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With Open Arms
This is Book 6 (warm) in the 12-book Thurston Hotel Series of sweet-to-warm, stand-alone, contemporary romance novels, connected by common settings, characters and events.
On vacation in Spain, Bailey Thurston abandons her cautious existence as an accountant at her family-operated hotel for a whirlwind romance with Daniel O'Leary, a bush pilot in the Congo. Two weeks later, they're engaged. The next day, he vanishes to reappear a year later at Thurston Hotel, expecting her to receive him with open arms.
Not after he ripped her heart apart.
Dan is a natural charmer though, with answers that make her ache to believe in love again. As her family and the people of Bailey's mountain resort town of Harmony reach out to him, so does she. But Dan has a soul-corroding secret from his war-torn years in the Congo. A secret so awful the woman he loves would surely leave him because of it. Then he discovers that one man in Harmony is determined to reveal it.
On vacation in Spain, Bailey Thurston abandons her cautious existence as an accountant at her family-operated hotel for a whirlwind romance with Daniel O'Leary, a bush pilot in the Congo. Two weeks later, they're engaged. The next day, he vanishes to reappear a year later at Thurston Hotel, expecting her to receive him with open arms.
Not after he ripped her heart apart.
Dan is a natural charmer though, with answers that make her ache to believe in love again. As her family and the people of Bailey's mountain resort town of Harmony reach out to him, so does she. But Dan has a soul-corroding secret from his war-torn years in the Congo. A secret so awful the woman he loves would surely leave him because of it. Then he discovers that one man in Harmony is determined to reveal it.
175 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 3, 2016
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M.K. Stelmack
27 books193 followersM. K. Stelmack writes historical and contemporary romance. She is the author of Heartwarming's A True North Hero series, the third of which, Coming Home to You was made into a movie called Love by Accident. She also wrote The Montgomery Sisters trilogy and A Ranch to Call Home trilogy.
Her most recent work is The Tsar's Angel.
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April 24, 2018
I picked this book up on a whim at a local library author event and I was not disappointed.
Lost love, a tragic past and well developed characters meld together to create a heart-warming and touching novel of love, growth and samll town life. The setting is idyllic and the seceondary characters entertaining.
I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.
You don't want to miss this book.
Lost love, a tragic past and well developed characters meld together to create a heart-warming and touching novel of love, growth and samll town life. The setting is idyllic and the seceondary characters entertaining.
I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.
You don't want to miss this book.
November 2, 2018
Any book that opens with a dirty, bearded man sitting wrapped in a towel in a hotel laundry is off to a good start. When he announces he's engaged to the rather up-tight accountant for the hotel, you know the story is going to take some interesting turns. Throw in a secret pet pig, a homeless man who lives in the hotel gazebo, and a whole bunch of well-meaning friends and this romance gets off to a rollicking start. Though it takes a serious turn at the end, the lovers get the happily-ever after they deserve.
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