REVIEW: Come Back to Me by Sharon Sala

Come Back to Me (Blessings, Georgia #6) by Sharon Sala: Phoebe Ritter and Aiden Payne are high school sweethearts. They have sworn to always love each other. That was before the fire that destroyed Aiden’s family livelihood and even worse cost the life of Phoebe’s father. Aiden calls Phoebe after his father returns with the devastating news about the fire to offer condolences and to ask what he can do for her and her mother. He is shocked at her response. Her family thinks Aiden’s dad, George Payne set the fire to get the insurance money. Aiden asks her if she believes that and her response is that she doesn’t know. Aiden is very hurt and lashes out at Phoebe. The end result is that he tells her, “I don’t ever want to see your face again.” Shortly thereafter, following the death of Aiden’s mother from cancer and the shunning of Aiden and his father by the people in Blessings even though George Payne was cleared of any wrongdoing fairly quickly, Aiden and George leave Blessings.

Fast-forward twenty years. Aiden’s father has died five years previously and his grandfather, who remained in Blessings, has just passed away. Aiden now has to return to Blessings for the first time to settle his grandfather’s affairs. Aiden doesn’t want to go back but knows he has to. What a big surprise it is to find out he has a nineteen-year old son, Lee Ritter who is very happy to finally meet him and wants to have a relationship with him. What does this mean for his mom, Phoebe Ritter and his newly found dad?

Come Back To Me is author Sharon Sala’s sixth book in her Blessings, Georgia series. Once again this author brings to life the pros and cons of small town living, with the caring and generosity of the townspeople, but also with the prejudices of these same people. Her characters are so well-drawn and likeable in this story that their happiness and good times, as well as their trials and tribulations become real to the reader. In that sense this is a real page-turner as well as an emotional read. Sharon Sala is an excellent storyteller!

I invite you to sit back, relax, enter Blessings, Georgia and enjoy Phoebe and Aiden’s story.

Book Info:

Publication: Published August 28th 2018 | Sourcebooks Casablanca | Blessings, Georgia

After a crime pitted their families against each other, high school sweethearts Phoebe Ritter and Aidan Payne were forced to say a tearful goodbye. Phoebe stayed behind in Blessings, Georgia, while Aidan and his father left town for good.

Twenty years later, after the death of his grandfather, Aidan comes home to Blessings–only to discover he has a nineteen-year-old son. Aidan is hurt, but thrilled to meet Lee. And as Aidan and Phoebe spend more time together, they realize their old feelings are as strong as ever. But with a complicated past riddled with drama and betrayal, can they truly forgive and forget?