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A past that haunts can be laid to rest through the act of forgiveness, even if the person you forgive is yourself. It must be gifted freely.
Abby Sullivan cherishes the life she is creating for herself in her hometown of Santa Barbara, California. She adores her best friend and supportive family. Her job as a kindergarten teacher offers her life hope and purpose. She is very talented at many things, especially hiding the pain of her past. That is until her world collides with Caleb Hunter’s, giving them both a lesson in forgiveness and love.
A life changing love is cruelly snatched by sickness and death. A person must be willing to give love, the greatest gift of all, to receive love.
A successful writer, Caleb is living life day-to-day. Giving refuge to his sad and lonely heart since his wife’s sudden death from cervical cancer, his primary focus becomes honoring her memory by rearing their five-year-old daughter, Madison. Yet, when Madison Hunter walks into Miss Abby’s kindergarten class, everything changes for all three of them.
With a little nudge from a loving mother-in-law who has everyone’s best interest at heart, anything is possible, especially when forgiveness and love gift even more blessings than ever imaginable.
MICHELLE’S REVIEW
If you are looking for a true romance look no further. It All Started with a Lima Bean is romance- 100%. This is not a steamy, get out the vibe and knock one out, kind of book. In fact- there is no sex in here at all. No normally, I might be like- um wtf- where is the sexy time??? But author Kimi Flores, made it work. This book was much more about two very hurt people finding a way to heal, both together and apart.
Our story stars Abby Sullivan who I really like. She got burned by love and I related to her SO DAMN MUCH. The pain she was dealt with just hit me so hard and I fell in love with her. She was strong for the most part but there was a part of her that was still so hurt and therefore, felt weak. But she overcame that, not for a man and for her friends or family but because she knew she needed to. And that’s what made her awesome. Abby could totes be my friend in real life.
And then there’s Caleb. A hot, widowed single dad?? Yea ok- take me now. And of course his daughter Madison is adorable so basically what you have here is an ovaries exploding kind of situation.
Of course even though its instant attraction, it isn’t an instant relationship. The book actually lets you watch them develop a friendship first followed by a relationship. Now I’m not saying I wouldn’t have welcomed the visual of Caleb getting all sweaty and doing the nasty but there was something very romantic about how chaste their relationship was.
In addition to our main characters, you get a glimpse into the relationship that is growing between Abby’s best friend Leah and Caleb’s cousin, Stefan. I LOVED how protective Caleb was over Leah not only because she was Abby’s best friend but because he genuinely cared about her. Seriously- this must be fiction because Caleb was PERFECT. Anyways, we get to learn more about Leah/Stefan in the next book so I’m very excited.
If you are looking for a love story that will just warm your heart, pick this book up and get to reading!
Kimi lives in So Ca with her high school sweetheart, prom date, and now husband of over 20 years as well as with her two boys that bring so much joy and laughter to her life. There is never a dull moment in Kimi’s day with these three guys by her side. Her family and she are happily involved in volunteer work with several local non-profit organizations. They believe that everyone needs to do their part and a portion of her sales will always go to charity.
At an early age, Kimi discovered the magical world of imagination. Many stories were written as well as illustrated by her as a child. Not realizing at the time that she had dyslexia, schoolwork became extremely difficult, and her confidence as a reader and writer dwindled. Thanks to a high teacher who took the time to invest in her, Kimi found a love for literary legends such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving and Jane Austen. This teacher helped Kimi create one of the happiest school memories she holds. Discovering in college that she had the learning disability was terribly discouraging since help was not readily available and her reading and writing confidence fell once again.
Needing to find a distraction when her husband unexpectedly ended up in the hospital for a week, Kimi explored the indie reading world. Jumping in with everything she had, Kimi pushed herself to read over 150 books last year. During that process, many characters reappeared in her imagination and insisted that their stories be told. Putting all self-doubt and barriers aside, she started writing the outlines and drafts for the four books in her Intertwined Hearts Series as well as bits and pieces of the three books in her next series, Down by the Bay.
Her message to you is similar to that of pop icon, will.i.am’s: ~You can focus on your problems or you can focus on your dreams ~
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