Goodmorning, friends...
Okay, I'm slipping in here around noon CST but it's morning somewhere! Maybe even as you're reading.
Today, I'm shining the spotlight on RaeAnne Thayne.
I’m not one of
those people who knew from birth she was destined to become a writer. I always
loved to read and throughout my childhood I could usually be found with a book
in my hands. To the disgust of my friends, I even enjoyed creative writing
assignments that made them all groan. But I had other dreams besides writing. I
wanted to be an actress or a teacher or a lawyer.
Life took a different turn for me, though, when my mother made me take a journalism elective in high school (thanks, Mom!). I knew the first day that this was where I belonged.
Through it all —
through the natural progression of my career from reporter to editor — I wrote
stories in my head. Not just any stories, either, but romances, the kind of
books I have devoured since junior high school, with tales about real people
going through the trials and tribulations of life until they find deep and
lasting love.
I had no idea how to put these people on paper, but knew I had to try — their stories were too compelling for me to ignore. I sold my first book in 1995 and now, more than 60 books later, I’ve come to love everything about writing, from the click of the computer keys under my fingers to the “that’s—it!” feeling I get when a story is flowing.
I write full-time now (well, as full-time as I can manage juggling my kids!) amid the raw beauty of the northern Utah mountains.
Even though I might not have dreamed of being a writer when I was younger, now I simply can’t imagine my life any other way.
Okay, probably one of the longest bios I've shared but I wanted you to see her journey from that young girl to today, finding her passion along the way.
Today, I'm reviewing His Second-Chance Family - part of The Women of Brambleberry House. With seven books in this series, I can see my amazon account getting hit hard. From what I can tell from this book, there are three main women. Abigail, who owns the house, then Sage and Anna. In this book, we have an idea of Sage's story, so I'm going to assume that is a previous book I have yet to read. However, with the way RaeAnne has written this book (based on the story content), all of the books stand alone... you don't go into a story feeling as if you missed something, but more that you want to read the other to find out how something came to be.
In His Second-Chance Family we meet Sage and Anna as well as Abigail (in theory) and two people who knew each other as teen-agers, been hurt deeply by other loves then brought together for that 'healing' RaeAnn likes to include in her stories.
I think you know that second-chance loves, whether they be trying love again with someone else or reuniting with a former love, are my favorite stories to read and to write. This book hit all the notes for me. Julia Blair returns to Brambleberry House for a fresh start and finds herself still head over heels in love with a boy from her past, Will Garrett. Mind you, Will has grown up and while Julia is there to regain her footing in life with her two children, Will is a bit slower to let painful wounds heal.
I'm giving His Second-Chance Family..
The copy of His Second-Chance Family that I purchased had a bonus story by Patricia Davids, so I'll be coming back to review hers in a couple of weeks.
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I'll see you back here on Thursday for a Writer's Tip!
All my best
~ Angela
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