Second Chance At Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer – a Review

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Description:
Sometimes love is waiting in the second act.

In her professional career, Ella Mancini plays matchmaker at Two Love Lane but, in her personal life, she takes the stage at the Dock Street Theatre. Now she has a chance at a new role in a Hollywood movie that happens to be filming in Charleston—one that features a big-name actress, Samantha Drake. Long ago, Ella passed up a major audition while awaiting a marriage proposal. Not only didn’t she get the role; she never got the ring, either. Instead, her boyfriend Hank went on to become a huge filmstar…leaving her, and all her dreams, behind.

But now Hank’s back in Charleston, cast as the male lead in the same movie Ella’s in. In spite of the dramatic tension off-screen, he and Ella try to stay cool onset. But when their old feelings start to heat up—at the same time leading-lady Samantha tries to play cupid—all bets are off. How can Hank convince Ella, after all this time, that she’s the one he really wants to be with in real life—and that some happy, rom-com endings really can come true?

Review:

Second Chance at Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer is the 3^rd book in her Two Love Lane series. Ella Mancini, our heroine, is a partner in a popular matchmaking agency called Two Love Lane, which covers everything from start to finish; finding the perfect match for the client, helping pick out the wedding dress, and the planning and preparation of the wedding event. She is partners with Macy, Greer (previous books heroines) & Miss Thing. 

The start of the story flashes back to the Mancini family, as every year for her birthday, Ella’s father would take her to a Broadway show and dinner at Serendipity.  As she became a favorite at the restaurant, she also got to know the busboy, Hank Rogers, who would eventually become her boyfriend in college.  They lived together until Hank left to start his dream of a movie career.  Ella had planned to go in the same direction, but she did not want to leave Hank, so she decided to stay home and forego her plans for a movie career.  When Hank left, she was devastated, and decided to put all her time in becoming a partner in Two Love Lane and the matchmaking business.

10 years later, Ella is happy in Charleston with her friends, Macy, Greer, Miss Thing, and spending time with the Mancini family.  When she hears that Hank Rogers, now a famous movie star, is returning to Charleston for filming on a movie, Ella is determined to avoid him at all costs.  

Hank has stayed away from Charleston, mainly due to his not wanting to run into Ella, whom he still harbors feelings for,  as well as guilt for leaving her.   But he decides to take the movie part, with the famous actress Samantha Drake, and find Ella and try to get some sort of closure.  Of course, despite their reluctance to see each other, fate has other plans.

What follows is a sweet second chance romance, between two people who have spent 10 years apart, and both still very much in love with each other.  It was a lot of fun to watch them slowly restore their connections, and the chemistry between them reheated. I really enjoyed the secondary characters, such as seeing Ella’s friends again, the crazy Mancini family, and others like Samantha, Pammy, Roberta, etc. 

Second Chance at Two Love Lane was a nice sweet fun romance, a great couple and some good secondary characters.  Overall, it was an excellent story, which I suggest you should read, especially if you enjoy fun romances.

Reviewed by Barb

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