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Home (Romance)

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Sarah has met the man of her dreams, and he lives next door to her family's summer home. The only problem is he's dating her sister, Julie. And she's not the right girl for Eric. Julie will use him and toss him to the curb when she's done. And there's nothing Sarah can do about it. She can't even date him when Julie is finished with him. There are rules. What will Sarah do when Eric asks her to take a chance on love? Will she break the rules Julie made, or will she respect her sister and deny herself a chance at love? If Sarah takes a leap of faith, what will the consequences be? Will it be worth it?

Home

Published: April 30, 2022

Paperback length: 198 pages

Price on Amazon: $7.49 paperback/$.99 E-Book/ $14.50 hardbound

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Review by Josephine Strand (4 Stars) Oct. 26, 2022

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More than a romance, Home is a heartwarming story about family values, learning to grow and being courageous in following your heart. I really liked how Sarah and Eric's relationship starts to build despite her sister's rule to never come between each other's past or present romance relationships. This is the first book I read by A.R. Grosjean, and I really enjoyed it.

Kindle Reader (4 stars) May 14, 2022

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Sarah's older sister, Julie, has a way of getting what she wants--including Eric, the boy who lives next door to their family's summer cottage. Julie invites him over for the family meals, fun and games, and fishing. Sarah also likes Eric. But Julie has sister rules like bever coming between a sister and her boyfriend or taking him away, and never dating a sister's ex. Will Sarah have a chance with him? Story of love and family relationships.

Excerpt from Beginning

As Julie and I continued to argue about something I can’t even remember now, our mother pulled into the driveway leading to the summer cottage. The house was the largest on the block; its white paint had a fresh coat on it and was ready for us to put our things in it for the summer. “We’re here!” The sound of Mom’s voice broke our argument. “You two get your things unpacked and put away before your dad gets here,” Mom said.

                “Yes, Mother,” Julie said as she opened her door. She was in the front seat with Mom.

                “Okay, Mom.” I picked up my backpack off of my feet and opened the door on my side. I got out of the car and took in the mountain air. It smelled so pleasant this time of year. There was a scent of fresh-cut grass in the air, and it smelled so good.

It had been a week since my sister graduated from high school and I’m pretty sure she was happy to be free from it. This would be her last year to come here with us. Mine comes next year, but I don’t think I’ll ever stop coming to the mountain. I love it here, especially the one spot behind our cottage if no one’s bought that lot yet. I wanted to check and see, but I knew Mom wouldn’t allow it if I ran off just yet. I put my backpack on and slid a couple of my bags off the seat, and followed my sister into the house.

                I left the front door open as I entered the foyer, which was opened to the rest of the cottage. The house had been cleaned for us and prepared for our arrival by someone my parents hired. “George did a great job.”

                “He always does, Sarah. Dad pays him a lot of money to do it,” Julie said in her snotty tone. She always had an attitude, but it’s been really bad since she broke it off with Danny. “Race you upstairs.” Julie took off without waiting for me.

                “Hey, I wasn’t ready!”

                “So?” Your loss.” She laughed as she went up the steps. She darted to the left, to her room. I strolled into my room and tossed my bags, and backpack on the bed. I took in a deep breath and looked around my room. It hadn’t changed since I was a kid, but I loved the white ruffled bedspread and matching pillows. The three stuffed bears were removed, and I carefully placed them on the white desk by the front window. I opened the two windows to let in the warm air and began unpacking. Everything was a mess. There was no way I was going to put things away in that shape, so I refolded everything and placed them on my bed, to put away all at once.

                As I placed one of my nicer shirts onto the bed, Julie ran into the room and jumped on the bed. Everything was knocked on the floor. “Julie, I just folded all of those!”

                She laughed. “Sorry.”

                “Sure, you are. You can’t be done that quickly.”

                “I ain’t perfect like you are. I just stuffed everything in the drawers.”

                “I’m not trying to be perfect.”

                “So just put it in the drawer and be done with it,” she dared me.

                I picked up the sleeveless t-shirt, looked at the dresser, looked at Julie with her big grin on her face, and then back to my shirt. I dropped my shoulders feeling defeated. “I can’t.”  I finished folding everything and put the clothes in the drawers where they belonged. I turned and faced Julie, still on the bed.

                “I am so bored,” she told me.

                “Why don’t you go help Mom then?”

                “She’s got everything covered.”

                “Well, I guess you’re just stuck being bored. You can do that in your room, you know,” I told her.

                “I know. I wouldn’t be able to bug you in there. You almost done?”

                “I would be if you didn’t pester me so much,” I told her as we heard someone outside saying hello to someone else

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