Love’s Perfect Dream

Claire Stevens spent thirty years in a difficult marriage and three more years learning to be content alone. She told her sons in no uncertain terms that she was done with romance, and she meant it. Then an engagement party put her across a dance floor from Sam Bradford, a handsome, gentle, God-fearing man who turned out to live right next door. What began as an unlikely friendship deepened into something neither of them planned or felt ready for. Sam carried the scars of abandonment. Claire wrestled with insecurity and the fear that she didn't deserve happiness. Together they navigated blending families and the slow, careful work of learning to trust again, set in a sun-warmed Arizona neighborhood full of characters you will love.

-- Robin McLaughlin