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Thursday, September 10, 2020

Susan's Review of Cindy Kirk's Worth the Wait



She’s not his for keeps…unless his love is forever

After spending the last three years making a comfortable home for handsome widower, Dan Major, Amy Logan finds herself at a crossroads.

With a thirtieth birthday on the horizon, the nanny faces tough choices about her future. Simply being Dan’s employee is no longer enough.

The realization that he might lose Amy has Dan romancing her, then proposing marriage. Amy is stunned and thrilled by the proposal until she realizes he didn’t mention love. Dan is an honorable man and won’t promise more than he can give.

Not until Amy moves out does Dan realize she’s taken his heart with her. Now he has to find a way to show her his love is real…before it’s too late. br/>


Worth the Wait by Cindy Kirk is a heartwarming, feel good novel filled with a cast of captivating characters.

Cindy Kirk is a fantastic storyteller. She creates flawed, relatable characters, adds in a relationship conflict or two and stirs in the right amount of romance to heat up the storyline.

There is chemistry between architect Dan Major and his nanny Amy Logan. Amy feels it but, widower Dan does not plan to marry again. Amy appealed to me-she was at a crossroads personally and professionally and knew she had to make changes in her life. At first, I thought Dan wasn’t honest with Amy-but as the book unfolded I began to understand what motivated him. Loved the characters of Steven and Jake and how their conversations prompted Amy and Dan to think outside the box.

Worth the Wait has all the feels- it’s a romantic, emotional and entertaining read.


Reviewed by Susan Gorman

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Susan's Review of Second Chance Family by Cindy Kirk


Adolescent wounds vs very grown-up attraction. Toss in a small boy and mix well

My name is Margaret Fisher. I agreed to be the guardian of my best friend’s little boy should anything happen to her and her husband. Charlie is my godson and I love him to pieces.
When I was called into the attorney’s office after their tragic deaths, I thought I knew what to expect. Then Cole Lassiter walked in like he owned the place. My first thought was how amazing he looked after all these years. My second was shock. What was he doing here? I hadn’t seen him since high school when he’d broken my heart.
What is the attorney saying? We’re to be co-guardians of Charlie?
Nonononono.
This cannot be happening. It will not end well.
Then again, I’ve been mistaken before…



Margaret Fisher arrives at attorney Ryan Harcourt’s office believing she needs to sign guardianship paperwork. Her child hood friend Janae and her husband Ty had named her to take care of their son Charlie in their will. Margaret is surprised when Cole Lassiter joins the meeting and shocked when she learns she must share custody of Charlie with Cole—the man who broke her heart in high school.

Second Chance Family is a story of new beginnings. Both Cole and Margaret are challenged to put aside their feelings to do what’s right for Charlie. They dated secretly in high school and both of them still held bad feelings over their breakup. Even though there was chemistry between Cole and Margaret--each believed the worst about each other.

Margaret and Cole are strong characters—but they are not perfect which makes them relatable. Both of them had difficult childhoods; Margaret’s parents died in a car crash and Cole’s father died and his mother left him and his brother. Loved the conversations—some were emotionally charges and others were brutally honest-- between the couple as they figured out how to put aside their feelings and co-parent six year old Charlie.

Trust is an important issue between the couple. Margaret and Cole view the reasons behind their breakup very differently. Cindy Kirk does a fabulous job adding pieces to this puzzle bit by bit to allow the couple to understand what really happened. Loved that Margaret and Cole learned to listen and rely on each other as the novel progressed. The author did not make it easy for Margaret, Cole and Charlie; as there are several emotional roadblocks that need to be resolved before they could truly become a family.

Second Chance Family has all the feels—it’s an emotional story of loss, grief, love , forgiveness and new beginnings. I highly recommend this feel good story which tugs at your heartstrings!

Reviewed by Susan Gorman

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