In Jen
Gilroy’s Back Home at Firefly Lake, Cat McGuire and Luc Simard find love and
second chances in a heartwarming small-town romance that
fans of Women’s Fiction and Susan Wiggs’ The Lakeshore
Chronicles will love!
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About Back Home at Firefly Lake (Firefly
Lake #3):
Title: Back Home at
Firefly Lake
Author: Jen Gilroy
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Women’s
Fiction
Release Date: December 5,
2017
Publisher: Forever –
Grand Central Publishing
Series: Firefly Lake
Print ISBN: 9781455569618
Digital
ISBN: 9781455566938
She has a million reasons to leave. Can
he give her the one she needs to stay?
Cat
McGuire’s return to Firefly Lake is turning into much more than she bargained
for. Sure, she missed the crisp pine-scented air and the comfort of having her
family around her. But being home makes her feel less like the successful
single mom she is–and more like the awkward teen who never fit in. It doesn’t
help that hockey-pro Luc Simard is back in town, too. Luc was her childhood
crush, the hometown hero who never noticed her, and yet somehow he still makes
her heart skip a beat.
Luc’s
homecoming has been bittersweet. He’s lost his wife and his career, but there’s
no better place to start over than Firefly Lake. Coaching the local kids’
hockey team makes him feel alive again, and he thinks his life is
complete–until Cat arrives. The shy girl he always wanted to protect is now the
gorgeous woman who’s stealing his heart and making him believe in second
chances. But how can he convince Cat that Firefly Lake is where she truly
belongs?
Now an
Amazon Best Book of the Month!
Praise for Back Home at Firefly Lake:
“When these two broken
souls come together, magic happens.” – Publishers
Weekly
“Back Home at Firefly Lake is a charming small-town,
second-chance story. With well-written and relatable characters, readers both
new and old to the series will enjoy it.”
– Harlequin Junkie
Excerpt:
Luc’s
heart squeezed. [Cat] was embarrassed to ask her family for help, like he’d
have been embarrassed asking his. Except, that would never be an issue because
he had more money than he could spend in one lifetime. Money to finance the
creamery expansion his dad had talked about for years, and to send his folks on
that cruise they’d hankered after but could never afford because of the cost of
raising four kids and putting most of them through college. Money for
everything except what mattered most—taking care of his wife and their child
like he’d planned.
“Pay
for the hockey registration when your grant comes through.” He tried to smile.
“I know you’re good for it.”
“Thanks.”
Cat’s voice cracked and she took one hand away from her bag to rub it across
her face. “Hockey means everything to Amy. I want her to be able to play, but
she’s growing so fast right now.”
“Hockey’s
an expensive sport.” He slid an arm around her shoulders and gave her a little
squeeze. The same kind of friendly squeeze he’d given her all those times back
in high school when she’d saved his butt in chemistry. Before today, however,
his fingers had never tingled when he’d touched Cat. His body had never heated,
either.
Cat
started and pulled away at the same instant he did. “Hockey can be a dangerous
sport too, and now Amy will be playing with boys. She hasn’t played with boys
since she was seven. She could get hurt.
Like
he had, hurt so bad it had ended his career. “Amy’s playing minor hockey. At
her age, there is a rule about no body checking.” He tried to make his tone
reassuring. “I promise I’ll keep a close eye on her.” It was his job as her
coach, and he’d do the same for any kid. It had nothing to do with the strange
and unexpected attraction he all of a sudden had for this woman he’d known his
whole life, who he’d never really looked at until today.
A
woman who wasn’t Maggie. Luc’s stomach clenched in a tangled lump of guilt and
grief, tied tight with a slippery ribbon of disloyalty. Maggie was never coming
back, but that didn’t mean Luc could forget her. Or that he wanted to.
Copyright © Back Home at Firefly Lake 2017 by Jen
Gilroy
Review: I read The Cottage at Firefly Lake and enjoyed it, so I definitely wanted to read another book in this series.
This is Cat and Luc's story and its one of second chances. Both are back home to Firefly Lake for different reasons but both of them need some healing. She's a single mom and Luc is a widower returning home to coach hockey. So it isn't your typical 2nd chances story. They only share a common friendship.
The best part about Luc was how much he loved his first wife. To many books with widows and widowers have the marriage be a bad one, and that always spoils things for me. I like that his relationship was a good one.
Cat's however wasn't. She's a single mom with a daughter that is more than a bit of a handful. I really couldn't understand Amy sometimes. There were a lot of times when I felt Amy needed some counseling..and so did Cat. Cat had issues with her dad leaving and with the bad fling she had that resulted in her pregnancy. All of this impacted her chances of happiness. Amy did a few things that definitely needed a different kind of punishment or something. I wanted to like the little girl, but her mood swings were hard to handle, especially since she didn't talk to her mother about what bothered her.
Luc's reluctance to start over was more understandable. I liked how he truly cared for Amy as well as for her mother. He was a good guy. He seemed to be the more adjusted of the two considering he had lost his wife tragically.
The twist at the end was a little bit unbelievable for me, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book.
This was a sweet romance, with a small amount of heat.
The best part about Luc was how much he loved his first wife. To many books with widows and widowers have the marriage be a bad one, and that always spoils things for me. I like that his relationship was a good one.
Cat's however wasn't. She's a single mom with a daughter that is more than a bit of a handful. I really couldn't understand Amy sometimes. There were a lot of times when I felt Amy needed some counseling..and so did Cat. Cat had issues with her dad leaving and with the bad fling she had that resulted in her pregnancy. All of this impacted her chances of happiness. Amy did a few things that definitely needed a different kind of punishment or something. I wanted to like the little girl, but her mood swings were hard to handle, especially since she didn't talk to her mother about what bothered her.
Luc's reluctance to start over was more understandable. I liked how he truly cared for Amy as well as for her mother. He was a good guy. He seemed to be the more adjusted of the two considering he had lost his wife tragically.
The twist at the end was a little bit unbelievable for me, but it didn't spoil my enjoyment of the book.
This was a sweet romance, with a small amount of heat.
Rating: 4 flowers
Other Books in the Firefly Lake Series:
Some
mistakes can never be fixed and some secrets never forgiven … but some loves
can never be forgotten.
Charlotte
Gibbs wants nothing more than to put the past behind her, once and for all. Yet
now that she's back at Firefly Lake to sell her mother's cottage, the
overwhelming flood of memories reminds her of what she's been missing.
Sun-drenched days. Late-night kisses that still shake her to the core. The
gentle breeze off the lake, the scent of pine in the air, and the promise of
Sean's touch on her skin…True, she got her dream job traveling the world. But
at what cost?
Sean
Carmichael still doesn't know why Charlie disappeared that summer, but after
eighteen years, a divorce, and a teenage son he loves more than anything in the
world, he's still not over her. All this time and her body still fits against
his like a glove. She walked away once when he needed her the most. How can he
convince her to stay now?
Praise for The Cottage at Firefly Lake:
“Gilroy’s
debut contemporary is packed with potent emotions…[the] protagonists tug at the
heartstrings from the beginning of the story and don’t let go. Long on charm,
this story invites readers to come in and stay a while.” – Publishers Weekly
“Memories,
regrets and second chances are front and center in Gilroy’s fantastic debut.” –
RT Book Reviews
Summer
on Firefly Lake
Sometimes love is better the second time around.
Mia Gibbs spent her marriage putting her
husband’s needs before her own. And now, after a painful divorce, she’s
building a new life for herself and her two daughters back home at Firefly Lake.
The last thing she needs is a man to complicate things. But former bad boy
turned friend Nick McGuire—and the one kiss they’ve shared—has turned
everything upside down.
Attorney Nick McGuire wasn’t meant to be
a family man. His career has always been his focus, and after taking time out
to help his mother, he’s ready to get back to the city…until Mia and her
daughters arrive at Firefly Lake. Mia is beautiful and intriguing, and it
doesn’t take long to realize being “just friends” will never be enough. As the
summer nights turn colder, Nick will have to choose between the life he’s
always wanted…and the woman he can’t live without.
Praise
for SUMMER ON FIREFLY LAKE
“Has
charm to spare… The delightful supporting cast and expertly plotted story add
depth and richness to this tale, leaving readers eager for another visit to
Firefly Lake.”—Publishers Weekly
“4
stars! Gilroy’s second Firefly Lake novel encapsulates the quaint, busybody
small-town feel and the slippery slope of friends becoming lovers quite well…
Engaging…[a] fast-paced page turner.”—RT Book Reviews
About Jen Gilroy:
Jen Gilroy lives
in a small town in eastern Ontario, Canada where her Irish ancestors settled in
the nineteenth century. She's worked in higher education and international
marketing but, after spending too much time in airports and away from her
family, traded the 9-5 to write romantic women’s fiction to bring readers'
hearts home.
Jen
likes ice cream, diners, vintage style and all things country. Her husband is
her real-life romance hero, and her teen daughter teaches her to cherish the
blessings in the everyday.
The
Cottage at Firefly Lake, the first book in her Firefly Lake series, was a
finalist for Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart® award in 2015. It was
also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon Award
2017.
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