One Hundred Chances
An Aspen Cove Romance Book 21
by Kelly Collins
Welcome back to Aspen Cove, where there is always a second chance for a first love…
Veterinarian Sara Arden made a mistake when she was a sixteen-year-old girl. The mistake wasn’t in falling in love with rancher Lloyd Dawson. It wasn’t even in getting pregnant. Sure, that part could have waited, but the mistake was in never telling him she had his daughter. Now, thirty-two years later, she’s back in Aspen Cove with her daughter, Reese. And this time, there won’t be any denying the truth.
Lloyd Dawson had lost a lot over the years. He’d had two great loves in his life—Sara Arden, who’d left him thirty-two years ago without a word, and Carol, who died in his arms several years ago. One was never coming back, but the other is sitting right there in front of him. But all he can see is the woman sitting next to her—the younger woman who is staring right back at him with eyes just like his. With betrayal twisting in his gut, Lloyd knows he’ll never be able to forgive Sara for robbing him of watching his child grow up.
When things go bad at the ranch, and Lloyd needs a veterinarian, Sara is his only choice. Will his crisis give her the chance she needs to make things up to him? Or will it be just another opportunity for her to betray him?
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Favorite Quotes:
You need to work on your social game. Do me a favor. When you open your mouth, taste the words before serving them to others.
Sara glanced around and wasn’t sure which were the pets and which were the owners. In one chair was an older woman carrying a cat wearing a superman onesie. Next to her was a little girl nearly strangling a poor pug.
Babies do crazy things to a body. I used to have abs, but now I have flabs.
With five women in the house, he’d learned to keep his opinion to himself. If a woman said she needed moisturizer that cost twenty dollars when Vaseline cost a couple of bucks, he didn’t argue. One of the biggest fights he had with Carol was over skin cream. It was the only time she ever threatened to leave him, and after that, his house had a steady supply of Olay until the day she passed. Come to think of it, his daughters had taken over where Carol left off, and he was sure a good portion of the food budget went to anti-aging skincare routines, but he wasn’t stupid enough to touch fire twice and never said a word.
“Do you think we’re grounded?” “I hope so.” When she was a kid, naps and getting grounded were the kiss of death, but as an adult, she was overjoyed at the prospect.
My Review:
Kelly Collins has conjured up another fun and lively tale from Aspen Cove, an odd little enclave she has created from her deft and imaginative brain. I have become unabashedly attached to the quirky collection of unique yet accessible and realistically eccentric yet endearing residents and eagerly await each new entry to the series. Like all previous installments, this entry was quick and easy to read and full of amusing and insightful observations and clever snark. Sara was a piece of work but she had become painfully aware of her missteps and prickly personality. I enjoyed her journey and envied her second chance with the Big D rancher.
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International bestselling author of over 30 novels, Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping the love alive. Always a romantic, she blends real-life events with her vivid imagination to create characters and stories that lovers of contemporary romance, new adult, and romantic suspense will return to again and again.