A Family to Foster by Laurel Blount

 A Family to Foster

Book Summary

Can an unlikely partnership…

Turn into a permanent commitment?

Foster dad Patrick Callahan would do anything to prevent the siblings he fosters from being separated. But that means he’ll have to partner with his ex-fiancée, Torey Bryant, to save the local community center. With Patrick’s old-school ideas and Torey’s high-tech upgrades, the pair can’t agree on anything. Could accepting their differences keep the children together—and give them a forever family?

My Thoughts

A Family to Foster by Laurel Blount takes us back to Cedar Ridge where we get to spend time with one of Ruby Sawyer’s former foster kids, Torey Bryant.  I love Ruby and I am glad we get to visit her again.  I enjoyed getting to know Patrick Callahan (Torey’s ex-fiancé who left her with a broken heart) and Torey Bryant.  The two need to work together to fix and reopen Hope Center.  Patrick will do whatever it takes to keep Josh and Jill, the two children he is fostering and would like to adopt.  Torey, who is taking a leave of absence from her recently acquired dream job, will do what is needed because she loves Ruby.  I laughed often while reading A Family to Foster.  I like Laurel Blount’s writing style.  She creates realistic characters that you want to get to know (you want them to be your neighbors and friends).  The story is easy to read and has a good flow.  It was nice how the romance progressed.  I like how Patrick’s foster kids were included.   

Ruby is a delightful character.  She knows her former foster kids well and knows the right buttons to push.  Ruby is working to get each one matched up.  I like the “Rubisms” as I call them.  Ruby doles out good, practical advice (and it is remembered and followed years later).  I enjoyed catching up with Ruby’s other foster children.  While this is the fourth book in the series, it can be read as a standalone.  I do, though, recommend reading each charming story.  A Family to Foster has love, forgiveness, heartache, loyalty, hurt feelings, distrust, and romance.  This is the type of book you want to read while sitting in a comfy chair with hot tea and cookies warm from the oven.  I am looking forward to my next visit to Cedar Ridge.  A Family to Foster is a heartwarming tale with a loyal family, a timid dog, technology troubles, an irascible Ruby, a cantankerous social worker, and a second chance romance.  

A Family to Foster is available from Amazon*.  The other books in the Cedar Ridge series are Together for the Twins, Her Mountain Refuge, and Lost and Found Faith.  Laurel Blount's next book release is Home in the Storm which is the fourth A Johns Mill Amish Romance.  You can find Laurel Blount's other novels here.  Thank you for joining me today.  I will return tomorrow with Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman by Traci Wilton. It is the seventh A Salem B&B Mystery.   After the rain last week, my garden is flourishing.  I sprinkled seeds two weeks ago in the blank spots (I dump all the seeds into one baggie and then scatter them in the raised flowerbeds) and I have seedlings popping up everywhere.  I look forward to seeing the blooms.  I have three types of sunflowers growing:  regular, Teddy Bear, and Mammoth. It will be interesting to how they differ. I hope that you have a happy day.  Take care, stay cool (it is so hot), and Happy Reading! 

Kris

The Avid Reader 

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