Sweet Home Montana

Lisa Mondello

Jun 2018 · Lisa Mondello

About this ebook

Dumped by a cheating husband, Katie Dobbs' life had gone off the rails and she is now back to square one, living in her parents' home in Sweet, Montana and working a job she hates. She refuses to stay in a dark and empty house as a constant reminder of her mistakes. So she did the only thing that made sense. She breaks into an old dilapidated chapel to figure out her next move, and is nearly arrested by Caleb Samuel, her brother's high school friend who is now a handsome police officer in town.

Caleb had heard Katie was having a hard time. Sweet was a small town and everyone knew everyone else's business. Except for one thing. No one knew where his sister Julie disappeared to 10 years ago and no one had heard from her since. Katie had been good friends with Julie before they'd both left Sweet. Now Katie is back. Buying a broken down chapel to renovate as a house is nuts when you don't know the difference between each end of a hammer. And Katie didn't. But she did know Julie, and maybe she'd be able to give him some insight into where Julie had gone. Caleb offers to help Katie renovate. But one problem after another threatens the project, and leaves Katie thinking she'll never realize her dreams. Until she realizes she's falling in love with her brother's friend. Even as everything seems to be falling apart around them, can love help heal their hearts?

Excerpt:
Katie sat in one of the pews in the back of the chapel and thought about how her life had gone off the rails. She rubbed her fingers together as she laid them on her lap and tried to ward off the bitter Montana cold. A gust of wind swept into the building, making a sudden chill race through her body. It was probably the flimsy plywood door she’d pulled away from the wall.
But then a beam of light swept through the chapel, illuminating features she couldn’t see in the dark until the beam of light landed on her. She quickly turned and saw the stark light source but did not see the person holding the flashlight as they moved through the open door and into the chapel.
“Katy Dobbs? What on earth are you doing in here?"
Katie shielded her eyes with her fingers. "Do I know you?"
The man’s low chuckle sounded familiar, but she still couldn't place it.
“I hope so. I've known you and your brother practically my entire life.”
He dropped the flashlight enough so that it wasn't shining in her eyes directly. She squinted her eyes and looked at the man's silhouette.
“Caleb? Caleb is that you?”
”You were the last person I expected to find in here.”

Ratings and reviews

Katie’s life after leaving the small Montana town where she grew up didn’t turn out quite like she had planned, so she heads back home just long enough to regroup and start anew. She seeks shelter and comfort in the old dilapidated chapel she remembers from her youth, only to be caught by her brother’s friend, Caleb, who’s grown up to be a sexy cop and has no desire to ever leave the idyllic town. Katie jumps at the opportunity to purchase and renovate the old chapel, with some help from her brother and Caleb. As she runs into some serious and unexpected complications, she starts to lean on Caleb more and more, even as she wrestles with her desire to live anywhere other than this town. Theirs is a sweet romance, grounded in all the things that matter most while tossing out all the once-important goals that suddenly fade under examination. Caleb is a quiet hero, strong and patient, giving Katie all the room she needs to figure out what she really wants in her life. It’s a heartwarming story, beautifully written. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Lisa Mondello writes a classically enjoyable romance novel complete with down-trodden heroine and badge-wearing hero. What more could you, the reader, wish for? Possibly, you’ll want a well written story with believable characters and a fascinating backdrop – all written with detail and precision, allowing the story to pull at your emotions – Well, this book has it all. Anyone familiar with Ms Mondello’s work with expect all of the above, and I’m happy to say that I think the book provides.

Fate has a way of putting the right people in your path at the wrong time. Caleb and Katie are brought together by a dilapidated chapel and a 10 year old mystery. She needs his help to rebuild her life and he needs hers to find his missing sister. What begins as a means to an end becomes a healing process for a broken heart and a shattered soul. Sweet Home Montana is an uplifting tale of second chances. Sometimes the wrong time can be the perfect moment to find forever.

About the author

New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Lisa Mondello, has held many jobs in her life but being a published author is the last job she'll ever have. She's not retiring! She blames the creation of the personal computer for her leap into writing novels. Otherwise, she'd still be penning stories with paper and pen. Her book The Knight and Maggie's Baby is a New York Times Bestseller. Her popular series includes TEXAS HEARTS, DAKOTA HEARTS, Fate with a Helping Hand and the new SUMMER HOUSE series. Writing as LA Mondello, her romantic suspense, MATERIAL WITNESS, book 1 of her Heroes of Providence series made the USA TODAY Bestsellers List and was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2012. You can find more information about Lisa Mondello at www.lisamondello.com and sign up for her newsletter to receive new release information.