Promise Me The Stars by Norah Wilson – a Review

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Description:
Scott Standish has been a rambling man since his mother got sick way back when he was eighteen. Unable to watch her die, he left home after graduation and kept roaming.

But when he goes home to Harkness, New Brunswick for a Thanksgiving visit, he discovers he’s got a stowaway—ten-year-old Sid the Kid, his sidekick from the job he just left. For once, moving on had been hard, and not just because of Sid. The attraction between him and Sid’s mother, chef April Morgan, is electric. But she’s a single mom needing stability, and he plans to keep moving.

When April comes to Harkness to retrieve Sid, she does so in a car packed with all her worldly possessions, having been fired from her position over her daughter’s behavior. When Scott realizes her predicament, he offers her domestic employment.

With no place to go and no one to turn to, April and Sidney make a home at the Standish farm. Her daughter is thrilled, rapidly becoming attached to the dog and the family despite April’s reminders that it’s only temporary. Scott Standish might be tied to the farm for a few months, but she knows he’ll settle nowhere, least of all in Harkness. April can’t afford to take a chance with her heart, or her daughter’s. So she has no choice but to fight the yearning that grows stronger inside her every day.

Review:

Promise me the Stars picks up after book number 2, Ember’s Flame.  Normally, I kind of give a lay of the land, so to speak, about the book and its premise, but the blurb does that perfectly.  I’m just going to tell you why you should read this book.  IT.  WAS.  AWESOME.  The characters are well written and well developed.  With the previous two books, we already knew that Harkness was a place that we’d all want to grow up and we already knew the supportive nature of most of its residents.  We also knew that the Standish clan, each and every one of them, had a heart the size of the moon.  Enter Scott Standish.  Having lost his birth parents, he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle.  He was truly a member of the family: a beloved son and brother.  He tried to calm his restless spirit, but no matter how hard he tried, he just could not stay put.

April Morgan is a strong, hard-working and very independent single mother who has struggled in life, but has always made things work for herself and Sidney, aka, Sid.  Both of these characters will absolutely steal your heart.  Sid is a typical 10 year old in a lot of ways, but is wise beyond her years in a lot of other ways.  She’s bound and determined to get her mom to see reason and stay in Harkness.

With all of that said, what will take your breath away, and leave lots of tears in your eyes, is watching Scott realize just why he’s always been so restless.  When the realization hits him, he truly knows peace and contentment for the first time since his birth parents died in that horrible accident.  As he lays everything on the table with April, you can feel her hope and their absolute devotion to each other, to their family, and most of all, to the fabulous Sid the Kid.  I really liked the first two books in this series, but this was by far my favorite.  This is one of the sweetest and most endearing things I’ve read in a long time.  So, grab your tissues and get to reading!  Well done, Norah Wilson!!  Very, very well done!!!

Reviewed by Vickie

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