Title: Letters from the Heart
Series: Willow Valley #3
Author: S.L. Sterling
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Small Town/Widower/Military
Release Date: July 26, 2023
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Peggy
After the death of my husband, I drowned myself in flowers, a bittersweet memory of the good times we’d shared. I’d had the good fortune to fall in love with a man who wasn’t great with words but understood the language of flowers. There had been flowers for every occasion, which culminated into the biggest flower delivery of all, my own shop in the small town of Willow Valley, Peggy’s Petals. So I spent all my time and energy building my small flower shop.
Eight years later, my friends are trying to encourage me to move on, but how does a person do that and leave behind the guilt they hold? Instead, I tried something safer. My best friend, Trinity, suggested I join the Army pen pal program. It seemed the safest way to test out the waters with someone new, and the best part, we’d never meet, or so I thought.
Ethan
I’d now been widowed longer than I’d been married and thanks to countless deployments, I knew the men under my command better than I knew my own daughter. As I neared retirement, I wanted to change that. I started talking to my daughter. She explained that she had been doing some volunteer work for a non – profit. She was starting a pen pal program for military men and women and she wanted me to get involved.
Apparently, all I needed to do was write a pen pal provided by the non-profit. So, I signed up, and began exchanging letters. This went on for a few months. The more I knew about her, the more I wanted to know. Then kismet played its hand. Melinda, my daughter, and Peggy, my pen pal lived in the same small town.
As I prepared for retirement, I finally knew where I wanted to settle down. The military had given me an amazing life, now I wanted the job of being a family man, which meant being with my family. I planned to move to Willow Valley, build a relationship with my daughter, and if I had my way, build one with Peggy too.
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This is the third book in the series. They can be read as
standalone books. Each couple lives in Willow Valley and so far, they seem like
second chance romances. Peggy joins a army pen pal program. She was nervous
about it in the beginning. Ethan encouraged his troops to join and then joined
the pen pal program as well. He wasn’t sure what to expect. The two have a lot in
common. Things get even better when he learns that Peggy lives in the same town
as his daughter who he is trying to reconnect with. Both are widowers. Peggy
still isn’t over her husband’s death and feel a lot of guilt about it. Ethan is
understanding but wants to help her move forward. The two have a fair number of
bumps in the road. Will Peggy be able to let go of her guilt and find a way to
move forward? Ethan is figuring out what he wants now that he is retired from
the military. This book was a great read. I really enjoyed it. The characters
from previous book do appear in the following books. Great job S.L. Sterling.
AUTHOR BIO
USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs.
An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel "It Was Always You" was born.
When S.L. Sterling isn't writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors.
In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.
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