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In My Heart: A Small Town Second Chance Romance (The Sweetbriar Mountain Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Nora Everly (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 5: The Sweetbriar Mountain Series

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She's a single mom back in her small home town to start over.
He's her first love. Returned from the Army.
A little bit broken. A little bit lost.
And he's been with no one but her...

Luke was my first love, my first kiss, my first everything.
He always swore I was his reason to live but he lost himself in the Army then I lost him.

I never thought I could be with anyone after him, but I was.

I never thought I’d go back to the small town where we grew up, but I did.

Running back to my family as a thirty-year-old widow was never in my life plan.
But for the sake of my children I returned home to the memories I had fought so hard to leave behind.

What I didn’t know was that Luke was back too. With only one thing on his mind.

Me.

Our past brought us back together but if we can’t learn to trust each other again it will tear us apart.

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Book quote and image. "How could I ever be with another woman when all I could think about was you?"


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★★★★★ "The Sweetbriar series from author Nora Everly offers readers a truly dazzling box-set of small town romance stories, infused with Nora's signature heartwarming style. Written with passion and precision, confidence and emotion, each book in the Sweetbriar series is guaranteed to have readers smiling and laughing, sighing and swooning and above all else, believing in the magic of all-consuming romantic love."
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★★★★★ "You can't help but fall in love with Nora Everly's Sweetbriar Hearts series. Small-town romance at it's best with sweetness and steam, second chance love stories and the perfect combination of romance with a dash of suspense. The Barrett Family are loud, fun and loyal and have definitely made their way to the top of my must-read romance series list!"
-Tammy's Time Out

★★★★★ "With what I now know is classic Nora Everly, she delivers a sweet story full of delicious heat and some twists that left me rapidly turning the page until the very end!"
-Jes, Goodreads Reviewer

★★★★★ "Nora has a way with words that melts my heart with every book!" I loved seeing Lily & Luke find their way back to each other. I loved that they were willing to fight to get their HEA. Plus every scene with Luke & the kids made me swoon!"
-Laura, Goodreads Review

"Small town, second chance romance is right up my alley and In My Heart delivers a deliciously complicated romance invaded from every angle by hurtful memories and nosy well meaning family members."
-Lisa, Goodreads Review

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07V2GRCKR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Digital Services (July 22, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 22, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2303 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1079812857

Best Sellers Rank: #57,916 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #429 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #586 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books)
- #1,793 in Military Romance (Books)

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Nora Everly is a lifelong bookworm. She started reading the good stuff once she grew tall enough to sneak the romance novels off the top of her mother’s bookshelf and it has been non-stop ever since.

Once upon a time she was a substitute teacher and an educational assistant. Now she’s a writer and stay at home mom to two small humans and one fat cat.

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Lisa(New Hampshire)

"Lily was the magic, she was the love and she was my heart."

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2021

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“In My Heart” is one of the most romantic books I have ever read and the perfect start to Ms. Everly’s new series, Sweetbriar Hearts. Luke and Lily were the perfect couple and life was good to them until tragedy struck and they were torn apart. Lily was heartbroken when her heartfelt letters to Luke were returned to her unopened. She wondered how she could possibly go on without him in her life, but she was certain that she would always love him.

Luke had many demons to slay before he would be worthy of Lily’s love again. The years they were apart were hard for both of them and he regretted how he had treated Lily the last time they were together. Luke missed so many special occasions with Lily that he could never get back. He would do anything to see Lily smiling at him like she did when they were younger. She was his angel, his soulmate and his better half and he prayed that she would give him a second chance. Now that he was home, had a job and was managing his nightmares, he knew it was time for him to man-up, grovel and beg for Lily’s forgiveness.

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@DearBooksLoveSkye

Second chance romance.

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2020

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I enjoy second chance romances and this was a good one. The family was amazing and I loved the kids. This was emotional and heartfelt. The little extra drama
That was thrown in was not really needed IMO but it didn’t detract from a good story. I would definitely read more of this series.

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Reading Rainbow Brite

A solid story for a debut novel

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2020

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“Love goes both ways. You can’t just give it; you’ve got to take it too.”

‘In My Heart’ is Nora Everly’s debut novel. It’s Lily and Luke’s story: a second chance, small-town, single mom romance. While I liked this book, I did not enjoy it as much as Everly’s other work.

I found Lily to be neurotic to the point of distraction. At times, her internal monologue and her waffling made it difficult for me to read her point of view. When it came to her family, she was also quite a pushover.

That being said, I liked Lily’s big, interfering family. I enjoyed how Everly slowly unveiled what happened in the past that tore Luke and Lily apart. I also enjoyed witnessing these characters’ happily ever after.

Overall, I liked the story and am eager to read more in the Sweetbriar Hearts series.

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KD

In My Heart

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023

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This book , I just wanted to take a peek, but I couldn't let go.
Lil and Luke, the single mom and the wounded warrior. They have a lot of history. Heartwarming, raw and gritty I was in tears more than one time. Sometimes cheesy, but always beautiful.

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S. J. Cooper

4 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2022

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I started this series because I loved Nora Everly's books that she wrote for Smartypants Romance.

This is her first novel, and it's a valiant first try! Some of it felt kind of choppy. I'm sorry, I don't know how else to describe it.

The couple had broken up before the book started and this was their second chance romance. But it wasn't just a break up. It was an abandonment due to mental illness, PTSD and unwillingness to lean on one's partner.

TRIGGER warning: attempted suicide, stalking, kidnapping, violence and self defense. There's a lot going on in this Lil small town romance! It had a suspense element to it as well.

The romance itself was sweet and I liked the way their relationship progressed. Lily was understandably very wary of Luke's intentions and went to great efforts to protect herself, while trying to allow him a relationship with their son. I really liked that about 40% in, she was ready to start trying to trust him for real.

I did think it was odd that the first time we learn about Luke unconsciously attacking Lily wasn't shared earlier in the book. The information kinda felt like it came out of nowhere.

I was happy to see her come to a realization that she couldn't do everything all on her own and that it was ok to gracefully accept help when it's offered. And I was glad to see her continue to push Luke to open up to her when he tried to retreat into himself.

Once they really opened up emotionally, they got physical! They had a lot of sex all over Luke's house. All of it was pretty much contained to two consecutive chapters, but they did it at least three or four times, in different positions. And there was a finger bang earlier on in the story. There's mild uses of the f-word, but not a lot.

I liked how the suspense all played out and that Lily basically saved herself. I'm looking forward to starting the sequel and to reading more about this family!

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DAA

In My Heart

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2020

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This is the first book in this series. I read the second book first. So if I say I am looking forward to reading more in this series. They had been childhood sweethearts, born in the same day. They had been lovers until his military career came in with heavy PTSD. He made her leave. They lost their way from each other. Now they are back in the same town. She came back to heal. But somewhere in her past comes danger. Her husband's death was not an accident and someone is now stalking her. Will she be safe? What happens when her family and he can't protect her? I enjoyed reading this story. Am hoping for more of her siblings soon.

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Heidi E.

Soo good!

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024

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The characters were likable, with relatable issues. Well written and read it in one sitting- also comes with a bonus read!

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AmazonCustomer

sweet, enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2021

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A sweet, second time around love story.

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Aimee Lombardo

Great Book

Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2022

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This book had my heart aching and me cheering for the main characters as they reunite. They face off with an unknown enemy as they get to know each other again.

Samantha

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2020

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I loved this book the characters and all there big loving family are great. Must warn you your need tissues for all emotions

NickkyG

Cute Light Read

Reviewed in Australia on September 1, 2023

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This was cute! Love second chance romance and this one had it all! Great plot and story line! Enjoyed it

Alana Adams

3.5 stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2023

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Well written with rounded characters. Marked down the stars for the following reasons
1- Lilly was emotionally vulnerable and her family and Luke ignored it and took advantage, forcing her into something she kept saying she wasn’t ready for That is not ok.
2- I just felt awful for Will the entire book. It came across like her family and herself just thought of him as a participation prize, he was just something to fill the gap and they didn’t really love him. He was an after thought. I wondered did he know he didn’t mean anything to them? Did he die knowing his wife didn’t love him? I wondered what would happen if Will was still alive when Luke came back and got himself sorted, I feel like Lily would have left Will for Luke regardless. Also, nobody wears high heel sandals to work a coffee shop! Especially a new mum.
Bottom line, just not for me. The storyline didn’t sit well, and I couldn’t get behind Luke’s bull headed pursuit of Lily because we aren’t given any flashbacks so we can understand them and root for them. I finished this feeling sad for Will, not happy for Luke and Lily.

ms Harry

Long winded

Reviewed in Australia on October 2, 2021

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This book is long winded, slow moving and boring. The characters are not interesting. The book feels repetitive. The most interesting character is the six year old son.

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