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The Wishing Season (2014)

by Denise Hunter(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1401687040 (ISBN13: 9781401687045)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Thomas Nelson

series

Chapel Springs

review 1: Chef P. J. McKinley and contractor Cole Evans enter a contest to win a historic mansion in Chapel Springs, Indiana. P. J. hopes to convert the house into a restaurant and bed and breakfast, which would provide much-needed lodging and an eatery for the town, as well as employment opportunities for locals. Cole, a former foster child himself, wishes to house transitional foster children, also a worthy endeavor. The mansion’s owner cannot decide between the two, so she asks them both to try it together for a year—him upstairs with his foster teens, her downstairs with her restaurant. This arrangement leads to tense competition, but also strong romance. Who will win the house? You will want to read this enchanting, original, inspiration novel to discover the an... moreswer!
review 2: PJ McKinley wants to prove to her family that she is capable of making good choices, despite her past history of less-good choices, especially those concerning men. The Wishing House is her opportunity: she wants to turn the property into an exclusive B&B with a classy restaurant attached. Her competition is Cole Evans, who wants to open the house up to teens who’ve aged out of the foster care system and need somewhere safe to live while they complete high school.Mrs Simmons can’t decide which is the better plan, so comes up with a compromise: PJ will have the ground floor to open her restaurant, and Cole will have upstairs for his teens, and each of them have a year to prove they should be gifted the house. A potentially awkward situation made even more awkward by the way PJ and Cole met—when she knocked him unconscious—and by their mutual attraction. Denise Hunter gets better and better with each book. In The Wishing Season, she’s done an excellent job of combining a small-town romance with the spiritual theme about the lies we tell ourselves, without getting preachy. I still think Susan May Warren does this best, but Denise Hunter is catching up. Basically, The Wishing Season has it all: lovable characters, a compelling plot, secrets and plenty of tension between PJ and Cole, the rivals who find themselves in the middle of something bigger. The Wishing Season is the third in the Chapel Springs Romance series, following Barefoot Summer (good) and Dancing with Fireflies (excellent). It can easily be read as a standalone novel, although if you plan to read the series it is best to start with the first. Recommended.Thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review. less

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