When I Fall in Love
August 9th, 2014. Filed under: This & That.When I Fall in Love
By Susan May Warren
Hawaii was the last place Grace Christiansen ever imagined she’d vacation, much less fall in love. But when her family surprises her with a cooking retreat in paradise, she is pulled—or maybe yanked—away from her predictable, safe life and thrown headfirst into the adventure of a lifetime.
Max Sharpe may make his living on the ice as a pro hockey player, but he feels most at home in the kitchen. Which is why he lives for the three-week culinary vacation he takes each year in Hawaii. Upon being paired with Grace for a cooking competition, Max finds himself drawn to her passion, confidence, and perseverance. But just when Grace dares to dream of a future beyond her hometown, Max pulls away.
Wrestling with personal demons, Max fights against opening his heart to a love he knows he should never hope for. And as his secrets unfold, Grace is torn between the safe path in front of her and what her heart truly desires. If love means sacrificing her ideal happily ever after, Grace’s faith will face its toughest test yet.
ISLAND BREEZES
It feels good to be back with the Christiansen family. Grace loves her home and never wants to leave, but the family pushes her into a trip to Hawaii. Who wouldn’t want a Hawaiian vacation? Grace, that’s who.
Max loves Hawaii, and spends three weeks there every year. But this year is different. This year he’s more or less coerced into babysitting the sister of his hockey buddy’s fiancee’ – even though she doesn’t want anything to do with being watched over by anyone. She is an adult, after all.
They end up being paired for a cooking competition, and they seem to have more that food heating up. That is until the day of the big event.
Max has demons to work through, and Grace has to deal with a broken heart while helping her sister prepare for her wedding. It appears that there’s no way out of this heartache.
Thank you, Ms Warren, for giving us this family. I’m looking forward to Evergreen.
***A special thank you to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Susan May Warren is the bestselling, RITA Award-winning author of more than forty novels whose compelling plots and unforgettable characters have won acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. She served with her husband and four children as a missionary in Russia for eight years before she and her family returned home to the States. She now writes full-time as her husband runs a lodge on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, where many of her books are set. She and her family enjoy hiking, canoeing, and being involved in their local church. Several of her critically acclaimed novels have been ECPA and CBA bestsellers, were chosen as Top Picks by Romantic Times, and have won the RWA’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice contest and the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year award. Five of her books have been Christy Award finalists. In addition to her writing, Susan loves to teach and speak at women’s events about God’s amazing grace in our lives. She also runs a writing community for authors.