Home To Stay by Becke Turner

Home to Stay Series Book #1 by Becke Turner
Series: Clocktower Romances
on November 8, 2020
Genres: Family & Relationships / General, Family & Relationships / Military Families, Fiction / Romance / General
Pages: 242
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The last thing Ava Robey needs is a man, especially Ryan Murphy, the officer responsible for her husband's death. She's determined to open Robey's Rewards to support her family and honor her husband, but first she has to win the only available lease in historic Sunberry. Wouldn't you know, Ryan is her competitor? And she for sure won't be falling for him in the middle of a fierce competition.Desperate to keep her three teens inside the law, Ava moves to her hometown. Renovating Gram's old farm will keep them out of trouble while she negotiates a lease in the historic district. Just when she thinks she's achieved success, her wayward boys find more trouble. Worse, their rescuer turns out to be the Marine who led her deceased husband on his fatal patrol.She's not falling for his kindness, his help with her boys, or his help repairing the farm. Besides, he's trying to ease his guilt by helping out the poor widow and her kids. She almost lets down her guard until she learns he's her competitor on the only available lease. Too bad for him because she and her boys are going to kick him to the curb and win that lease.Five years haven't eased Marine officer Ryan Murphy's guilt about losing the best man in his unit. Now, he's losing his heart to the man's widow. But how does he choose between a comrade and a widow, especially when the family he never believed he could have is right in front of him? If you like a second chance romance with a courageous woman willing to risk everything for family, you'll enjoy Becke Turner's award-winning romance HOME TO STAY. Escape to the Sunberry, North Carolina world of romance, pick up your copy of HOME TO STAY, today.

Home to Stay is book one in the Clocktower Romances by this author. Each book is set in the small southern town of Sunberry, NC. I thought the characters were well thought out. Ava is a  widowed army wife with kids who has to deal with her dead husband’s commanding officer Ryan. Each of the children has their own personalities which stayed consistent throughout the book. I enjoyed the character of Ryan and how he tries to stay loyal in a conflicting situation. But I got really tired of the heroine Ava and her constant haranguing about being “Robey Strong” and going it alone with just her family. Overall, the book is well written but I wasn’t a huge fan of the heroine or the story line.