REVIEW:

A Love for a Lifetime by Lara Van Hulzen is the second book I’ve read by this author. I’m so glad I read this one. I recently looked up A Love Worth Waiting For wondering when the next book in The Nearlake Series would be coming out. I loved the first book and was pleasantly surprised when I was contacted to do a review on the new book about a month later.

A Love for a Lifetime is about a couple that live in a small town on the Nearlake. They have become empty nesters a couple of years ago and Charlie Benson is struggling with feeling lost with her kids away from home. Her daughter is in the middle of planning a wedding. There is a lot going on in Charlie and Davis. Davis is from one of the founding families in the community and they feel a responsibility to their hometown.

Well, you know I love small towns and I settled right into this book devouring every word. Charlie and Davis were a lovable couple and their friends were too. One of the couples were the main characters in the first book. Charlie has two close friends and one of them hasn’t lived in town since she got married and it seems to me she is hiding something and maybe having a hard time with her new life. I’m anxious to read the next book to see what that might be and if it is revealed to us.

The overall storyline in this book flowed very easily. It was a fast paced story that will not leave you bored. Lara Van Hulzen is a natural born storyteller. The two books I have read by her are a joy to read. 

The characters in this book have worries and feel like they are real. I was so involved in the book and they became real to me. There are some pretty serious things going on and there is a special little side story that I absolutely fell in love with and I can’t wait to see what happens to that. This book wrapped up nicely and I didn’t feel like I was left hanging but there are some situations I want to see through.

If you are like me and get involved with the characters you are reading about and their lives and small towns that care for each other, then this book should be on your radar.

I think you need to have a copy for your nightstand. I’ll tell you a secret. All my books go to bed with me and sleep on my nightstand because most of my books are on my tablet. Until next time…Happy Reading!

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SYNOPSIS:

Charlie Benson is happy with her life; she just feels a little lost. The empty nest years haven’t been as easy as she thought they might be, and while planning her daughter’s wedding should be fun, it’s become more about appeasing overbearing relatives than her daughter’s happiness.

Davis Benson wants nothing more than for his wife to be happy, but since their two kids left for college, things just haven’t been the same. Charlie isn’t her usual bubbly self, and the empty nest years aren’t as fun as he expected.

When a potential real estate deal threatens the small town where they live, and Charlie and Davis risk losing their home, their world feels beyond their control, making it increasingly difficult to find hope. Together, they must find a way to carve a new path unlike the one they imagined, holding tight to what matters most.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

LARA VAN HULZEN
I write books. I read almost all genres. I love sports, tea, books, and cookies. My faves are my Great Dane, my husband, & my 3 kids. Not always in that order. 🙂

I’m an author with Tule Publishing. I am all about people and I love character driven stories. I love history and am a curious person who consistently wants to learn. I can’t remember a time in my life where I wasn’t writing or reading. I had journals as soon as I could write words. And I would get lost in books for hours as a kid. Stories and writing are how I process the world around me, what I see and experience as well as what I learn. I could talk books for hours and am happy to do so with anyone. I also love to sip tea and watch baseball.

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C.S. Lewis

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