Where Promises Remain
Reeks: The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series
Heidi Chiavaroli
- Hannah
- Martin
- thought
- she
- was
- about
- to
- have
- an
- empty
- nest
- .
- .
- .
- until
- the
- illegitimate
- daughter
- of
- her
- late
- husband
- shows
- up
- on
- her
- doorstep.Five
- years
- after
- her
- husband’s
- death,
- Hannah
- Martin
- runs
- a
- successful
- inn
- and
- serves
- the
- needy
- in
- her
- community.
- Despite
- a
- house
- full
- of
- guests,
- she
- finds
- herself
- battling
- the
- loneliness
- that
- comes
- with
- an
- empty
- nest.
- Now
- that
- no
- one
- needs
- her
- for
- anything
- other
- than
- serving
- her
- famous
- five-course
- breakfasts
- and
- retrieving
- fresh
- towels,
- she
- throws
- herself
- into
- winning
- Camden’s
- Hospitality
- Grant.
- With
- the
- help
- of
- the
- grant,
- the
- bed
- and
- breakfast
- will
- bring
- in
- even
- more
- customers
- and
- Hannah
- won’t
- have
- time
- to
- think
- about
- what
- she’s
- missing.When
- a
- handsome
- lumberjack
- named
- Kevin
- moves
- in
- next
- door,
- Hannah’s
- attraction
- to
- the
- widowed
- bachelor,
- who
- is
- not
- quiet
- about
- his
- interest,
- knocks
- her
- off
- kilter.
- Just
- as
- she
- begins
- to
- explore
- the
- companionship
- a
- new
- relationship
- offers,
- a
- young
- woman
- arrives
- at
- the
- bed
- and
- breakfast,
- claiming
- to
- be
- the
- daughter
- of
- Hannah’s
- late
- husband.Hannah
- wades
- through
- shock
- and
- disbelief
- as
- a
- fellow
- innkeeper
- ramps
- up
- her
- attempt
- to
- sabotage
- The
- Orchard
- House’s
- chances
- for
- the
- Hospitality
- Grant.
- When
- Kevin
- questions
- all
- she’s
- been
- working
- toward
- and
- her
- “new”
- daughter
- gets
- into
- more
- trouble
- than
- any
- of
- her
- own
- flesh-and-blood
- children
- ever
- did,
- Hannah
- must
- decide
- what
- matters
- most—before
- she
- loses
- the
- grant,
- the
- good
- reputation
- of
- the
- bed
- and
- breakfast,
- and
- a
- second
- chance
- at
- love.This
- is
- Book
- 7
- in
- The
- Orchard
- House
- Bed
- and
- Breakfast
- Series,
- a
- contemporary
- twist
- on
- the
- well-loved
- classic,
- Little
- Women.
- Readers
- will
- fall
- in
- love
- with
- the
- Martin
- family—Maggie,
- Josie,
- Lizzie,
- Bronson,
- Amie,
- and
- their
- mother
- Hannah—each
- trying
- to
- find
- their
- own
- way
- in
- the
- world
- and
- each
- discovering
- that
- love,
- home,
- and
- hope
- are
- closer
- than
- they appear.
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