This Time for Keeps

As Brenna Logan comes out of the confusion and grief from her husband's short illness and death, she believes she's finally going to be fine. She will raise her two small children alone and be the independent woman she knows she can be. Because of the three-hour drive from her family in Golden Springs, Missouri, she determines to learn how to be both father and mother to two active preschoolers while she continues her job as a teacher.

When Brenna receives an unexpected letter from the one man she never expected to hear from again, she is stunned and uncertain what to do. Respond to his offer of help? Ignore the letter? Or write a short note and let him know she's fine without him, just as she's been for the past six years. After all, he broke their engagement-and her heart. Why should she trust him now?

When Rod Taylor hears of Brenna's loss and that she lives only 10 miles from him, he's surprised, then concerned. How will she take care of a house and children and work fulltime? Her answer to his offer makes it clear she isn't interested in his help. But he owes her after breaking their engagement and refusing to listen to her when she wanted to compromise. He regretted his rash decision made after his injury during the Korean war, but he didn't want to tie her down to a husband who couldn't give her children. Not when he knew how much she wanted to be a mother. So he went behind her back to make a repair of her house. What would it hurt to help her out, especially if she never found out he'd done the work? Only she does find out, and lets him know she doesn't appreciate his help.

Can two people who have never forgotten the love they'd once shared be friends? Can they start a new relationship with a second chance at love? This is a second-chance romance set during the 1960s, and is book 4 of Romancing the 60s series. It is a clean and wholesome romance with Christian beliefs. If you like stories with no bad language and no bedroom scenes, you will enjoy This Time for Keeps.