Julia Monroe Begins Again (Beignets for Two #1) Rebekah Millet -- Review

About the Book

Julia Monroe has just turned forty and hopes this next decade goes much better than the last, in which she became a young widow raising two children on her own. With both her boys off to college, it's time for new beginnings, and she can finally focus on expanding her New Orleans-based cleaning business--but God has other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart over twenty years ago, has returned to town and is the kind of distraction she never saw coming.

After their first interaction in years leaves her mind spinning and her emotions out of control, Julia knows she needs to keep her distance from him if she wants any chance of keeping history from repeating itself, but her meddling best friend has other plans to throw them together. It seems inevitable that Julia will have to face her past with Samuel, but only if she can work up the courage to embrace the kind of new beginning she never thought she'd see again.

Rebekah Millet will make you laugh, swoon, and cry in this delightful debut novel of first loves and second chances wrapped in the magic of New Orleans.

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About the Author

Rebekah Millet is a Cascade Award and ACFW First Impressions Award–winning author of contemporary Christian romance novels. A New Orleans native, she grew up on beignets and café au lait, and loves infusing her colorful culture into her stories. Her husband is an answer to prayer, who puts up with her rearranging furniture and being a serial plant killer. Her two sons keep her laughing and share in her love of strawberry Pop-Tarts. You can find Rebekah on all social media platforms and at rebekahmillet.com.

Review

Author Rebekah Millet has written a later in life second chance romance for widow Julia Monroe, that readers will thoroughly enjoy.  This is a heartwarming southern story that takes place in New Orleans and that focuses on complete forgiveness from a 20+ year old wound.  This forgiveness will bring peace and joy to a previous heart ache.  With a spin on a second chance romance, this sweet romcom will capture the heart of its readers.  Faith, forgiveness, and sizzling romance, readers will wholeheartedly delight in this sweet romance.

Series: Beignets for Two
Genre: contemporary romance, romcom
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Publication date: October 24, 2023
Number of pages: 384

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