Harmony's Embrace Deerbourne Inn
Holiday Romance
The Wild Rose Press, Inc
November 16, 2020
126
Divorced dad Birley Haynes is too busy raising his children and running his family's music academy to start a relationship. Then accountant Harmony Holdich, his high school sweetheart, returns home to Willow Springs, Vermont for Christmas and falls into his bed. She brings light and fun back into his life, but he can't brush aside the threatening incidents around his workplace.
Harmony hadn't expected a complication like Birley, especially so soon after the death of her unfaithful husband. With her life a mess, she plans to move across the country and start over. All she can offer him is a fling, but her heart yearns for more.
When the threats rise, how will Birley keep his children safe and convince Harmony to give love another chance?
Reviewed By Sherry Perkins
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
“How could he concentrate on work with Harmony in his mind? He hadn’t thought of her in months, then bam. She was back, twisting him inside out as she always had.”—Harmony’s Embrace
I like second chance romances because I had one myself. They’re often bittersweet stories with a satisfying payoff, and a bumpy ride to get there. “Harmony’s Road” is like that.
Birley Haynes and Harmony Holdich were once high school sweethearts. As with most high school romances, they ended up somewhere else, with someone else. Life is like that. It’s also messy and filled with surprises.
Not surprisingly, Birley and Harmony find themselves unexpectedly free of their post high school spouses. Birley’s ex is immature, greedy, and manipulative. She’s taken off, leaving him with two beautiful children to raise, in the Vermont hometown he’d never left, so he could help his parents with the family business—a music school.
Harmony’s husband, a philanderer, passed away before their divorce could be finalized. She’d been living in Florida, working as a bookkeeper and doing okay for herself. She decides to visit family back home for Thanksgiving and finds herself confronting the “what ifs” with Birley.
Even better, there’s snow, and an arsonist on the loose! Between trying to save the family business and a second chance romance, the arsonist is, forgive the pun, the accelerant to the plot. But I like my holiday and second chance romances just a little more engaging and the arson subplot was distracting for me.
However, Amber Daulton’s fans will enjoy “Harmony’s Embrace.” She has another series, the “Arresting Onyx” books—which look interesting, and some standalone books too. I’ll be adding the “Arresting Onyx” series to my TBR shelf, for sure.
“ second chance romance about a man with Harmony on his mind…”
Thank you for reviewing!
Hi, Amber. I just saw this. I’m a nurse during my day job (when I’m not reviewing for the Paranormal Romance Guild) so I don’t check this dashboard often due to a busy work schedule — only when I’m posting another review or interview. So, sorry so late to respond! I wanted to say, though, I enjoyed “Harmony’s Embrace.” I’m a sucker for second chance romances. As I said in the review, I got a little distracted in the arson story…but I like your writing style! I did get a few of your other books to add to my TBR list. Thanks for the opportunity to review “Harmony’s Embrace.” BTW, I was wondering if you’d like to be the first author in our “From the Desk Of…” feature.
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Sherry