he’d given her all those times back
in high school when she’d saved his butt in chemistry. Before today, however,
his fingers had never tingled when he’d touched Cat. His body had never heated,
either.
Cat
started and pulled away at the same instant he did. “Hockey can be a dangerous
sport too, and now Amy will be playing with boys. She hasn’t played with boys
since she was seven. She could get hurt.
Like
he had, hurt so bad it had ended his career. “Amy’s playing minor hockey. At
her age, there is a rule about no body checking.” He tried to make his tone
reassuring. “I promise I’ll keep a close eye on her.” It was his job as her
coach, and he’d do the same for any kid. It had nothing to do with the strange
and unexpected attraction he all of a sudden had for this woman he’d known his
whole life, who he’d never really looked at until today.
A
woman who wasn’t Maggie. Luc’s stomach clenched in a tangled lump of guilt and
grief, tied tight with a slippery ribbon of disloyalty. Maggie was never coming
back, but that didn’t mean Luc could forget her. Or that he wanted to.
Copyright © Back Home at Firefly Lake 2017 by Jen
Gilroy
Summer
on Firefly Lake
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—and the one kiss they’ve shared—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.
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
“4
stars! 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
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.
Her first book, The Cottage at Firefly Lake,
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.
Summer on Firefly Lake, the second book in
Jen’s Firefly Lake series, was a Fresh Fiction Box, Not to Miss
Selection (September 2017), and a Barnes & Noble (B&N) Bookseller Pick
(August 2017).
Thank you for reading and reviewing 'Back Home at Firefly Lake' as part of this release tour. I'm so glad you enjoyed my book and very much appreciate your lovely review.
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