Book Review – ‘Coming Home’ by Melissa Whitney

Synopsis

One night. One kiss. That’s all it took for everything to change between them.

Dr. Nat Owens has come home to join her family’s medical practice. In the sleepy village, she struggles to be seen as a medical professional. Patients want her father. Staff go to her mother. Village residents respect her older brother. To everyone, she’s just the youngest Owens sibling. Even to the one man who she’s always dreamed of. Or so she thinks.

With the sexiest dimpled smile, Marine veteran Noah Wilson appears to be just the village’s handsome brewery owner. He protects and supports the community and people he loves, including his best friend’s younger sister. To the village she’s just Dr. Owens’ daughter, but to him, she’s his everything. A fact he won’t acknowledge until he decides to ignore all the reasons why she and him are a bad idea.

But is the village ready for this? Are their families? Are they?

A brilliant doctor returns to her hometown to prove that she’s more than just the younger sister in this Little Women inspired small town romance.

My Thoughts

We all had that one crush growing up that we thought about even as an adult. Melissa Whitney was about to write about that in Coming Home. But the reality of what Coming Home is about is about two people coming home to each other.

There have been a lot of books lately that have been giving me vibes of shows and Melissa did just that when she was writing Coming Home.  If you are a fan of either Hart of Dixie or Virgin River, you will love this book from start to finish.  Coming Home did have a serious tone with Mental Health and PTSD.  As someone who has struggled with mental health, I appreciate how Melissa wrote about this very serious topic.  She showed that there are good and bad days and there is no quick fix for Mental Health.  It’s something you work on every day.

The romance in Coming Home had sweet and spice to it.  I have to say how people found out about Nat and Noah made me laugh. Each person found out differently and how Nat’s brother found out was funny.  The nice thing about Coming Home was there was no third act break up.  Yes, there was a fight between Noah and Nat but it did not break them up. Later that night they talk and go through the fight like adults.  Since I enjoyed Nat and Noah’s story so much I do hope this series continues with the telling of Summer and Todd’s relationship.

With all this goodness coming Home is a true 4-and-a-half-star read.  Don’t worry about it being too sweet as it has 3 peppers on the Spice Level.

I really think everyone should pick up Coming Home and if you have Kindle Unlimited there is good news.  Coming Home is part of the membership.  If you use this link to get a copy you will be helping support the site. 

**I would like to thank Happily Booked PR and Melissa Whitney for the ARC Copy of this book. Getting the ARC Copy did not influence my thoughts on the book as they are all my own**