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Over four books,
romance author Jo McNally has
treated readers to tender contemporary love stories set in the small fictional
town of Rendezvous Falls in Upstate New York. Challenges of real life--and
subsequent consequences--always play a part in her multi-generational stories
set in locales such as the local vineyard (Slow
Dancing at Sunrise), a B&B (Stealing
Kisses in the Snow), the flower shop (Love
Blooms) and via an apartment rental (Barefoot
on a Starlit Night).
In the fifth
book, When
Sparks Fly, McNally focuses on Zoe Hartford, a 40-year-old,
self-employed, ‘fix-it’ appliance and auto repairwoman whose confidence is
down since a traumatic divorce. The hard-working single mother is determined to
restore stability and normalcy to the life of her rebellious, 13-year-old
daughter, Hazel. When Zoe starts to have romantic feelings for Mike--a lawyer,
now a widower who’s been one of Zoe’s best friends since high
school--complications ensue. Will their dear and cherished friendship be put at
risk by sparking up a romance after all these years? And might the couple’s
relationship drive a wedge in the mother-daughter bond?
The joys and
tribulations of small-town life--and other love stories therein--offer a
colorful backdrop to this passionate, down-to-earth romance where members of a
meddling match-making book club offer wit and levity. A subplot involving Zoe’s
house and place of business nicely binds up several plot threads. Readers who
enjoy stories about the toil of true love will feel right at home in the
comforts of this continuing series.
When Sparks Fly (A Rendezvous Falls Novel: Book Five) by Jo McNally
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Books – Original
Edition, $9.99 Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages, 9781335916389
Publication Date: August
9, 2022
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NOTE: This review is a reprint and is being
posted with the permission of Shelf Awareness. To read this review on Shelf Awareness: Reader's Edition (August 12, 2022), link HERE