Where the heart is by Darcy Burke

Book: Where the heart is

By: Darcy Burke

Source: Netgalley.com

Where the heart is book 1 in a collection of Novell’s.

I really liked this one; it was quick but to the point. This first Novella is about Chloe & Derek who happened to meet in one of the most unfortunate ways. See Chloe had just moved from Pittsburg to Oregon to get a fresh start…. She had just ended her engagement a few months earlier and wanted to start over; quiet happy with the choice she made in little Ribbon Ridge Oregon she was getting the life she desired, until she arrived to find her “home” on fire. In a new city with no family and no one to turn to, she watched as her new life started to crumble.

Enter Derek, Ribbon Ridge’s volunteer fire fighter, part time bartender and CFO of Archer enterprises; handsome, built and every girls dream, including Chloe.  He was the perfect friend, the perfect gentleman, he offered to help Ms. Chloe as she had no one around, he offered the garage apartment at his adopted families’ home. See Derek lost his dad at 9 and his mom at 17, he was taken in by his best friend’s family and they saw him as one of their own. Chloe saw the love that they had for him and wished her family was not so judgmental and crude; she knew they loved her, but they didn’t LOVE her…. She needed that love where you would never want to walk away from your family.

Drawn to each other, Chloe and Derek start to explore their new found relationship. When a child hood home seems to drive a wedge between them, Chloe is determined not to let the love that she has craved be lost forever.  She fights for her guy; she doesn’t lose him to the home that he has shied away from for years. With her by his side, he believes he can do anything…. What Derek does next is total unexpected. I’m sure you want to know…. Be sure to read on to find out.