In Jen Gilroy’s Back Home at Firefly Lake, Cat
McGuire and Luc Simard find love and second chances in a heartwarming small-town romance that
fans of Women’s Fiction
and Susan Wiggs’ The Lakeshore Chronicles will love!
Back Home at Firefly
Lake
Firefly Lake #2
Jen Gilroy
Genre:
Contemporary Romance / Women’s Fiction
Release
Date: December 5, 2017
Publisher:
Forever – Grand Central Publishing
She has a
million reasons to leave. Can he give her the one she needs to stay?
Cat McGuire’s return to Firefly Lake is turning into much
more than she bargained for. Sure, she missed the crisp pine-scented air and
the comfort of having her family around her. But being home makes her feel less
like the successful single mom she is–and more like the awkward teen who never
fit in. It doesn’t help that hockey-pro Luc Simard is back in town, too. Luc
was her childhood crush, the hometown hero who never noticed her, and yet
somehow he still makes her heart skip a beat.
Luc’s homecoming has been bittersweet. He’s lost his wife
and his career, but there’s no better place to start over than Firefly Lake.
Coaching the local kids’ hockey team makes him feel alive again, and he thinks
his life is complete–until Cat arrives. The shy girl he always wanted to
protect is now the gorgeous woman who’s stealing his heart and making him
believe in second chances. But how can he convince Cat that Firefly Lake is
where she truly belongs?
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Luc’s heart squeezed. Cat was
embarrassed to ask her family for help, like he’d have been embarrassed asking
his. Except, that would never be an issue because he had more money than he
could spend in one lifetime. Money to finance the creamery expansion his dad
had talked about for years, and to send his folks on that cruise they’d
hankered after but could never afford because of the cost of raising four kids
and putting most of them through college. Money for everything except what
mattered most—taking care of his wife and their child like he’d planned.
“Pay for the hockey registration when
your grant comes through.” He tried to smile. “I know you’re good for it.”
“Thanks.” Cat’s voice cracked and she
took one hand away from her bag to rub it across her face. “Hockey means
everything to Amy. I want her to be able to play, but she’s growing so fast
right now.”
“Hockey’s an expensive sport.” He slid
an arm around her shoulders and gave her a little squeeze. The same kind of
friendly squeeze he’d given her all those times back in high school when she’d
saved his butt in chemistry. Before today, however, his fingers had never
tingled when he’d touched Cat. His body had never heated, either.
Cat started and pulled away at the same
instant he did. “Hockey can be a dangerous sport too, and now Amy will be
playing with boys. She hasn’t played with boys since she was seven. She could
get hurt.
Like he had, hurt so bad it had ended
his career. “Amy’s playing minor hockey. At her age, there is a rule about no
body checking.” He tried to make his tone reassuring. “I promise I’ll keep a
close eye on her.” It was his job as her coach, and he’d do the same for any
kid. It had nothing to do with the strange and unexpected attraction he all of
a sudden had for this woman he’d known his whole life, who he’d never really
looked at until today.
A woman who wasn’t Maggie. Luc’s
stomach clenched in a tangled lump of guilt and grief, tied tight with a
slippery ribbon of disloyalty. Maggie was never coming back, but that didn’t
mean Luc could forget her. Or that he wanted to.
Copyright © Back Home at Firefly Lake 2017 by Jen
Gilroy
Luc has been mourning his wife for years, and he never thought that his childhood friend would be the one to reawaken romantic feelings in him. Cat crushed on Luc when she was younger, but seeing him again brings back those feelings and more. They both have their own reasons why a relationship between them is not a good idea, but their chemistry is too strong to ignore. They had a few road blocks on their way to a HEA, but they figured out how to get around them. I also enjoyed catching up with Mia and Nick from the first book. I loved Cat and Luc's friends-to-lovers, second chance romance and highly recommend the series.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. I was not compensated for this review, all conclusions are my own.
Jen Gilroy lives in a small town in eastern Ontario, Canada
where her Irish ancestors settled in the nineteenth century. She's worked in
higher education and international marketing but, after spending too much time
in airports and away from her family, traded the 9-5 to write romantic women’s
fiction to bring readers' hearts home.
Jen likes ice cream, diners, vintage style and all things
country. Her husband is her real-life romance hero, and her teen daughter
teaches her to cherish the blessings in the everyday.
The Cottage at Firefly Lake, the first book in her Firefly
Lake series, was a finalist for Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart®
award in 2015. It was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association
Joan Hessayon Award 2017.
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