Life’s Too Short for White Walls is a story of moving on and starting over. Both main characters are in the next phase of their lives and in the process of figuring it out. Newly divorced Joss Murphy, returns to the one place she felt safe and that’s at her grandparent’s farm in Banjo Bend, Kentucky. However, the farm is becoming a new campground and owned by a secluded ex-military man named Ezra McIntire. Ezra has his reasons for his seclusion and lets her stay in cabin 3 for a few nights. With nowhere else to go Joss asks for a job and help out with his renovations. Neither is looking for love but their attraction to one another can’t be denied. Slowly with small steps each finds a little more of themselves, and what their future can look by putting the past behind them.

I really liked this story and it stayed with me long after I finished. It was well written, flowed easily and I read it pretty quickly. The introduction of Joss’s cousins and Ezra’s brother brought clarity to each of their family members situation and really helped to understand Joss and Ezra. Joss’ was really doing her best to move on in Act Two of her life and her taking the high road with her ex was very admirable. I don’t know whether or not it would be so easy to do in real life but she had her reasons for letting him back into her life and I have to respect the author for taking her character down that road. I enjoyed the ending and how they could make it work for both of them. The title itself makes you wonder what the story is about and pretty much says we all need a little color in our life to make it fulfilling and rewarding. I’ve read other stories from Liz Flaherty and this one was just as heartwarming and insightful.

Both Joss and Ez were at a low point in their lives, and both end up in Banjo Bend, Kentucky. Ez bought a campground that was once Joss's grandparent's farm. Joss didn't realize that her grandparent's farm was not a campground, and when she arrived, the campground was fully opened, just a couple of cabins which needed work.
Joss learned that her grandparent's house was still there, and Ez told her eventually he would remodel it and rent it out. She offered to do the remodeling, and as her and Ez were working together on the campground, they became friends. Each one learned things about themselves, and slowly figuring out who they are now.
She worried about making mistakes and what to do and was told, all you do is turn around, as she missed her exit. Like she was being shown how easy a fix, it could be.
We learn about the things that happened to make them who they were, but life goes on, and they have to figure out how to move forward. That is one reason I enjoyed the book is because, I got to see what happened to them, they are trying to move on, and all the things that happened as they were doing that, to seeing who they become.
I like the title Life's Too Short for White Walls, and the story shows us about that too.
I received an ARC from Wild Rose Press, Inc. through NetGalley.