The Bluebird Bakery: A Small Town Romance

by Lee Tobin McClain

Overview

"Lee Tobin McClain dazzles with unforgettable characters, fabulous small-town settings and a big dose of heart. —Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author

New York Times bestselling author Lee Tobin McClain returns to her Hometown Brothers series!

A sweet new beginning on the Chesapeake Bay

Bluebird Bakery owner Taylor Harp loves how small and close-knit Teaberry Island is…except when the only response to her help wanted ad is from someone she hoped to avoid. She and Cody Cunningham shared a long-ago romance until he started dating her prettier younger sister. But though the sting of rejection remains, so do the sparks.

After PTSD ended his military career, Cody Cunningham came back to the one place that felt like home. A difficult childhood left him running from commitment, but when he’s suddenly left in charge of his young half siblings, Cody doesn’t hesitate. He’s ready to build a future, and he hopes Taylor will want to have a place in it. Will she keep him around long enough to see that the boy she knew is now a man who’ll love her forever?

Hometown Brothers

Book 1: The Forever Farmhouse
Book 2: The Bluebird Bakery
Book 3: The Beach Reads Bookshop

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335427434
Publisher:	Hqn
Publication date:	01/10/2023
Series:	Hometown Brothers , #2
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	211,927
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lee Tobin McClain is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels. A professor-turned-writer, she finds inspiration in her beautiful and brilliant daughter, her goofy goldendoodle, and her aptly named cat, Trouble. Learn more about her books at www.leetobinmcclain.com.

Editorial Reviews

11/28/2022

Bestseller McClain returns to Chesapeake Bay’s Teaberry Island for her sentimental second Hometown Brothers novel (after The Forever Farmhouse). Taylor Harp has sworn off men to focus on making her Bluebird Bakery a success. She reluctantly hires military veteran Cody Cunningham, who spent his teen years in foster care on the island and now struggles with PTSD, to help out in the bakery, despite her false belief—which Cody is unaware of—that he “took advantage” of her younger sister Savannah in their youth. Taylor and Cody’s newfound truce is first complicated when Savannah, now a beauty queen, returns to the island looking for a job after leaving her latest deadbeat boyfriend—and then completely upended when Cody’s birth mother abandons his half siblings, seven-year-old Danny and three-year old Ava, at the bakery. As Taylor and Cody work together to care for the children and the store, miscommunications are cleared up and love blossoms. The island provides a picturesque backdrop and a supportive community as the characters grapple with tough issues. Kind, lonely Taylor makes an admirable heroine, and wounded Cody proves easy to root for. Readers looking for wholesome small-town romance should snap this up. Agent: Karen Solem, Spencerhill Assoc. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"Readers looking for wholesome small-town romance should snap this up." —Publishers Weekly

“[A] magnetic second chance romance…McClain pits her charming, authentic characters against the realistic problems of everyday life, making for a story that is deeply emotional but never soapy…Readers won’t want to put this down.” —Publishers Weekly Starred Review on The Forever Farmhouse

"The first in McClain's romance trilogy about three foster brothers finding their true loves will have readers eagerly awaiting the next installments. This sweet romance with its environmental theme and small-town relationships will appeal to readers at many stages in life." —Booklist on The Forever Farmhouse

"Lee Tobin McClain's books make my heart sing."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Lee Tobin McClain dazzles with unforgettable characters, fabulous small-town settings and a big dose of heart. Her complex and satisfying stories never disappoint."—Susan Mallery, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Low Country Hero has everything I look for in a book - it's emotional, tender, and an all-around wonderful story."—RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author on Low Country Hero

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