Home is where her heart is
When Presley Christensen returns to Whiskey Creek with her little boy after two years away, she has completely changed her life. Sheâs made peace with her past and overcome the negative behavior that resulted from her difficult childhood. Now sheâs back in the small town that was the closest thing to âhomeâ she ever knewâthe town where she can be with the sister whoâs her only family.
Thereâs just one catch. Aaron Amos still lives in Whiskey Creek, at least until he moves to Reno to open a branch of the Amos brothersâ auto body shop. And no matter how hard sheâs tried, Presley hasnât been able to get over him. Seeing him again makes the longing so much worse. But she hopes she can get through the next few months, because she canât fall back into his armsâ¦or his bed. Sheâs come too far to backslide now. And thereâs a secret sheâs been guardingâa secret sheâll do anything to protect.
PRAISE FOR THE WHISKEY CREEK NOVELS OF
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR BRENDA NOVAK
â[The charactersâ] heartwarming romance develops slowly and sweetly. The sex is fantastic, but the best part is how Simon and Gail tease and laugh as they grow closer.â
âPublishers Weekly on When Lightning Strikes
âNovak delivers a lively, sparkling series debutâ¦romantic gold by a superior novelist.â
âRT Book Reviews on When Lightning Strikes
âItâs steamy, itâs poignant, itâs perfectly pacedâitâs When Lightning Strikes and you donât want to miss it!â
âUSATODAY.comâs Happy Ever After blog
âIn this sensitive, passionate, and heartbreakingly poignant second installment of her Whiskey Creek series, Novak masterfully explores what happens when a woman whose entire life has been consumed by playing a variety of roles casts off her suffocating masks and, with the support of an unexpected lover, embraces who she was, is and can be.â
âRT Book Reviews on When Snow Falls (2012 Reviewersâ Choice Winner and Nominee for Book of the Year)
âWith a great supporting cast of characters Novak fans have come to know quite well, When Summer Comes is a magical addition to the already heartwarming Whiskey Creek series.â
âFresh Fiction
â[Home to Whiskey Creek is an] engrossing, character-rich story that takes a hard look at responsibility, loyalty and the results of telling (or concealing) the truth.â
âLibrary Journal
âRate [Home to Whiskey Creek] A+ for story and writingâ¦. The book scores as a winner on many levels.â
âYahoo! Voices (Mary Beth Magee)
âAffecting, painful, sometimes funny, but ultimately satisfying, this engrossing tale of love and forgiveness takes on real problems and gives its characters the strength and compassion to come through with flying colors. Real peopleâwith all their virtues and vicesâlive in Whiskey Creek, and Ted and Sophia will be two more youâll be glad to have met.â
âLibrary Journal on Take Me Home for Christmas (Starred Review)
Dear Reader,
Iâve heard from so many of you requesting a story about another one of Whiskey Creekâs âFearsome Fiveââthe five hell-raising brothers who are âbad boysâ on the outside but have tender hearts underneath. So Iâm excited to present you with Aaronâs story. (Heâs the brother of Dylan from When Snow Falls, which won RT Book Reviews magazineâs Best Contemporary Romance Novel of 2012).
I love making my characters earn their happily-ever-afters, and these two charactersâAaron and Presleyâdo just that. Although they both have troubled pasts, they dig deep to overcome their problems and build something with their lives, and it was enjoyable for me to watch them realize just how much in love with each other they are. Another Amos brother falls to the right woman! Yay!
Iâve really enjoyed writing stories set in this fictional town. Since this is my sixth Whiskey Creek book (not including the prequel novella), the town is feeling very much like home to me. I hope itâs feeling as comfortable and familiar to youâand that youâll look forward to returning to Gold Country for Eveâs story in The Heart of Christmas, which will be coming up next.
I love to hear from my readers. You can write me at P.O. Box 3781, Citrus Heights, CA 95611, or contact me via my website at www.brendanovak.com, where you will also be able to enter my monthly draws, learn more about this series and the other books Iâve written, or sign up to participate in my annual online auction for diabetes research. Together with my generous supporters, I have raised more than $2 million for this cause so far, and Iâm hoping to keep pushing forward until we have a cure for my son, as well as all the other people who suffer from this terrible disease.
All the best,
Brenda Novak