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Official Synopsis:
Newly divorced Maggie Coulter-Stanford returns to her roots in Eastern Tennessee for a new start. Claiming the farm that her grandparents left
to her, she is determined to turn the dilapidated piece of property into
a guest retreat. As if the work on the farm was not enough for her to
worry about, she has to deal with her philandering ex-husband who is in
bed with a ruthless real estate developer along with her materialistic
and meddlesome mother. Not to mention coming face to face with the man
that broke her heart when he left her years earlier. But it's not all
as it seems. Will Maggie enjoy her dream of coming home?
My Review:
When I first heard about Teresa Keefer, it was from her daughter. I had not given it much thought afterwards though. Months late, I then heard about Teresa from another friend and fellow beta reader who had just finished reading one of Teresa's books and figured it was high time I looked into this indie author to see what she and her books were all about.
Coming Home is mainly set in Tennessee with references to where the main character previously lived. The main character is a woman, Maggie Coulter-Stanford, who just divorced her very rich, materialistic, cheating husband. After the divorce she packed up her things and moved from Chicago to a little farm town in Tennessee where she had inherited her grandparents home and land; full of pastures, a barn, and of course the house which was her favorite place to stay during the summers when she was a child.
As you get into the story you learn more about Maggie, her best friend Dixie, and the local veterinarian/ex-boyfriend Sean. You find out about the heartbreak and deception that Maggie and her first love, Sean, experienced when they were younger, why at first they blamed one another for it, and then the truth of why the two never made it past the summer they fell in love.
As a beta reader for authors, I pick up on things that some readers would not notice such as grammatical errors, referring to a person, but then coming back with a completely different name later on for said person, or how descriptive and vivid the author is when setting a scene. As far as the grammatical errors go that does not make or break a star unless there is not understanding any of it because let's face it, every author and book, whether indie or famous authors have grammatical errors in their books. As for the scenes; for the most part the author sets the scenes to the point where you feel as if you are actually there without going overboard!
The only issue I had with this book and the reason why this is not a five star review was that I felt the author slipped over important parts that needed to be in the book, added things that she never came back around to explain, or rushed through the ending; better known as plot holes which can make or break a good book in my opinion.
However, with all of this being said, would I recommend this read to a book lover? You betcha! This book was a wonderful love story with a happy ending!
About the Author:
Teresa Keefer is a self-published author who is a romantic at heart.
She has also signed with Soul Mate Publishing for her Vengeance Trilogy.
First-hand experience breathes life into her stories because they are set in places that she has visited. Coming Home is set in the beautiful, peaceful Smoky Mountain area of East Tennessee, which is her favorite place to relax. Blood Vengeance is set in the steamy, seductive New Orleans, a place where she and her daughters visited and to which she hopes to return. We should also watch for locations such as Las Vegas, New York City, Washington D.C. as well as some fictional locations that she has created in her own mind. She says that if she is able to start working on her bucket list soon, there will also be a visit to Ireland and hopefully a story from there too.
Teresa is a lifelong Indiana resident living in a rural community in the east central portion of the state. As a single mother of three daughters, she returned to college as an adult and earned an MBA from Indiana Institute of Technology. Teresa has spent over 25 years in the human resource profession and has often threatened to write a humorous depiction of life in the human resource profession. Oh, the stories she could tell! She has been known to debate political and social issues with passion and generally does not back down, sometimes resorting to dry sarcasm to prove a point. In addition to spending time with her daughters and grandchildren she has a lot of other interests that compete for her time such as cooking, sewing, gardening, crafting, studying spiritualism, and traveling.
First-hand experience breathes life into her stories because they are set in places that she has visited. Coming Home is set in the beautiful, peaceful Smoky Mountain area of East Tennessee, which is her favorite place to relax. Blood Vengeance is set in the steamy, seductive New Orleans, a place where she and her daughters visited and to which she hopes to return. We should also watch for locations such as Las Vegas, New York City, Washington D.C. as well as some fictional locations that she has created in her own mind. She says that if she is able to start working on her bucket list soon, there will also be a visit to Ireland and hopefully a story from there too.
Teresa is a lifelong Indiana resident living in a rural community in the east central portion of the state. As a single mother of three daughters, she returned to college as an adult and earned an MBA from Indiana Institute of Technology. Teresa has spent over 25 years in the human resource profession and has often threatened to write a humorous depiction of life in the human resource profession. Oh, the stories she could tell! She has been known to debate political and social issues with passion and generally does not back down, sometimes resorting to dry sarcasm to prove a point. In addition to spending time with her daughters and grandchildren she has a lot of other interests that compete for her time such as cooking, sewing, gardening, crafting, studying spiritualism, and traveling.
I give this book: ★★★★
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