A PLACE CALLED HOME is a stand alone read with a HEA. Set in New Zealand, the heroine is a young woman of mixed heritage. She was raised in Italy by her father, upon his death she moved to China to be with her mother. She is a restorer of art works and is a well known authority of art works. She had a very unsettling upbringing, has lost a lot of important people to her life and desperately longs for a husband and family of her own. She has recently broken up with a wealthy businessman that does a lot of charity work. He absolutely had no plans to ever marry and definitely does not want any children. Their breakup was in both their best interest. He still cares for her and sets out to set her up with his best friend that would be perfect for her.
The best friend is having issues of his own. His wife was killed in a car accident about 3 years ago. He has decided that he doesn't want to marry again, he feels responsible for his wife's death and doesn't feel he is worthy of true love again. He has a lot of misguided guilt. They meet each other and there is chemistry until he says he never wants children. Even though she is strongly attracted to him she knows there is no future for them.
There is a lot of drama as these two deal with all their issues. There is a bit of mystery as she discovers an original painting in his parent's home. They believe it is a forgery but she knows better. Unfortunately, while she is getting the painting authenticated the man who thinks he holds the original is a ruthless Chinese businessman. He wants his painting back. So there is drama and mystery involved with that issue.
This is a very interesting and good story. It does hold the attention from beginning to end. The sex is brief but it is there so it may not be appropriate for all audiences. I definitely recommend the story. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved that it was set in New Zealand. We did get to visit some beautiful spots in this wonderful country.
Just a note. I have to read on a large font because of vision problems. Whenever a page ended with a hyphened word there were pages missing. I did reduce the font size and then got all the pages but I had to keep reducing it as I read. I spent a lot of time going back and forth but the problem continued. There was NO PROBLEM with the story, just something that went wrong with the downloading or whatever. I have had this problem before but never thought to reduce the font size, so I learned something :-)
I was not paid for this review. I am not an author nor do I know one. I am not kin to this writer. I am a reader and this is my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 8/25/17
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