The First Love The First Love
Book 1 - Lake Bittersweet

The First Love

    • 4.3 • 111 Ratings

Publisher Description

Who could ever forget that summer in Lake Bittersweet…

It’s been seventeen years since Carly stepped foot in the sleepy lakeside community where she experienced her first love…and her first heartbreak. Since then, she’s struggled with her confidence, which is why she’s shocked that her father, an actual rock legend, chose her as the executor of his will. Besides dealing with his shut-down music club and mountain of bills, did he also lure her back to Lake Bittersweet to face the man who shattered her heart?

Carly Gault. The girl who got away. The girl he gave away. The moment he sees her, Fire Chief Thomas Cooper is hurled back in time to the summer that changed his life. He made the choice to put his family first, but Thomas has never forgotten the passionate, loving girl with the smoky-green gaze. She’s more beautiful than ever—but since that summer, his family has expanded in a way Carly may never, ever understand.

As long-ago secrets come to light, passion reignites between Carly and Thomas. But will one last shocker make it all go up in smoke like the last summer bonfire?

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2022
April 26
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
339
Pages
PUBLISHER
Jennifer Bernard
SELLER
Jennifer A. Bernard
SIZE
5.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Canadian Girl Reads ,

The First Love

"𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩. 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."
"𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚. 𝘾𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝."

⏤ 5 Maple Leafs ⏤

A great start to a new series. I loved everything about this book and it filled me up so much.

Thomas and Carly had an amazing summer together when they were teenagers until it all crumbled to the ground. Seventeen years later, Carly is back in Lake Bittersweet and Thomas is hoping for a second chance to keep her.

Thomas and Carly are so wonderful together. I enjoyed most of the side characters and can not wait for their stories. I loved the friendships, banter and sense of family throughout the entire story.

I haven’t read a Jennifer Bernard book in a long time and I am regretting it. She is great at making you feel like you are part of the story. I can’t not wait to get caught up and for future books.

The First Love / Lake Bittersweet 1 contains... small town, first love, second chance, single dad, dual third-person point of view.

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