REVIEW: Find My Way Home by Michele Summers

In Find My Way Home (Harmony Homecomings #1) by Michele Summers, Bertie is an interior designer determined to make a name for herself away from Harmony. She has plans and a job in the big city, as soon as she finishes this last job. Little does she know the hot guy she mistakes for someone else is going to turn her world upside down.

Keith is a former professional tennis player looking for a safe place to raise his daughter. He comes to Harmony where his Aunt is, and buys a beautiful old house. The same house Bertie has dreamed of decorating for as long as she can remember. When Keith’s aunt interferes, giving Keith an ultimatum and offering Bertie an enormous sum of money to stay and fix the old house up, neither one of them can say no. With a 3 month time frame to meet Aunt Franny’s demands, they both get to work. Keith is searching for the perfect wife and mother for his daughter. Bertie already knows what she will do with the money, and is still dreaming of leaving Harmony.

Bertie and Keith are fighting an instant attraction, a chemistry that sizzles between them. Nothing can come of it though. Keith thinks Bertie is everything he shouldn’t want, and Bertie has heard enough about Keith’s reputation to not want to be another conquest. Without meaning to, they are drawn into each others lives, and the inner battles to not become involved are getting harder and harder to resist. Bertie soon finds herself ready to risk it all with Keith, but he’s not. By the time Keith realizes what he’s letting go will it be too late?

Find My Way Home is a wonderfully entertaining romance that warmed my heart! Bertie and Keith are both strong characters, and Michele writes the dual point of view well. Bertie is a fun loving, big hearted woman with a lot on her plate in Harmony. She is intricately woven into small town Harmony, and I loved her interactions with everyone. I felt like I really got to know Bertie, outside of her struggle to stay away from Keith, and Michele managed to really endear Bertie to me. Bertie has a forgiving heart of gold, and at times I was amazed she still felt what she did for Keith. Keith is so determined that Bertie is not for him that she catches him saying some not very nice things about her. It took me longer to feel like I knew Keith, and even then Bertie had wormed her way into my heart way deeper. Keith wants to do what’s right, but past mistakes have him doubting himself and people around him. I really enjoyed seeing the growth his character went through in Find My Way Home. The chemistry between Keith and Bertie is palpable. I like how Michele writes this and doesn’t give explicit detail. How she’s done this works well in Find My Way Home.

Michele really manages to give a small town feel to Harmony with a host of secondary characters who help bring Harmony to life along with Bertie and Keith. They all play really well off each other, and complement the main characters in different ways. The relationships and feelings are all believe-able, especially with the romantic and inner conflicts that make Bertie and Keith relate-able.

Find My Way Home is well paced and an easy story to fall into. Sometimes what we need most is right in front of us if only we’d open our eyes! The infusion of humor throughout Find My Way Home made it all the more fun to read.

I’d recommend Find My Way Home to any romance reader, especially if you like small towns and laughter!

Book Info:

Published July 1st 2014 by Sourcebooks Casablanca |  (Harmony Homecomings #1)

Everyone knows that money can’t buy happiness. The promise of money is even worse. Especially for a small town designer with big dreams. Bertie Anderson is finding out anticipation only buys trouble. When the offer of $150,000 is dropped into her lap for designing one house, she dumps her dreams of leaving town and gets to work. If only she wasn’t so distracted by her hubbalicious client. Why would an ex-pro tennis player move to tiny Harmony, NC?

Keith Morgan is wondering the same thing. Sure, he needs a safe place to raise his daughter, away from the party lifestyle of his past. But does it have to be in a crazy, little town where everyone knows his business? What’s worse is his aunt has given him an ultimatum: get married in three months or risk losing his little girl. Finding a woman is no problem. Parades of them show up at his house like the paparazzi. The problem is he only has eyes for Bertie, his quirky, curvy, maddening designer. And he couldn’t marry her, because this go round he needs to play it safe…and Bertie is anything but safe!