Grief drove Alys and Fletcher apart. Their son’s destination wedding and the double-booked Valentine Suite bring them back together. Will their stay in the Valentine Suite heal their broken hearts or drive them further apart? Readers who enjoy Marci Bolden and Kristin Hannah, will love The Valentine Suite by Tracy Broemmer, an emotional and healing, women’s fiction novel.
Genre: Romance
Release Date: August 20, 2021
My Rating: 5 Beautiful Hearts
Special thank to Indie Pen PR for an arc of this book.
Review:
After a car accident claimed the lives of two of her children and one of their friends, Alys couldn't face the overwhelming grief, memories and guilt while trying to move forward with her remaining child and husband so she packed her things and left, divorcing the man she had loved for twenty five years and leaving him and her son who are also drowning in grief and self blame. Two years have passed and Alys finds herself at her son Ledge's destination wedding - oddly enough, staying in The Valentine Suite that she and her husband Fletcher once shared so much love in. Ledge is marrying the woman of his dreams, and Alys couldn't think of a reasonable excuse to miss her child's wedding so she packed her grief and heartache and showed up. Imagine her surprise to find her ex-husband mistakenly booked into the same suite. With no other rooms available, they agree to co-exist for the couple of weeks they'll be there for the wedding festivities. It soon becomes obvious there are a world of unresolved feelings between them and as the story unfolds, those walls begin breaking as they forge a tentative path toward burying their grief, hurt and pain. Alys comes to realize she has also caused her son unimaginable pain and needs to make amends. She just doesn't think she's strong enough to approach the son she walked away from.
The Valentine Suite is a fantastic second chance romance with all the feels and emotions. But what excited me is that it's so much more. Broemmer tackles some tough issues in this book with class and empathy - the grief of losing a child, depression, thoughts of suicide, alcoholism, guilt, self-blame, finding oneself, taking chances. These characters are authentic, and I alternately laughed and cried with them. What could have been a very simple plot line was complex with twists and turns that kept me turning pages. Simply put - I was surprised by this book and the depth of the emotional turmoil playing out. I found it to be well-crafted and will seek out more by this talented author. Highly recommended to fans of romance
Synopsis:
Her surviving son’s destination wedding means a reunion for Alys and Fletch, who divorced shortly after the accident. Alys intends to keep to herself for the wedding festivities and hustle back home to her quiet, sterile life when the big day is over.
When the double-booked Valentine Suite at the Kahalina Resort puts Alys and Fletch in close quarters, Alys soon finds it’s difficult to ignore the man she fell in love with over twenty-five years ago. Fletch frustrates her, but he protects her, too, acting as a buffer between her and the rest of his family and their son’s wedding guests.
Will their stay in the Valentine Suite drive them further apart and send them home as strangers or will their time together in the suite mend their broken hearts and put their family back together?
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