Bittersweet Surrender

Diann Hunt

Dec 2011 · Sold by Thomas Nelson Inc

About this ebook

Carly spends her days at a spa (okay, so she owns the place), she’s dating a hunk, and she’s surrounded by chocolate. She’s living the dream . . . or is she?

The last few years have been tough, but now Carly Westlake’s life seems picture perfect. Business at her spa is up thanks to her famous chocolate facials. And Jake Mitchell—her dreamy, teenage crush—has moved back to Spring Creek, Vermont, with his daughter in tow. Carly’s nearly floored to learn that Jake has his sights set on winning her heart.

But when long-buried secrets threaten her business—and her friendship with her best friend and business-partner, Scott—Carly has to fight like crazy to keep her plans afloat. Can it be that her dream of marrying Jake Mitchell isn’t the plan God has for her life? What if God’s plan requires something totally unexpected . . . a bittersweet surrender that Carly must make before she can discover true love?

Ratings and reviews

A chocolate spa, cancer survivor, friendships, and family should make for a great girlie read to start the Valentine's Day season, but this book fell short in many ways. The main character Carly has survived it all - father passed away, breast cancer survivor, best friend passing away and step mother moving in, with all this tragedy the book started out in a low and depressing state. The reader follows Carly as she is trying to put pieces back together, but it takes quite awhile for the chips to fall, a little too long. Without being so glum, I just didn't enjoy this one and I was prepared to fall in love at page one. When a book is slow to start and doesn't pick it up, it is hard to keep chugging along. I kept wanting the story to get going, but I was left in the same place with her fussing about her physical appearance or stressing about life. The sweet ending helped the book, but didn't make me cross the fencing to loving this book.

About the author

Diann Hunt was born in Muncie, Indiana on August 2, 1955. During her lifetime, she wrote 25 books including Hot Flashes and Cold Cream and For Better or For Worse, which was adapted into a Hallmark Channel film. She died from ovarian cancer on November 29, 2013 at the age of 58.