Home Again by Shirlee McCoy – a Review

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Description;
It’s ex-Navy SEAL Porter Bradshaw’s toughest challenge ever—six grieving nieces and nephews. With his brother, Matthias, killed in a car crash, and his sister-in-law, Sunday, hospitalized, Porter must take his turn looking after their children and the ancestral farm. He doesn’t know much about parenting.  Still, Porter is used to going it alone professionally—and personally. But warm-hearted teacher Clementine Warren is a complication he can’t resist . . .
 
For Clementine, Benevolence is where her hopes for a real home and family crashed and burned. But as Sunday’s friend and former neighbor, she promised to always be there for the children. And as she and Porter work to comfort the young Bradshaws, his sense of duty and passionate commitment are rekindling more than Clementine’s dreams. Now with trouble coming, she’ll face down her fears to prove to Porter, and herself, that together they can make a future full of love . . .

Review:

Home Again by Shirlee McCoy is the 2^nd book in her wonderful The Bradshaws series. This series is set in the town of Benvolence, Washington, which was also the setting for her Home Sweet Home series. Background refresher: The three Bradshaw brothers lost their 4^th brother, Matt to a terrible accident that also seriously injured their sister-in law.  With Sunday (the sister in law) in a coma, it is up to the brothers to take care of their 6 adopted kids.  In the previous book, Sullivan stepped in take care of the ranch and the kids, with help from Rumer.  In Home Again, Sullivan and Rumer have gotten married, and are taking a two week honeymoon. 

Enter Porter Bradshaw, our hero, who takes time off from his security job in L.A. to spend two weeks with the kids. 

Clementine Warren, a friend of Sunday, is taking care of the farm to help bring it back to its prosperity.  Clementine is divorced, swearing off any men, especially her bad ex, who tries to come back for money.  Clementine is determined to help out with the farm and the kids, as long as needed, as she feels obligated to help Sunday.  Then she will leave Benevolence to go back to her teaching job. 

Porter tries to pay Clementine for all the hard work she is doing, but she refuses.  When he sees her ex badgering her, Porter will come to her rescue.  In a short time, they will become friends, helping each other with the kids and the farm.  The friendship will slowly escalate to a slow burn romance, with Porter trying to get Clementine to trust him, and open her heart. 

The children in this story were all cute and fun.  Things will change with Sunday, and it did become a very emotional story for everyone.

What follows is the slow build sweet romance between Porter and Clementine, which was mostly in the background, but very nice. I loved Porter & Clementine and all the children made this such a wonderful emotional and heartwarming story.

Shirlee McCoy gives us another wonderful story, surrounded by a great family that is deeply in turmoil and the lovely atmosphere of a small town.  As the story ends, we know that Sunday will play a bigger role, and it should be Flynn’s story.  If you enjoy small town romances, family atmosphere, young children, sweet likeable couple, as well a nice story line; I suggest you start this series. 

Reviewed by Barb

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