Keep Dancing
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
She's finally free of family obligations. He's ready to start dating again. Then fate throws them a curve ball neither expected.
Zoe Norton has spent years caring for everyone but herself. Now, with an empty nest and a hard-won fresh start, the high school science teacher is not falling for the impossibly charming history teacher. Ben O'Reilly is too warm, too persistent, and too good at making her laugh when she's trying to be sensible.
After mourning the woman he loved, Ben is ready to give up feeling alone. Whenever he's around Zoe Norton there is a spark of attraction. Thrown together to work on a high school dance committee, he convinces her to take dance lessons with him. He's feeling hopeful until she shuts him down.
A doctor's visit changes everything for Zoe. She wants protect Ben from what will happen. He wants to take every painful step with her. On a dance floor in small-town Montana, they decide their future.
Keep Dancing is a later-in-life holiday story. If you like emotionally rich, true-to-life stories that can be read in one sitting, then you'll love this sweet, thoughtful and intelligent romance.
✓ Midlife Romance / Later-in-Life
✓ Second Chance at Love
✓ Small-Town Montana
✓ Holiday Story
✓ Wounded Heroine
Heat Level: Clean & Wholesome (Closed door)
Vibes: Emotional, Facing Life's Challenges, Empty Nest
Setting: Big Timber, Montana (Small town)
Trope Tags: Over 40 romance, holiday romance, secrets, friends to lovers
Ending: Standalone HEA
Perfect for fans of: Debbie Macomber and RaeAnne Thayne
Customer Reviews
Wonderfully sweet, thoughtful and intelligent romance
Wonderfully sweet, thoughtful and intelligent romance. Zoe is an empty nester, coming home to an empty house is daunting. She loves teaching which gives her a daily escape. Ben lost the love of his life several years ago but his empty house taunts him. When Zoe and Ben are assigned to lead the committee for the winter dance at school, will these two take a chance on love? For a short story, there is a lot of depth to this romance as life never stops and continues to put challenges in the characters way.