by Rachel Hauck
A Year of Weddings 2 series, Book 2
Christian Fiction / Romance
Available January 2015
Zondervan
150 pages
About the Book
Ginger Winters is a gifted hairstylist with scars no one can see. The last thing she expects from the New Year is a new chance at love.
Overcoming a childhood tragedy, Ginger emerges from the pain and trauma with a gift for bringing out the beauty in others. From the top big city salons to traveling the world as personal stylist to a country music sensation, success was almost enough to make Ginger forget she would never be one of the beautiful people.
Almost. Now that she’s back home in Rosebud, Alabama and running her own salon, the truth remains: Ginger is still that girl, forever on the outside looking in. But she needs her confidence this weekend. She’s the acclaimed “beauty-maker” for the Alabama society wedding of the decade.
When high-school crush Tom Wells Jr. also returns to town and shows up at her shop looking for a haircut, Ginger’s thinly veiled insecurities threaten to keep her locked away from love, Despite Tom’s best efforts, Ginger can’t forget how he disappeared on her twelve years ago and broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again?
When Tom challenges her to see her own beauty, Ginger must decide if she will remained chained to the past or move freely into a new, exciting future.
Overcoming a childhood tragedy, Ginger emerges from the pain and trauma with a gift for bringing out the beauty in others. From the top big city salons to traveling the world as personal stylist to a country music sensation, success was almost enough to make Ginger forget she would never be one of the beautiful people.
Almost. Now that she’s back home in Rosebud, Alabama and running her own salon, the truth remains: Ginger is still that girl, forever on the outside looking in. But she needs her confidence this weekend. She’s the acclaimed “beauty-maker” for the Alabama society wedding of the decade.
When high-school crush Tom Wells Jr. also returns to town and shows up at her shop looking for a haircut, Ginger’s thinly veiled insecurities threaten to keep her locked away from love, Despite Tom’s best efforts, Ginger can’t forget how he disappeared on her twelve years ago and broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again?
When Tom challenges her to see her own beauty, Ginger must decide if she will remained chained to the past or move freely into a new, exciting future.
My Thoughts
I'm a huge fan of Rachel Hauck, and she pulled off a great novella with A Brush with Love. It's hard to truly develop a full story with interesting characters in so few pages, but Hauck manages to do just that. I truly enjoyed every aspect of this story and was sad to see it end.
How many romance stories have you read where the girl isn't the most beautiful girl in the world? Not many. Well, in this story, Ginger is beautiful, but because of a past tragedy which has left her covered with scars, she believes she is ugly. I loved this aspect of the book. The way Tom befriended her and helped her learn to see herself the same way he does. Beautiful.
If you're looking for a romantic story with a little more depth and a sweet end, A Brush with Love is just the story for you. [5 stars]
How many romance stories have you read where the girl isn't the most beautiful girl in the world? Not many. Well, in this story, Ginger is beautiful, but because of a past tragedy which has left her covered with scars, she believes she is ugly. I loved this aspect of the book. The way Tom befriended her and helped her learn to see herself the same way he does. Beautiful.
If you're looking for a romantic story with a little more depth and a sweet end, A Brush with Love is just the story for you. [5 stars]
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through Litfuse Publicity in exchange for my fair and honest review.
About the Author
Rachel Hauck is an award-winning, best selling author of critically
acclaimed novels such as RITA nominated "The Wedding Dress" and RITA
nominated "Love Starts with Elle," part of the Lowcountry series, the
Nashvegas series and the Songbird Novels penned with multi-platinum
recording artist, Sara Evans. Their novel "Softly and Tenderly,' was one
of Booklists 2011 Top Ten Inspirationals. A graduate of Ohio State
University with a degree in Journalism, she worked in the corporate
software world before planting her backside in an uncomfortable chair to
write full time in 2004. Rachel serves on the Executive Board for
American Christian Fiction Writers and leads worship at their annual
conference. She is a mentor and book therapist at My Book Therapy, and
conference speaker. Rachel writes from her two-story tower in an
exceedingly more comfy chair. She is a huge Buckeyes football fan.
Rachel Hauck Online
I loved this book so much. Rachel does such an amazing job with everything she writes, but I thought it was great that the main character in this story had so many "flaws". This was one of those love stories that actually had me crying as I read it.
ReplyDeleteYes! Rachel is such a talented author. I agree with you that it was nice to see a character with real flaws. That was probably the best part of the story for me.
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