Happy Friday! This week I’m joining Reading is My Superpower’s First Line Friday linkup and sharing the first line from Since You’ve Been Gone. Tari Faris takes us back to Heritage, Michigan in her newest release, and it makes for a great fall weekend read!
“One person can fail only so many times. That was her theory, so after two big failures in her life, a win had to be around the next corner for Leah Williams.”
Since You’ve Been Gone by Tari Faris
The Basics
Title: Since You’ve Been Gone
Author: Tari Faris
Publication Date: September 7, 2021
Series: Restoring Heritage (Book 3 of 3)
Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance
My Rating: 4 Stars
From the Back Cover: With her vision and his know-how, this thing just might work . . .
Leah Williams is back in the quaint town of Heritage, Michigan, and ready to try again to make her business a success. But blank slates are hard to come by, and a piece of her past is waiting for her there. Heir to the Heritage Fruits company, Jonathan Kensington is the guy who not only made Leah’s past difficult, but he also seems determined to complicate her present as well.
In order to avoid forcing a buyout of Leah’s building, Jon will have to strike a compromise. Can the two of them work together? Or will their troubled past set the tone for their future?
My Review
Tari Faris brings us back to Heritage, Michigan in this charming conclusion to the Restoring Heritage series! You will definitely want to read this series in order, as there are lots of returning characters and interwoven storylines.
In this book, Leah returns from Costa Rica with the dream of reopening her grandparents’ store. That dream seems to be out of reach when she realizes Jon, her high school arch nemesis, holds the key to making it happen. As they end up working together, he forces her to confront her history of running when things get hard. She helps him gain the courage and perspective he needs to take over his father’s company and help his younger sister Abby launch into adulthood. Mistakes and miscommunications abound, but their community of friends help them see the value in letting their guard down and giving each other a second chance.
On a lighter note, we finally learn in this book how and why Otis the hippo moves! Fans since the beginning of the series will appreciate that revelation 🙂 This book is the perfect combination of small town community, romance, and poignant spiritual truths that fans of Susan May Warren, Becky Wade, and Melissa Tagg will love.
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I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you, Revell!
I gave this 4 stars as well and was so happy to learn how Otis moved 🙂 Have a great Friday and weekend!
Loved that series and Otis!
My first line is from suspense writer C. C,. Warrens: Firefly Diaries:
Chapter One
Dry leaves stirred around Noelle’s feet as she climbed the bowed and weathered steps onto the wraparound porch.
I’ve seen that story around and it looks good. This weekend, I’m reading And Cowboy Makes Three by Deb Kastner. The first line is: “Angelica May Carmichael had been duped.”