Change of Plans
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Publisher Description
In this charming romantic comedy, a hometown hero comes to the rescue of a chef unexpectedly left to care for three little girls—who may end up saving him too.
When disaster strikes and chef Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three young nieces, her life goes from cooking with fire…to controlling a dumpster fire. Five‑year‑old Addison refuses to remove her fairy wings, eight‑year‑old Cecily won't bathe, and tween June is majoring in belligerence. With all this chaos, Bryce jettisons hope for a life outside of managing her family and her new job.
It's been years since Ryker Matthews had his below‑the‑knee amputation, yet the phantom pain for his lost limb and Marine career haunts him. To cope, he focuses on his vehicle restoration business. He knows he's lucky to be alive. Yet, “lucky” feels more like “cursed” to his lonely heart.
When Ryker literally sweeps Bryce off her feet in the grocery store's baby aisle, they both feel sparks. But falling in love would be one more curveball neither is ready to deal with… or is it exactly the change of plans they need?
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Newton (All Fired Up) skillfully combines pathos and humor in a first-rate small-town romance. After chef Bryce Weatherford's brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, she relocates from Florida to Wellsville, N.Y., to take care of her three nieces—12-year-old June, eight-year-old Cecily, and five-year-old Addison—in the midst of a tense and expensive custody battle with her late sister-in-law's parents. One day, Cecily gets stuck under a grocery store shelving unit, and gorgeous Marine-turned-mechanic Ryker Matthews, who'd been shopping with his own infant niece, Elise, helps extricate her. Bryce soon learns her hot supermarket hero is also her employer's son, who, after losing part of his leg to an IED in Afghanistan and ending his military career, is trying to settle down in his quaint hometown. Sparks fly between Bryce and Ryker, but to be together, they must navigate roadblocks aplenty—especially Ryker's insecurities that his perceived shortcomings will be too much for Bryce to accept. Newton handles heavy topics—including PTSD, death, and grief—with grace, and readers will be utterly sucked in by her lovable and believably flawed leads. This deeply felt love story proves irresistible.
