I was so excited to receive a copy of A Year of Extraordinary Moments by Bette Lee Crosby! This story follows The Summer of New Beginnings, where we meet the Briggs family. After losing their husband and father, Lila and her two daughters, Meghan and Tracy try to start over without him. Meghan was planning to become a journalist, but instead she takes over her father's business. She later rescues a dog she names Sox and falls in love with a veterinarian. Now Meghan has become a vet assistant and settled in to married life. Meanwhile, Tracy has returned home after a failed relationship and with a son who they learn is deaf.

Extraordinary moments happen to the family with the introduction of an elderly woman and her impact on the family, the return of Tracy's ex who is bent on taking whatever he can, and the relationship between the two sisters.

I orignally felt Meghan was the more responsible sister, but this story showed me how much someone like Tracy can grow and evolve in to a fascinating woman!

This story will show readers how we can grow and evolve through our own extraordinary and even ordinary moments!

MY REVIEW OF “A YEAR OF EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS” (MAGNOLIA GROVE #2) BY Bette Lee Crosby, Lake Union Press, October 2018

Kudos to Bette Lee Crosby, Author of “A Year of Extraordinary Moments” for pulling my heartstrings and writing such an emotional realistic, enjoyable, delightful, memorable, and captivating novel. I had the most enchanting visit this afternoon reading the sequel to “The Summer of New Beginnings”. I loved the first book, and I loved this as well. The Genres for ” A Year of Extraordinary Moments” are Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Romance with a dash of suspense and mystery.. The timeline of the story is in the present and goes back to the past when it pertains to the characters or events in the story.

I highly recommend this novel to readers that enjoy family drama, sister relationships, and mother and daughter, and mother and son relationships. Bette describes her colorful cast of characters, as people who could live in our neighborhood. Each of the characters have their own set of problems, and day-to-day problems. Some characters have shady motives and think of themselves. I appreciate that Bette Lee Crosby writes about the importance of family, emotional support, and somehow everything seems to work out. Bette adds the touch of a beloved pet, and also shows the needs for acceptance for children and adults with disabilities.

In this wonderful book, we learn and see how Tracy Briggs and her hearing-impaired young son are doing. Tracy is trying to step up to the plate and be the best and responsible Mom. Is there romance in Tracy’s future? What could prevent Tracy from the happiness she deserves? There are some intriguing new characters and some wonderful friends from the first book. Although this could be read as a stand-alone, I thing that reading the first book would enhance the experience. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.

This book is extraordinary. It will stay with you long after you turn the last page and smile. It will make you smile as you remember the purest love that finds Tracy. It is a book of letting go of the past and embracing the future, whatever it may bring. This is the second book in the Magnolia Grove series and follows The Summer of New Beginnings. Although A Year of Extraordinary Moments can be read as a standalone, I would recommend reading them in order. Both books are excellent and I highly recommend them. Bette Lee Crosby brings Magnolia Grove alive in these books. I highly recommend A Year of Extraordinary Moments. You will not be disappointed!

Tracy still lives at home with Lucas her son, and her mother Lila. She still runs the "Snip & Save" magazine for income but she is getting behind. Her relationship with Gabrielle is getting closer and she is spending more time with the children at Lucas's school.

Dominic's grandmother Alice is dying and has asked him to come home and be with her for what time she has left. Dominic loves his grandmother but he doesn't want to see Tracy or Lucas. Alice discovers she has a great grandson that she's never met.

I have to say, I read a number of books a month and some are memorable and some are not. As soon as I picked up "A Year of Extraordinary Moments", I was drawn back to the characters and plot of "The Summer of New Beginnings" and settled in to visit with my "friends". Bette Lee Crosby tells a story with such warmth and depth that you feel you know them and can't wait to catch up. Authors don't usually write a sequel to equal the original, but Bette accomplished this very nicely. Can't wait to read the next in this series.

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Wow! What an extraordinary book!
We first met the Briggs family in the book The Summer Of New Beginnings and this book continues the story of the Briggs sisters and the next chapters In their lives. Sisters coming together to let go of the past and embrace the fiuture !
I loved every minute of this story and I can’t wait to visit Magnolia Grove again and again. This is the second book in this series and while it can be read as a stand alone, you will want to read both and enjoy every second of your visit to Magnolia Grove !!
Another fantastic book by BetteLee Crosby!!!

The second book in Bette Lee Crosby's "Magnolia Grove" series brings readers back to the small-town neighbors who feel friendly and familiar. Tracy is finally beginning to put her past behind her and has gotten help for her profoundly deaf young child. Complications arise when Dominic, her ex, shows up, summoned by his dying grandmother, who wants to do the right thing for her descendants. But Dominic's grandmother, despite her serious and painful illness, has a heart of gold and a spine of steel. Tracy's sister Meghan, the main character in the first book in the series, must come to terms with her own need to follow what she believes were her late father's wishes. This story of family, love, healing, and strength is one you won't want to put down -- and you won't want the book to end. Highly recommended.

I love starting a second book in a series as you already know the characters and it just feels so comfortable. I really enjoyed the book focused on Tracy and her life. She's grown up so much and has a new love interest and has found her passion to help children. I recommend this series!

She did it again. Bette Lee Crosby took us back to Magnolia Grove and the Briggs family. Where Tracy is getting her life on track,taking care of her hearing impaired son and running the family business. But just when everything is going great, up pops her ex to wreck havoc on her life.

I have always enjoyed Ms. Crosby's books, having read so many of them, and this one is no exception. The loving family story behind it, the way she makes her characters fill your heart and soul, has only made me wanting to read more and more of her books.

Bravo...looking forward to a book #3, because I have a feeling it's not the last we see of Dominic!

A YEAR OF EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS, the second book in Bette Lee Crosby’s new Magnolia Grove series, is a wonderfully-written and emotional story that kept me flipping the pages from beginning to end. I loved the first book, A SUMMER OF NEW BEGINNINGS and was excited to return to Magnolia Grove and the Briggs family. This book focuses more on Meghan’s sister, Tracy and her son, Lucas. We are also introduced to a new character, Alice, the grandmother of Tracy’s ex, Dominic. All of the characters are so well-developed and relatable that I felt like I knew them personally. The story has the perfect blend of family drama, mystery and romance. I thoroughly this heartwarming book about the bonds of family and the hard choices that must be made to pave the way to a happier future. I hope there will be more books in this series in the future! Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the chance to read an early copy.

A Year of Extraordinary Moments by Bette Lee Crosby. I was introduced to Bette Lee Crosby in her book The Summer of New Beginnings and A Year of Extraordinary Moments was the second book in The Magnolia Grove
Series. I loved both books. A Year of Extraordinary Moments made me think about my mom when she was dying Of esophagus cancer and even with all her pain she was trying to make things better for all as did Alice in the story. I wanted the story to go on forever. I love all the characters in the story even Dominic who set out to make everyone’s life miserable. You cannot help to feel sorry for him. Their is so much kindness and love in the story. I loved the ending and the way Alice set up the will. If I told you I would spoil the story. Prepare to cry a little a long the way.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley. It is a sequel but you
could read it as a standalone. I
recommenf you read book 1 first
because it also was a good book and gives you more of the beginning of the story.. I like the
way Bette Lee Crosby weaves the
story so it continues from one to the next but you don't feel like she left any thing out in prior book. This is a great sisters story, a love story and so much more....

It was wonderful to re-connect with the Briggs family from book 1 in this series - The Summer of New Beginnings. I really enjoy reading about this family and hope that there will be more books about them in the future. The family is made up of the widowed mom and two sisters Meghan and Tracy. Book 1 was Meghan's story where she had her struggles and got her happily ever after. In this new novel, we get Tracy's story. Tracy was an unwed mother with a young son Lucas who is hearing impaired. When she left her nasty boyfriend, Dominic, she moved back into her family home. Just as her life gets back in a good place, Dominic comes back to town to try to win her back. Does he really want her back or does it all have something to do with his grandmother's farm and fact that she might leave it to Lucas when she dies. Alice, Dominic's grandmother is absolutely the nicest person that I've met in a book in a long time. She cared about her family despite the way they treated her and only wanted the best for everyone.

I highly recommend this series. The characters are well written - flaws and all - and feel like people that you know. As usual, Betty Lee Crosby brings us wonderful characters and a fantastic book.

Thanks to the author for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Loved the book,wished, it were longer.
Canasta,is a wonderful character & name.
Would definitely recommend this author to anyone.

A delightful story of family, friends, lies, failures and successes.

Although this was my first book by this author, Reading the story from the very different perspectives of the various characters, really allowed the reader to become attached to each character. I would recommend this book to friends for a wonderful, light and Happy read!

I just love Bette Lee Crosby's books! She has such a gift and talent for storytelling that draws me in and keeps me reading page after page. I was so excited to continue reading the story of the Briggs family after her first book The Summer of New Beginnings. This book focuses on Meghan's sister Tracy and her son Lucas and the life they were putting together with Gabriel. I was pulled into the story right away and couldn't put the book down.
Ms. Crosby's way with written words is amazing. I went the spectrum of emotions in this book. Her storytelling tugs at my heartstrings. I felt the emotions of the characters as I was reading. I was sobbing in places and needed tissues. I was excited for events that were being planned. I was happy. This book really did have "extraordinary" moments that kept me turning the pages to find out what was going to happen. I love Ms. Crosby's stories because she leaves me feeling
good at the end of the book.

I really like this line that the character, Alice, had:

"...but life is so much more complicated than we realize. It's not one long stretch of time that starts on the day you're born and ends on the day you die; it's a collection of meaningful moments with spots of happiness and sorrow in between."

It's those moments in life that make up the story and the meaningfulness that a life is.

Thank you, Bette, for the wonderful book. I give it a HUGE EXTRAORDINARY 5 stars!

After reading The Summer of New Beginnings, I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of this book. Bette Lee Crosby has brought to life the Briggs family and their story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Her storytelling is pure perfection, I was so caught up within the story that I had tears running down my cheeks at the end. I highly recommend this fast-paced, and heartwarming book!

This is the sequel to The Summer of New Beginnings(Magnolia Grove #1). There are some up's and down's in this book. The primary focus was on Tracy and Alice DeLuca and Tracy's son Lucas [who has a hearing problem]. Alice is Dominic's [Tracy's ex] grandmother. I loved all the characters except Dominic. Tracy was trying to get her life on track when she realizes her true calling is working with children. Tracy's relationship with Gabriel is staring to blossom. Alice calls Dominic to ask him to come home telling him that she doesn't have much time left and wants to spend as much time as she can with him. Dominic returns home. Alice tells Dominic that he needs to do the right thing by his son Lucas, well Dominic ends up telling Alice that Lucas wasn't his son. He says Tracy cheated on him. Alice decides to hire a Private Investigator and learns the truth. Alice then decides to go see Tracy and get her side of the story. Alice tells Dominic that she was leaving the farm to Lucas. Alice then starts to have a relationship with Tracy and Lucas, she even went to see the school that Lucas goes to. Then one day Dominic decides to go see Lucas and Tracy comes outside and Dominic tells Tracy he wants Lucas to get to know his grandma and they get into an argument and Tracy tells him that his grandma has gotten to know Lucas as she has been visiting and spending time with Lucas. Dominic left in a huff and went to get drunk and when he went home to talk to his grandma she wasn't there so he called Alice's friend Charlie only to find out that she was in the hospital so he goes to the hospital in his drunken state and is told he needs to come back during visiting hours. Dominic's grandma passes away. During the visitation a lady [who turned out to be Real Estate Agent] put her business card in his hand. Dominic did call her and was told the farm and land was worth a whole lot of money. Dominic and a friend came up with a plan and Dominic hired a lawyer to sue Tracy for Guardianship/Custody/Joint Custody of Lucas. When Alice died I had tears in my eyes for Alice, Tracy, Lucas and Gabriel. To find out everything that happened you really need to read this book. If you read book The Summer of New Beginnings (Magnolia Grove #1) then you MUST read this book.
I would like to say thank you to Bette Lee Crosby and to Lake Union for allowing me to get an advance copy of this awesome book to read!! #AyearOfExtraordinaryMoments #NetGalley

A Year of Extraordinary Moments was very enjoyable. I am a reader who likes books series since when you read a book, you fall in love with the characters and the setting and you don't want to leave them. This book follows Tracy and her son - two characters I loved from the first book. There is a little mystery in this book, and a new character that is just wonderful. I hope there will be another book in this series!

Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the opportunity to read this book.

I had been eagerly awaiting the second book in the Magnolia Grove series and I was not disappointed! I liked that this book was told from a few different perspectives, but the primary focus was on Tracy and Alice (grandmother of Dominic, Tracy's ex). The characters are all delightful (with the exception of Dominic, of course!) In this book, Tracy is coming into her own and discovering what she loves to do - helping children. In addition, her relationship with Gabriel is blossoming. Her new interests are time consuming and this causes some conflict with her sister, Meghan, because she's somewhat neglecting her responsibilities at Snip 'N Save (the family business that she promised to run). Meanwhile, Alice is trying to sort out her grandson, Dominic's, lies to determine if Tracy's son is in fact her great-grandson. I love how the plot unfolded (including some sweet moments and some tense moments) as well as the addition of Alice (I kept wondering how such a sweet lady could have such a rotten grandson). I'm hoping there will be a third book in this series! I was provided with an ARC from the author via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving this review.

I received this book "A Year Of Extraordinary Moments" from NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own. Wow! This is better than the first book (The Summer of New Beginnings) and I could not put this book down. The story is mostly following Tracy in this second book. I loved the new character "Alice" she was such a sweet lovable lady. Dominic is back and causing trouble as usual, but that is what he does. There is even a mention of Paterson (one T Bette) and Little Falls lol. Growing up in northern New Jersey I know these towns - kinda fun to see in a book. Everything seems to be worked out in the end but I know if there is a third book in the works that things will stir up again. Easy, fast paced read and I look forward to more books by Bette Lee Crosby as they are always enjoyable.