This is Gretchen's and Drew's story.We first met Andrew in The Day He Left Town! That was about Tony. Andrew is Tony's brother.Gretchen has come back to Hawthorne Harbor to basically lick her wounds after the death of her husband! Back to the one place that always felt like home for her.This was the place that her grandfather lived and she came every summer to be with him on his lavender farm. She got her love of flowers and lavender from him.And that's also where she first met Drew. As a paramedic, Drew delivered Gretchen's baby on the side of the road.Now 10 years later, they're both back in Hawthorne Harbor. And once again Drew comes to the rescue.As a single mom, Gretchen has struggled to rely upon other people. She's had to do things on her own. Her family left her. Her husband left her. She's gotta do it on her own.But when she collapses while working and breaks her foot, she's forced to get help with her daughter.And who steps in .... Drew, of course!!!It's a forced proximity romance because she must get help to manage her business and take care of Dixie.It's a second chance romance as she gets a second chance at love as her first husband died in a car accident.It's also a story of learning to rely on others to handle the daily responsibilities of life, to know that we don't have to go it alone. And it's a chance to find love again after a terrible loss.This author does a good job of weaving in the other characters' lives into the storyline. Gretchen's BBF is Janey who just happens to be the love interest of Drew's brother Adam!! That story is coming up.This story was also about lavender. As not only did her grandfather own and run a lavender farm, so does Drew's parents. And with his mom and step-dad getting up in age, he decides to try his hand at lavender farming fulltime.Drew is also a budding chef. He keeps trying out recipes for lavender ice cream. His kitchen has fun equipment to make his own ice cream. And he wants to win the festival and be crowned lavender king!!!So that's a fun part of the story. We read different ways to make ice cream. It would be fun to have some of those recipes!!It's a cute, totally clean romance. It's worth reading!!
