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Coming Home

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This book is one to be treasured. When Cami inherits the Chandler Hill Inn and Winery after her beloved grandmother, Lettie,, dies she also inherits a challenge. With more on her plate than she ever realized, she is determined to make a success out of this new venture. This book has everything you would want to read....family, friends, an old boyfriend who comes back into her life, but most of all you have Cami and a story that grabs you from the very beginning. This is the second book in a series. I'm reading it has a stand alone, not having read the first book, but I will be going backward as I intend to read "Going Home." Judith Keim has given us a novel that she can be proud of, a well written story that assures the reader something to enjoy, page after page.

My thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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The setting is Oregon's wine country and the author paints a delightful picture! Cami comes home from Paris when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer. Her grandparents raised her and she is devoted to them. The Chandler Hill Inn and Winery have been in the family for years and Cami is determined to help her grandfather run them after the death of Nonnee. Rafe is hired by Cami's grandfather to help with the winery and he admires him; enough surprise him by giving Rafe land once he dies. Cami is getting over the breakup of a wine maker in Paris and Rafe is recovering from a break up himself so both Cami and Rafe believe their relationship is friendship only. Cami stands by as she watches her web designer and party planner go after Rafe. Cami has enough to do taking care of her customers at the inn. This book has wonderful characters and those you hope will get what they deserve.. Good story, delightful setting, and wonderful characters.

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A delightful second novel in the Chandler Hill series!
"You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family." How true this is at Chandler Hill!
We learn of so many new happenings at the winery and inn as the days go by.
Cami is also learning how to be a business owner and doing a fabulous job, despite a plot by her ex-boyfriend to overturn her family business. He has even taken some of her best employees!
Cami is looking for family connections, and her own happiness. Will she find them?
Stay tuned. The best is in these pages!
Looking forward to the next book to see how Chandler Hill and all the family and friends are doing!

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A good story line and nice setting but the characters lacked realism. Not a bad book just needed a little polish character wise.

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Even if I liked the blurb the plot failed to keep my attention.
I liked the character but I wasn't interested in the plot.
Not my cup of tea.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

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This charming story about a young woman who returns home from France after the death of her grandmother to take over the inn was a delightful read. I like the main character and that the promise was kept to her grandmother to take care of the inn after her death. Some of the characters were horrifying and had me cringing while a potential new love interest evolved which is good news. I like the setting of this story and it's a second chance at love and a wonderful new career for this likeable main character. Thank you to the author and publisher for this early read.

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***Coming Home is the story of a young woman who inherited a guest inn and winery from her grandmother. Cami also inherited a financial mess and within her first week had to fire the man who basically had been running the operations while Cami’s grandmother was dying. As the story progresses she discovered she might have a half-sister. The plot sounded good; the execution wasn’t. The story jumps around from situation to situation and this reader found it difficult to become engaged. The author has a long list of published works, but her writing style simply didn’t make me want to read any of her other books. I found this one very simplistic. Most likely, I am not of the author’s targeted young adult demographic. I voluntarily reviewed an advance copy of this book from NetGalley.

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