Daring Dreamer by Deborah King
Available on Kindle
Rating: 3/5
Blurb
Two best
friends. Two fresh starts. Will old regrets sabotage their second chance?
Janna’s heart is heavy with grief and broken by betrayal. But as
she leaves the big city for a quaint midwestern town, the future feels less frightening
with her best friend, Shelby, by her side. After landing a job in the local
fresh market and the attentions of a handsome architect, she may yet learn to
heal old scars…
Shelby loves the position Janna secured for her and the new sense
of community, but wishes small-town life wasn’t so lonely. After packing up all
she could salvage from her painful past, she endures more than her fair share
of bumps on the winding road to recovery. Afraid her heart may be too damaged
for real love, she drowns her sorrows in drunken nights at bars.
With new heartaches around every corner, can Janna and Shelby stay
true to their friendship and their dream of lasting freedom?
Daring
Dreamer is the first book in the Inspiration in Cologne series of women’s
fiction novels. If you like brave women, picturesque settings, and second
chance romance, then you’ll love Deborah King’s empowering saga.
Review
Janna and Shelby move to Cologne for a new start after their
failed marriages. Janna’s secured them both jobs as co-mangers of new grocery
store New Age Grocery, the first step in their plan for their shared big dream.
Janna buries her heartache in her work with her
determination to make New Age Grocery a success and by studying for a degree in
business and marketing in her spare time. Shelby on the other hand uses late nights
and plenty of drink to help her through her own heartache.
The last thing Janna wants is anew relationship but when she
meets Richard she can’t help but be attracted to him and its not long before
she’s falling in love with him. The story unfolds with alternating chapters
between Janna and Richard, so I feel it’s a bit misleading when its portrayed
as a story about two best friends as all I really learnt about Shelby was that
she liked a drink or two.
I didn’t feel a strong connection to Janna, I don’t know why
really as she’s very driven and makes a great manager who really seems to value
the opinions of both her staff and customers. I didn’t find the romance between
Janna and Richard to be believable. There seemed to be too many barriers
between them, and I felt there was a lack of chemistry.
One thing I did really enjoy about this book was the
descriptions of the New Age Grocery. This place seemed like a food lovers
heaven with all its different departments and food available. I love the idea
of the anti-pasti platters to go with the wines.
With both Janna and Todd’s mothers suffering from Alzheimer’s
this book does has some sensitive moments which I think were handled well by
the author.
The book didn’t end quite how I expected given it is the
first in a new series. The last couple of chapters felt very rushed and
included things which I was expecting to happen later in the series. So it will
be interesting to see what happens in the next book, hopefully we’ll find out
more about Shelby.
Thank you to Rachel’s random Resources for inviting me to be
part of this blog tour.
About the Author
Deborah King is a spirited woman who
was inspired to pursue her dreams due to her mother’s death from early onset
Alzheimer’s disease. She has the unique ability to read people and tackle
life’s hardships.
Deborah is a distinctive new voice in inspirational, romantic
women’s fiction. After raising two children, working with a not-for-profit
wildlife rescue organization, and reading too many books to count, she retired
from her personal training and weight management business to follow her dream
of writing.
She is extremely grateful for having the opportunity to work with
many different people sharing and teaching what inspires her, which you’ll
catch glimpses of in her books.
Deborah’s lived in several diverse areas in her city as well as
three years in a rural setting. She lives in Missouri with her supportive
husband, two rescue cats, who believe they’re dogs, her mini fitness store, and
her eclectic collection of books.
For all the latest information, excerpts from her upcoming books,
general fun, or to chat, follow Deborah on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DeborahKingAuthor.
She loves to hear from her fans. To follow Deborah’s social media
links, reviews of her women’s fiction books, her blog, and to sign up for her
monthly updates, visit her at https://deborahkingbooks.com.
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