Going Home

Cloverton #0.5

by Haven Saunders, Marci Wilson

Cloverton police officer Melanie Hart juggles the demands of her job and raising her two young daughters alone after her husband abandoned them years ago. Mel isn’t complaining, though having great kids and a few close friends doesn’t do much to ease her loneliness.

Dean Gorman never thought he’d return to Cloverton after creating a successful career as a photojournalist. However, he is drawn to his hometown to document the loss of their biggest employer, Cloverton Lumber, and the ripple effect it has had on the town.

While exploring the vacant building, he is nearly arrested for trespassing by Mel, his childhood friend and the woman who broke his heart. Despite his determination to move on and leave Cloverton in the past, Dean doesn’t know if he can walk away from love once again.

Can Melanie and Dean navigate the complexities of their past to forge a future together or will the past be too much to overcome?

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2024

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Going Home by Marci Wilson is a good, and enjoyable single mom small town second chance romance read. The story has a good entertaining world building story line. The characters are good, and they have good chemistry. This story is an entertaining sweet quick romance read. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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[Marichus Real · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dean is a photographer who feels the need to go back home. There lives her best friend and the woman he loves.
Melanie loves her best friend but never tells him that for fear of losing him. However, marrying Mark because she got pregnant was not her best decision.
A love too big to die and the chance to feel it without reserves.
A sweet and beautiful story.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good small town romance about second chances. The story is about Melanie and Dean. She is a single mother and a police officer struggling to keep a balance. Dean, her childhood friend, has returned home. Can these two get a second chance? I enjoyed this heart warming and entertaining read. It is a fairly short and quick read with very likable characters.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The minute I finished this book I went and searched of book number two! This was an amazing novella
For Mel and Dean this is a second chance romance that had me engrossed from page one as a single mother she's not sure if she wants a relationship! Dean knows what he wants and he's not going to stop until he gets it. I highly recommend this short but sweet and enthralling read!

[KristieReadsBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet quick read with all the feels. Melanie and Dean get a second chance at love. They’ve had hidden feelings for many years but circumstances prevented them from acting on them. New circumstances bring them back together.

[casvec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Melanie and Dean's story is sweet second chance romance that pulls you in and you follow their ups and downs once they find each other again after 10 years.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Robin Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this beautiful story of best friends who hid feelings of love for one another. As life revolved Dean returned to town ten years later but with claiming their feelings for one another and lots of groveling Mel gives Dean his Second Chance. This book is amazing and so heartfelt!

[Beatrice Followill · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my fav tropes , small town , second chance . I loved Mel and Deans story , happy Fate stepped in to give these two the second chance they deserved .

[Laura Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Going Home follows childhood best friends Melanie and Dean who reconcile after Dean returns home to Cloverton after being away for 10 years. Though they both lead very different lives, Dean is intent on doing whatever he can to regain Melanie's trust and finally disclose his unrequited love for her. The book is a short, fast read that hits all of the right romance beats and has you rooting for the couple to go for and succeed at their second chance now that they're older, wiser, and more mature in their life choices.

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