After a nine-year absence, a hot-head returns to his home town, older and wiser. Now he wants to win the heart of the girl he left behind. Instead he has to protect her from the danger that follows him.
After a nine-year absence, a hot-head returns to his home town, older and wiser. Now he wants to win the heart of the girl he left behind. Instead he has to protect her from the danger that follows him.
After nine years away, a business venture forces Brody Parkhill to return to his home town. Trying to determine whether the building he’s been sent to assess would be a viable project for his boss, he is surprised to discover it houses a women’s crisis center. Further complicating his job, members of his old high school gang are involved in the center’s operations—the same friends he ran out on all those years ago. His boss questions where Brody’s loyalties lie and ultimately fires him. With no more to offer Cinda Cooper, the girl he left behind, than when he was a hot-headed teen, Brody must find a way to regain his job, save the center, and win her back.
The last person Cinda Cooper expected to see after a night out was her best friend from high school, Brody Parkhill, the one who was supposed to help her escape her troubled home life. The one she hasn’t seen or heard from for nine years. But she’s too busy dealing with escalating acts of violence to deal with her feelings for him. Could these crimes have anything to do with Brody’s return to town? Or has her past caught up with her?
Professional Reviews
Simon Okill - Goodreads.com
Return to Hoffman Grove by Karla Brandenburg is an intelligent emotional drama full of richly described characters.
Brody returns to his home town after a 9 year absence to assess a property for development. He rediscovers, Cinda, his first love from high school at an abuse session housed in the same building he wants to redevelop. He meets friends he left behind an old memories resurface. Here the author shows her flair for emotional stress and its toll on the characters.
There is so much more going on in this thought-provoking novel which delves into the murky world of spousal abuse, and kudos to the author for keeping it entertaining and riveting.
FIVE STARS for this emotional drama and highly recommended.
Christina Escue - Goodreads.com
Sep 30, 2014 Christina Escue rated it 4 of 5 stars
I read this for an honest review and I have to say I loved it. I read all genres and this contemporary romance is one of the best I've read in a long time. It has it all; drama, love, suspense, mystery, etc. I highly recommend this book if you want a book that'll draw you in and hold your attention.
