A Love Rekindled

A Town Called Hope #2

by Margaret Daley

"Do You Want My Help Or Not?"

Kim Walters wants Zane Davidson's help all right. Her family is struggling to rebuild their home after a hurricane, and Zane is a successful contractor. But the fifteen years that have passed since they were high school sweethearts aren't about to magically melt away. Nothing can erase Mr. Walters's clear message—Zane wasn't good enough for his daughter. But now the Walters fortune is gone, and the town is reeling from the recent natural disaster. Can Kim and Zane find the faith to believe that some things work better the second time around?

Genres: Love Inspired, Romance, Christian Romance, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Christian

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Margaret Daley, an award-winning author of seventy-six books, has been married for over forty years and is a firm believer in romance and love. When she isn’t traveling, she’s writing love stories, often with a suspense thread and corralling her three cats that think they rule her household. To find out more about Margaret visit her website at http://www.margaretdaley.com.

Reviews

[Delray Beach Public Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this second book in the A Town Called Hope Series, Kim and Zane were high school sweethearts. Fifteen years have passed since Zane stood up Kim on Prom night. When Zane Davidson returned home, Kim Walters wanted nothing to do with him. Zane is conflicted about his feelings for Kim and feels he is not worthy of Kim.

After a hurricane destroyed the Walters’ home, Kim’s father hires the wrong people to fix it. Kim needs Zane’s help now, since he has become a very successful contractor. But Mr. Walter’s message was perfectly clear: Zane was never good enough for Kim. Zane wants to help fix the Walters’ house, but he doesn’t know if he should.

They both miss what they had, but time has passed and their lives have changed. Kim is divorced, has a daughter, and doesn’t want to admit she’s still in love with Zane. She’s afraid that he will leave her again. Zane still loves Kim, but doesn’t think she still loves him and that she will give him a second chance.

Will they have faith in each other to admit that they are still in love before it’s too late? This is a romantic novel that will touch your heart with the power of love, forgiveness, and renewed faith in second chances.

To learn more about Margaret Daley and her books, visit her website at: www.margaretdaley.com

Other books by Margaret Daley are:

A Daughter for Christmas
A Mom s New Start
A Mother for Cindy
A Texas Thanksgiving
Buried Secrets
Christmas Bodyguard
Christmas Peril
Cowboy Protector
Don t Look Back
Family Ever After
Forsaken Canyon
From This Day Forward
Gold in the Fire
Heart of a Cowboy
Heart of the Amazon
Heart of the Family
Hearts on the Line
Hidden in the Everglades
His Holiday Family
Light in the Storm
Love Lessons
Once Upon a Family
Poisoned Secrets
Protecting Her Own
Second Chance Family
Shattered Silence
So Dark the Night
The Cinderella Plan
Tidings of Joy
Together for the Holidays
Vanished
What Sarah Saw
When Dreams Come True
When Night Falls

Reviewed by Khristian H., TAB@DBPL Reader Advisor since 2012.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zane Davidson left Kim Walters waiting for him on prom night. He never called or came back to see her. Now it's 15 years later, their little town of Hope, MS is trying to recover from hurricane Naomi.
Zane is back in Hope helping with the repairs. He has been home for 3 years and he has avoided her and she has avoided him. Now Kim is desperate and needs help from him and she is scared to ask for it. This was a sweet and emotional read. Forgiveness is needed by many and to trust in the Lord needs to be renewed by many as well. Great Harlequin Romance.

[Dianne Sidebottom · Rating 4 out of 5]

ebook from the library. The issue of duty towards family and responsibility can be burdensome. the real and ideal circumstances can also be muddled. Second chances for Zane and Kim. Also relationships of their fathers renewed as God heals and wants the best for his children.

[Karen Ezra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my type of romance, but it ended well as all good romance novels should.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inspirational romance.

[Melanie Schichtel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent read, but a bit slow. Not a lot of relationship development, too much focus on the surrounding circumstances.

[Rory O'Connor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kim Walters and Zane Davidson were young and in love – in high school. They were quite serious about each other and were planning to attend prom together, only Zane didn’t show up. He broke Kim’s heart that night leaving town without a word. Instead of finding any explanation, Kim finds a check stub written from her father to Zane for thousands of dollars. Kim, feeling bereft and betrayed, quickly rebounds and marries a man her father approves of. Only appearances are deceiving, Kim’s new husband abandons her shortly after the birth of their daughter and then ruins the family business. Kim is left as a single parent and the Walter’s fortune is squandered.

Years later, Zane returns a changed man, only he still can’t bear to face Kim. Kim feels no differently, she still struggles with the fact that Zane put a price on their relationship. Zane struggles with feeling like he is not good enough for Kim’s family. When a hurricane comes through town, the Walter’s mansion is severely damaged. If that wasn’t bad enough, the contractor they hired to repair the home has skipped town with their money. Zane, the most successful and honest contractor in town, is Kim’s only option left. Reluctantly, she asks him for help. Together, they begin the journey of repairing the Walter’s family home. In repairing the home, they begin to be able to repair all of the other damage they’d done to each other and themselves.

I have mixed feelings about this book; I neither liked nor disliked it. The story was sweet and sentimental with a definite Christian influence. One of my main areas of trouble was with the character development, which there wasn’t much of. I wanted to like Kim, but I felt like I never really got to know her. Zane is the type of man all women want, successful, hard-working, and attractive. One of the most positive things about the book was how the relationship progressed. Kim and Zane started out as friends first and got to know each other again before they considered anything else. I think the natural progression of the romance, as opposed to instantly falling head over heels, helped with the novel’s believability. If you looking for a cute, contemporary Christian romance, you might want to give this one a try. A Love Rekindled is the second entry into the A Town Called Hope series. I won’t be reading the next entry into the series, but I don’t regret reading this one, thus my rating of two stars (otherwise known as neutral).

[Kathy Eberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Kim Walters reluctantly asks Zane Davidson for his help in rebuilding her home after a hurricane, she gets more than she bargained for. A lot has happened since her sweetheart had left years before and has returned the hero. Kim and Zane not only have to come to terms with what broke up their relationship but how to make it stronger and Kim learns a valueable lesson in control.

I thoroghly enjoyed reading A Love Rekindled. Margaret Daley weaves a story like none other and keeps the reader reading until the last page. The stories that she writes often mirror real life struggles such as hurricanes and lost loves and better yet, matters of faith. I definitely recommend this book to lovers of contemporary christian fiction. I look forward to the next book in Margaret's series.

[Rachel Sides · Rating 3 out of 5]

Margaret Daley is among my favorite Oklahoma authors; however, A Love Rekindled is set along the Gulf Coast, the second in the series A Town Called Hope. I preferred His Holiday Family, the first in the series primarily because the hurricane around which the stories are based strikes during that novel. A Love Rekindled is set during the rebuilding phase for Hope and Keith Sommerfield is struggling. His daughter Kim Walters feels she has to do whatever it takes to hold her family together and rebuild their ancestral home; even if it means asking for help from Zane Davidson, who abandoned her before prom fifteen years earlier.

[MsChris1161 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book, but the premise seemed to me to be more about forgiveness and overcoming the past for almost all the characters in the book rather than a story of a love from the past rekindled. The devastation of the hurricane forces them all to swallow their pride and work together. Working together allows them all to see the people they each become rather than the people they may have been or seemed to be in the past.

[Shanyn Hosier · Rating 1 out of 5]

I received this book as a raffle prize. I tried, but I just couldn't finish it. I'm not an inspirational romance person, though I have read some very well-written ones and liked them. This is not one of those. One too many "he found the Lord" and I just couldn't continue.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zane Davidson came back to Hope to help reconstruct after the hurricane. Kim's house was devastated not only by the hurricane, but by a fire later on that took out the repairs. Will Kim forgive Zane leaving 15 years ago and let him help rebuild their lives?

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: A Town Called Hope
Category: Inspirational Romance

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: A Town Called Hope
Category: Inspirational Romance

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a very good read.

[Lawana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Town Called Hope Bk 02
Kim Waters, Zane Davidson