The Magnolia Inn

The Magnolia Inn

Carolyn Brown, 1948-

Book - 2019

Inheriting the Magnolia Inn, a Victorian home nestled in the East Texas pines, is a fantasy come true for Jolene Broussard. After living with the guilt of failing to rescue her self-destructive mother, Jolene knows her aunt and uncle's B&B is the perfect jump start for a new life and a comforting place to call home. There's just one hitch: stubborn and moody carpenter Tucker Malone. He's got a half interest in the Magnolia Inn, and he's planting his dusty cowboy boots squarely in the middle of her dream. Ever since his wife's death, Tucker's own guilt and demons have left him as guarded as Jolene. The last thing he expects is for his new partner to stir something inside him he thought was gone forever. And ...as wary as Jolene is, she may have found a kindred spirit--someone she can help, and someone she can hold on to. Restoring the Magnolia Inn is the first step toward restoring their hearts. --Publisher.

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Subjects
Bed and breakfast accommodations > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Genres
Romance fiction
Published
Seattle : Montlake Romance [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Carolyn Brown, 1948- (author)
Physical Description
270 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781503904392
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Brown (The Lilac Bouquet) tugs hard at the heartstrings with an emotional contemporary about a grieving widower and a vulnerable bartender. Jolene Broussard may serve alcohol, but she doesn't drink-especially since she lost her mother to an overdose of drugs and booze. When she inherits half of a charming East Texas B&B called the Magnolia Inn, she's thrilled, but the other inheritor puts his half on the market immediately. Former Dallas police officer Tucker Malone is still mourning the sudden death of his wife, Melanie, and trying to chart a course forward when he decides to invest in the Magnolia Inn, becoming Jolene's operating partner. As they fix up the rundown property, romance blossoms, but it may not flower, given Tucker's guilty feelings about loving anyone other than Melanie. The author does a first-rate job of depicting the devastating stages of grief, provides a simple but appealing plot with a sympathetic hero and heroine and a cast of lovable supporting characters, and wraps it all up with a happily ever after to cheer for. Agent: Erin Niumata, Folio Literary. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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