The Next Always
Number 1 in series
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4.2 • 298 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The historic hotel in Boonsboro has endured war and peace, changing hands, even rumored hauntings. Now it's getting a major facelift from the Montgomery brothers and their eccentric mother. Beckett is the architect of the family, and his social life consists mostly of talking shop over pizza and beer. But there's another project he's got his eye on: the girl he's been waiting to kiss since he was fifteen.
After losing her husband and returning to her hometown, Clare Brewster soon settles into her life as the mother of three young sons while running the town's bookstore. Busy, with little time for romance, Clare is drawn across the street by Beckett's transformation of the old inn, wanting to take a closer look . . . at the building and the man behind it.
With the grand opening inching closer, Beckett's happy to give Clare a private tour - one room at a time. It's no first date, but these stolen moments are the beginning of something new - and open the door to the extraordinary adventure of what comes next . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Perennial bestseller Roberts draws extensively on her experiences of renovating and operating Inn BoonsBoro for this trilogy launch not so much set in as advertising the bed-and-breakfast and its adorable neighboring town. Architect Beckett Montgomery has had a crush on Clare Brewster since high school, and sparks finally fly between them when Clare gets involved in the work of restoring the historic Maryland hotel. The widowed Clare has a bookstore to run and three small boys to take care of, but Beckett reminds her how to lean on others for help and fall in love again. Roberts paints a charming picture of smalltown life with likable characters, but supernatural thriller elements feel out of place in the bucolic contemporary setting, and too much detail about the nuts and bolts of the inn's restoration slows down the story.
Customer Reviews
Ready for the next one
A great start to a trilogy, with lots of fun and good characters to keep enjoying. I love the story being set around a refurbished hotel with a ghost. Not normally my thing, but I want to know more about her!! Wish I didn't have to wait so long for the next one!
Can't wait for the next from the Inn at Boonsboro
Have loved all for Nora Roberts books but this one is by far my favorite. Don't think I can wait a whole year for the next in the trilogy. A book I could not put down and will be reading again and again and again!!!!!!!
The next always
Thanks again Nora, you never fail, always a sure thing. Fell in love with the characters as always and now the wait for the second book...I know it'll be worth the wait though.