HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD (Life in Icicle Falls #9) by Sheila Roberts-a review

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About the book: Release Date March 22, 2016

Home is where the love is…

Colin Wright and Mia Blair grew up in Icicle Falls, but they left years ago—and not on good terms. Now Colin’s grandmother, Justine, has died, and they’ve come home to honor this woman they both loved. That’s when they get some unexpected news. They’re about to inherit something. Jointly. They just have no idea what. It turns out that Justine’s designed a treasure hunt for them, like the ones they enjoyed when they were kids and best friends.

But they’re not kids anymore, and they sure aren’t best friends. As for that young love they once shared? Well…it’s complicated.

On the trail of Justine’s treasure, they follow a series of clues that take them down memory lane—ending up at the orchard on Apple Blossom Road. What will they find there? And what did Justine know that they didn’t?

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REVIEW: HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD is the ninth full length installment in Sheila Roberts’s LIFE IN ICICLE FALLS contemporary, romance series focusing on the town of Icicle Falls. This is Colin Wright, and Mia Blair’s story line. HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Colin and Mia) HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD is a second chance romance between two people who have loved one another for most of their lives. Following the death of Colin’s grandmother Justine, our leading couple are ‘sent’ on a treasure hunt designed to bring the lovers back together. Years have passed, and Colin and Mia have gone their separate ways only to rekindle what once was as they endeavor to follow the clues Grandma Justine left behind.

HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD is a story of second chances told from present day and flashbacks using Grandma Justine’s letters written to her own mother and friends; of family, friendships, and small town living wherein the townsfolk are all involved in a treasure hunt meant to bring two wayward souls home for good. Throughout the story, we are reintroduced to several of the previous story line characters, as well as revisiting some of the small, intimate shops of Icicle Falls. The rebuilding of the romance is slow to develop as Colin has complications of which he has yet to let go.

The story line focuses on the past; of what happened and what was always meant to be. We are up close and personal with Colin and Mia throughout their childhood; their ups and downs; and the eventual misunderstanding that destroyed their love for one another.

Sheila Roberts writes an emotional, clean story line of reflection; of regret; of forgiveness and love. HOME ON APPLE BLOSSOM ROAD is a sweet romance about two people who lost one another when they lost themselves. The premise is a journey between the past and the present; the characters are colorful and idealistic; the romance is rebuild to a happily ever after.

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Reviewed by Sandy