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The Daughters of Dancing Falls #1
A Boy To Remember
You can’t live a lie forever
One magical summer: that was all it took for Alexis Foster to fall deeply in love with Daniel Chandler. And then she gave him up to keep Daniel from sacrificing his own dreams. But the passionate bond they shared is rekindled when Alex returns to her family’s farm…with a powerful secret.
Ohio’s youngest state senator, Daniel’s star is on the rise. He’s also discovering a kindred spirit in Alex’s seventeen-year-old daughter. Alex has to tell him the truth even at the risk of his political future…even if it costs her the two people she loves most.
384 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2016
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About the author
Cynthia Thomason
69 books53 followersI'm Cynthia Thomason, and I'm a romantic. To me, romance means love between people as well as finding romance in places, such as waterfalls, lighthouses, beaches, or wherever else your soul connects with the wider universe.. I have written 39 romance novels for Harlequin and Kensington. But I am currently proud to announce, BACKDROP DEAD, my FIRST COZY HISTORICAL MYSTERY, set on a showboat in 1898. I guess I'll add showboats to my list of romantic places.
I was raised in Ohio. I taught high school English, ran my own auction house, and wrote books. I have experienced a great love, but lost my husband a few years ago to cancer. But he's still around. I can feel him.
I have won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Golden Quill and Readers' Choice Awards and I've been nominated several times for the prestigious Maggie Award. I'm proud of those awards, but as the saying goes, "That and five dollars will get you in the door of Starbucks." I love to write about America's small towns, similar to the one where I grew up in Summit County, Ohio. I have one son, also a writer. My favorite place to spend an afternoon is the mountains of North Carolina, but I haven't been to Ireland yet. My motto as I grow older and wiser is "never stop learning." After several lessons, I am now playing the guitar and I love it.
I was raised in Ohio. I taught high school English, ran my own auction house, and wrote books. I have experienced a great love, but lost my husband a few years ago to cancer. But he's still around. I can feel him.
I have won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Golden Quill and Readers' Choice Awards and I've been nominated several times for the prestigious Maggie Award. I'm proud of those awards, but as the saying goes, "That and five dollars will get you in the door of Starbucks." I love to write about America's small towns, similar to the one where I grew up in Summit County, Ohio. I have one son, also a writer. My favorite place to spend an afternoon is the mountains of North Carolina, but I haven't been to Ireland yet. My motto as I grow older and wiser is "never stop learning." After several lessons, I am now playing the guitar and I love it.
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November 19, 2017
This is a true romance story to pull at your heart strings. Teen love and how you pay the price for that first love. Keeping secrets are not good but you always feel it was for the best. Family always there to help when needed.
May 26, 2016
A Boy to Remember by Cynthia Thompson is a great start to her new series focused on the Martin sisters. It is a reunion story focused on Alexis “Alex” and Daniel, who met the Summer before Alex went off to college. After one night of passion before they head off to their separate colleges, they do not actually see each other again for 18 years.
Alex has been keeping a secret for those 18 years. Her recently deceased husband was not the father of her daughter and, besides herself, only her husband and parents knew. As she has come hope to Dancing Falls for the Summer, the past quickly catches up to her and she is caught in a web. Is it best to leave the past buried or come clean and let the chips fall where they may? As Alex and Daniel become close again and realize their feelings had never died, Alex keeps putting off the inevitable task of telling Daniel that he is a father. Will her delay ruin everything or will love conquer the hurt?
This was a nice story about how our perceptions change as we age and what we believe is best when we are just becoming an adult may not actually be the right thing. It also introduces us to the sisters’ father Martin, who has his own story that I assume will run through the trilogy. We see quite a bit of Jude, whose story will be next, and just a hint of Carrie, whose story will come last. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Alex has been keeping a secret for those 18 years. Her recently deceased husband was not the father of her daughter and, besides herself, only her husband and parents knew. As she has come hope to Dancing Falls for the Summer, the past quickly catches up to her and she is caught in a web. Is it best to leave the past buried or come clean and let the chips fall where they may? As Alex and Daniel become close again and realize their feelings had never died, Alex keeps putting off the inevitable task of telling Daniel that he is a father. Will her delay ruin everything or will love conquer the hurt?
This was a nice story about how our perceptions change as we age and what we believe is best when we are just becoming an adult may not actually be the right thing. It also introduces us to the sisters’ father Martin, who has his own story that I assume will run through the trilogy. We see quite a bit of Jude, whose story will be next, and just a hint of Carrie, whose story will come last. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
January 6, 2016
Even with all the secrets and lies, the story has a harmonious tone, and is written with a kind and caring tone. No big drama, expect the real drama on the stage, people are respectful and civil towards each other. Refreshing.
All together the story has a very fifties kind of feeling. It's not 'dated', but I had the image in my head the whole time I was reading, about this small town America in 1950's.
The story is well built, it goes between the past and the present, but the change is clearly marked. The story is told by several people's points of view, also by Martin, Alex's dad. There's also a sub story going with Martin and the neighbor Aurora, and their friendship.
Daniel's relationship with his dying dad, Alex, and his new found daughter, are all well developed. The lies, secrets, and hurt from the past are dealt with, and his position in the public eye is not made the main focus. He really has his priorities in order.
With family in focus, trust and loyalty in question, and old feelings from the past lighting up again, the story has some age old questions, that are dealt with dignity, and high morals, and with the old time era type of tune
~ Four Spoons
All together the story has a very fifties kind of feeling. It's not 'dated', but I had the image in my head the whole time I was reading, about this small town America in 1950's.
The story is well built, it goes between the past and the present, but the change is clearly marked. The story is told by several people's points of view, also by Martin, Alex's dad. There's also a sub story going with Martin and the neighbor Aurora, and their friendship.
Daniel's relationship with his dying dad, Alex, and his new found daughter, are all well developed. The lies, secrets, and hurt from the past are dealt with, and his position in the public eye is not made the main focus. He really has his priorities in order.
With family in focus, trust and loyalty in question, and old feelings from the past lighting up again, the story has some age old questions, that are dealt with dignity, and high morals, and with the old time era type of tune
~ Four Spoons
January 12, 2016
This first in the trilogy of the Daughters of Dancing Falls captured me immediately because I love stories where long-held secrets come back to bite the protagonists in the butt. Alexis has a whopper of a secret, a now 17-yr-old daughter raised and loved by a man not the child's father. When she goes home to help Lizzie get over the death of the man she thought was her father, Alexis encounters Daniel and all the feelings she had for him come back and with a vengeance, especially when he charms her daughter who happens to be HIS daughter, but he doesn't know it.
When complications pile up for both Alexis and Daniel and their respective families, I couldn't put the book down and how it the secret is finally revealed was deeply satisfying--along with the side-story of Alexis' father's obvious attraction to his quirky neighbor. Wonder what will happen to THEM in a future book. Hmm.
A worthy story for a chilly winter's day, in the midst of burgeoning spring blooms, while enduring a too-hot summer's day, OR while the leaves float off the trees in a fall breeze.
When complications pile up for both Alexis and Daniel and their respective families, I couldn't put the book down and how it the secret is finally revealed was deeply satisfying--along with the side-story of Alexis' father's obvious attraction to his quirky neighbor. Wonder what will happen to THEM in a future book. Hmm.
A worthy story for a chilly winter's day, in the midst of burgeoning spring blooms, while enduring a too-hot summer's day, OR while the leaves float off the trees in a fall breeze.
January 24, 2016
Daniel was a hometown boy who had worked hard and achieved an education and was the youngest state senator. He had charisma and people naturally liked him. Alex met him when she went to work at a summer resort, her first time away from home. Daniel fell in love with her and Alex could not believe that the great handsome guy chose her. One their last night they had a few beers and sex. Daniel was unprepared and she told him she was on birth control and he could not resist. He called, made plans and believed he had found the girl of his dreams. She quit taking his calls and married a friend of her father's who was as old as her father . When he died, Alex came home with her 17 year old daughter only to be in contact with Daniel again after all this time. She had lied to him and he figures it out.
February 8, 2016
Review Posted at HarlequinJunkie.com
After losing her husband, Alexis ‘Alex’ Foster and her daughter Lizzie, have decided to head to her family’s farm for a visit. In hopes that spending time with her father and sister will help with their grief, especially that of her daughter. Encouraging Lizzie to find an activity to take her mind off things, she wasn’t expecting to run into the young man she fell in love with years ago, Daniel Chandler. Caught off balance by how he’s matured and become more gorgeous, she knows she must keep her distance, especially when the secret she hides could ruin his rising career as a state senator. Except staying away from him is harder than she thinks. Read More
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February 14, 2016"From sweet romance to secrets and lies, A Boy to Remember is an intriguing, realistic tale of first love. Adorable characters coupled with a hint of suspense make the Daughters of Dancing Falls series opener a riveting read." (RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 stars TOP PICK!).
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May 6, 2018
Another sweet romance by Cynthia Thomason. She knows how to spin a heartwarming tale that can touch all of us whether we came from small town or an urbanite looking for escape. If you love romance, you'll love A Boy to Remember.
July 19, 2016
I got this book free from goodreads and the author. Thank You!!! I am not much into romance novels, but I did enjoy reading this book and look forward to reading the rest of the series.
December 13, 2016
A sweet heartwarming book!
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