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    Love on Mimosa Lane
    Love on Mimosa Lane
    Love on Mimosa Lane
    Audiobook9 hours

    Love on Mimosa Lane

    Written by Anna DeStefano

    Narrated by Janet Metzger

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    Book Three of the #1 Amazon bestselling Seasons of the Heart Series.

    Recurring characters appear in the #1 Amazon short story Here in My Heart, and in Let Me Love You Again, the heartwarming second book in the Echoes of the Heart series.

    Law Beaumont and Kristen Hemmings have watched each other from a distance for years. But Law, a bartender with a bad-boy past, and Kristen, an assistant principal devoted to helping her community, couldn’t seem more different. When they unite to mentor a young foster child and to help Law’s troubled daughter through the aftermath of her parents’ ugly divorce, their attraction deepens. They face the undeniable connection between them, and a whirlwind of challenges they can only conquer together.

    A stirring love story and a candid look at the complexities of divorce, substance abuse, and our country’s foster care system, Love on Mimosa Lane is a love song to an entire community, and a novel about the power of family—the family you’ve been given, the one you’ve chosen, and the one that can lift you up, even when the world is tearing you down.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 21, 2014
    ISBN9781480578142
    Love on Mimosa Lane
    Author

    Anna DeStefano

    AnnaDeStefano brings to life heartwarming, emotion-packed stories about community, family and second chances. Her award-winning, nationally bestselling small-town romances spotlight family, friendships, and the forgiveness that nurtures her characters’ dreams…as they explore the issues all contemporary family face. Anna’s imagination is forever inspired by our ability to claim an unlimited and exciting future—by first facing and overcoming the setbacks of the past. She’s the author of more than twenty-seven books, including the Echoes of the Heart and the Mimosa Lane novels, all set in Chandlerville, Georgia, and her Atlanta Heroes series. Look for her other titles featuring the reader-favorite Dixon family: Here in My Heart, Let Me Love You Again, His Darling Bride, and Book Three of the Seasons of the Heart series, Love on Mimosa Lane. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Anna’s lived in the South her entire life. Her background as a care provider and adult educator in the world of crisis and grief recovery lends itself to the deeper psychological themes of every story she writes. A wife and mother, she currently writes in a charming northeast suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, not all that different from her characters’ beloved Chandlerville. She is also a workshop and keynote speaker, a writing coach, and a freelance editor. Get to know Anna at annawrites.com/blog and the Anna DeStefano: Author page on Facebook, where she shares her inspirations, her challenges, a healthy dose of honest optimism, and tidbits about upcoming projects.

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    • 3/5
      This was a very unconventional romance. Every character was messed up and from a family that was abusive or not supportive. The main characters are Law Beaumont and Kristen Hemmings. Law is an alcoholic, an ex-con, in the midst of an acrimonious divorce and the devoted father to eight-year-old Chloe. His ex-wife Libby is doing all she can to turn Chloe and the community against Law while hiding her own alcoholism. She doesn't hesitate to create all sorts of public, messy confrontations.Kristen is the Associate Principal at Chloe's elementary school. She has had an interest in Law since she first saw him. But she kept her distance both because he was married and because she didn't have in faith in love since her own family was distant. However, for me, the main focus of this story was Fin who was an eight-year-old foster child who had been in the system since his drug addicted mother died when he was five. He has shifted from foster home to foster home and has not trusted anyone enough to try to fit in. Kristen has learned that he loves soccer and so she has approached Law, who is a soccer coach, to try to get him involved. Law is also trying to get his daughter to play soccer again to despite her mother's advocating for cheerleading and hanging out with the third grade mean girls.Chloe's plight - being torn between her mother and her father - was also a large part of this story. Her desire for her family to be normal and for her parents to stop fighting was very realistic. She was trying to do what her mother wanted to try to keep her mother from being so angry. She is also covering up her mother's drinking. Between the acrimonious divorce and Libby's outbursts, alcoholism, and various things the kids are going through, the romance definitely took the back seat in this story. Additionally, the writing style which was heavy with everyone's thoughts and feelings and light on dialog made this one different than most of the romances I read. Readers who like angst will like this one.
    • 4/5
      Love on Mimosa Lane is a heartwarming story of love, family and friendship. This latest installment in Anna DeStafano's extremely popular Seasons of the Heart series is sure to be a hit with old and new fans of the series.

      Chandlerville is a tight-night community where the residents look out for one another. So when assistant principal Kristen Hemmings needs help with one of her new students, she is quick to ask Law Beaumont to help mentor the young man. Law is no stranger to trouble and while he is at first hesitant to become involved, he soon sees an opportunity to not only help Fin Robinson, but his young daughter Chloe as well.

      Both Law and Kristen have complicated family histories that continue to plague them even though they are now adults. They each tend to keep an emotional distance and while Law has been married, Kristen ends her relationships long before they get serious. Kristen's issues are fairly easy to overcome whereas Law's are going to take a lot of work and most of the novel to fully resolve.

      Law thought his problems with his wife Libby would end once they were divorced. Unfortunately Libby is bitter, vindictive and out to ruin not only his reputation, but his relationships too. Their daughter Chloe is caught in the middle until Law finally starts to listen some of the advice from his friends and his brother, Dan and begins to take control of his life.

      All of the characters in Love on Mimosa Lane have a lot of emotional baggage and some of them are dealing with some pretty serious problems. Law and Libby have substance abuse issues, both in the past and present, and Law has a prison record. Chloe is caught between doing what she wants and trying to please her mother. Fin has been in the foster care system for most of his young life and he is having trouble adjusting to his new foster home. Ms. DeStafano does an exemplary job of handling each of these topics with sensitivity and the story never feels overwhelmed by the various conflicts. It is not a light, fluffy read, but it is not bleak or depressing either.

      There is a romantic element to Love on Mimosa Lane but this part of the storyline is very understated. Instead, most of the novel centers around Law and the various obstacles he is facing. He has a lot a demons in his past and before he can have a successful relationship with Kristen, Law needs make peace with his mistakes and change how he deals with adversity.

      While I liked Love on Mimosa Lane, it is fairly slow paced for the first half of the novel. Some of the sentences are a little awkwardly written. I really liked Fin and Chloe but they seemed a lot older than third graders. Libby's character has no redeeming qualities and her maliciousness becomes predictable and grating.

      Despite these minor issues, I really enjoyed Love on Mimosa Lane. The characters are likable with genuine problems that are realistically resolved. The storylines are compelling and the novel's conclusion is emotionally satisfying. This powerful story of healing is a fascinating addition to Anna DeStafano Seasons of the Heart series.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely ADORED this book! It is heartwarming, funny, sad, and real. The writing is smooth and the pace is perfect. The characters and the town feel as if I could drive over and visit. You definitely want to grab this book and set aside some time to savor it. Highly recommended read!
    • 4/5
      LOVE ON MIMOSA LANE is more than just another romance. It is about the foster care system, alcoholism and the toll it takes on family life, and about bullies. It is a book filled with interesting characters, some to love, and one not so much. The descriptions are rich and the story moves quickly.Law is a bad-boy type with a soft heart that he guards closely. His past and his divorce from Libby have left him afraid to trust anyone, His desire to protect his daughter Chloe from the ugliness of his divorce, her mother’s drunkenness, and the rumors about his life, have caused him to build a wall around himself. Kristen, the assistant principal at Chloe’s school, is dealing with her own demons, but recognizes the personal battle Law is fighting. She recruits him to help Fin, a foster child who is troubled and lonely, to play soccer. The deal is that if Law helps Fin, she will convince Fin to recruit Chloe, who loves soccer but was convinced by her mother, that rather than playing soccer, she should concentrate on being like the popular girls. There is, needless to say, a romantic attraction between Law and Kristen, but neither can get beyond the wounds of their pasts to let love in. They both grew up in dysfunctional families where love was rationed out, rather than given freely.This story has a lot going on in it, but it is expertly pulled together by DeStefano. I loved that there were so many loose threads that needed to come together before the book’s end. There was a lot to pique my interest. The characters were well crafted, and I fell in love with them right away. This is the third book in the Seasons of the Heart series. I have not read the other two yet, but I felt this book could stand on its own without reading all of them. I would definitely recommend LOVE ON MIMOSA LANE to anyone who doesn’t mind a bit of romance, but enjoys reading books that touch on some of society’s sad issues.To learn more about Anna DeStefano, check out her webpage Anna DeStefano, her blog Anna DeStefano, on FaceBook, Twitter, and on Pinterest.