Kisses, Family & Hope: A Small-Town Later-in-Life Mystery Romance

Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy small-town romantic suspense series with a sense of family that will have you falling in love. Listen to your heart. It always knows. After a health scare, Ava King leaves the running of her family’s corporation to others and sets off to find balance in her life. She wants her family, a career, and love. And spending time with her grown daughter Emma, in swan Harbor, seems like the perfect opportunity. But while there, a mystery behind a charm bracelet leads her to a shocking discovery. Finley Reade had reinvented himself several times for love. Now with two grown sons, who have found happiness, he’s ready to find the woman to fill the lonely places inside. Ava King is everything he wants, but with her daughter engaged to his son, she’s unwilling to give him a chance. Then they both encounter Captain Jack, Swan Harbor’s eccentric resident. His sage advice has Ava rethinking everything and slowly, she learns to share pieces of her heart with Finn. But secrets from his past threaten to derail any hope for a future with Ava or his sons. He must decide, should he stay and fight for the family he so desperately desires? Or leave everything he loves behind? Are family and love worth fighting for? Welcome to Swan Harbor Kisses, Family & Hope is Book 4 of the Contemporary Romantic Suspense from Swan Harbor Series, as well as Book 3 in the ‘Hope’ story. It is a steamy, small-town, second chance, later-in-life, mystery romance with a guaranteed happy ending. If you enjoy Barbara Freethy, Lucy Score or Jenny Kalaher, then you’ may enjoy Sophie Bartow’s intriguing new series. Grab a copy of Kisses, Family & Hope and curl up with Finn and Ava’s love story.