You Belong with Me - (Restoring Heritage) by Tari Faris (Paperback)
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- Realtor Hannah Thornton has many talents.
- About the Author: Tari Faris has been writing fiction for more than 10 years.
- 368 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Christian
- Series Name: Restoring Heritage
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Real estate agent Hannah Thornton has many talents--unfortunately, selling houses isn't one of them. When a developer sets his sights on the historic homes in Heritage, Hannah turns to her best friend for help. Will Luke risk his future and confront his past to help her succeed?ceed?Book Synopsis
Realtor Hannah Thornton has many talents. Unfortunately, selling houses in the town where her family name is practically poison isn't one of them. When a business tycoon determines to raze historic homes in the small town of Heritage, Michigan, and replace them with a strip mall, Hannah resolves to stop him. She sets about helping Heritage win a restoration grant that will put the town back on the map--and hopefully finally repay the financial debt Hannah's mother caused the town. But at first no one supports her efforts--not even her best friend, Luke.Luke Johnson may have grown up in Heritage, but as a foster kid he never truly felt as if he belonged. Now he has a chance to score a job as assistant fire chief and earn his place in the town. But when the interview process and Hannah's restoration project start unearthing things from his past, Luke must decide if belonging is worth the pain of being honest about who he is--and who he was.
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"Faris knocked this one out of the park."--Rachel Hauck, New York Times bestselling authorRealtor Hannah Thornton has many talents.
Unfortunately, selling houses isn't one of them.
When a business tycoon determines to raze historic homes in the small town of Heritage, Michigan, and replace them with a strip mall, Hannah resolves to stop him. She sets about helping Heritage win a restoration grant that will put the town back on the map--and hopefully restore her disgraced family name. But she'll need help to do it.
As a foster kid, Luke Johnson never truly felt he belonged. Now he has a chance to earn his place in his hometown. But he doesn't anticipate how his relationship with Hannah will set into motion events that reveal the truth about who he is--and who he was.
"A delightful new voice in Christian fiction!"--Susan May Warren, USA Today bestselling, Christy Award-winning author
"You Belong with Me is just the right blend of romance and humor."--Beth K. Vogt, Christy Award-winning author
"A treat. From the first page, you'll want to move to Heritage and befriend the locals."--Liz Johnson, bestselling author of The Red Door Inn and A Glitter of Gold
Tari Faris has been writing fiction for more than ten years. A member of American Christian Fiction Writers and My Book Therapy, she works for My Book Therapy, manages learnhowtowriteanovel.com, and is a 2017 Genesis Award winner. Although she lives in the Southwest with her husband and their three children now, she lived in a small town in Michigan for twenty-five years.
About the Author
Tari Faris has been writing fiction for more than 10 years. A member of American Christian Fiction Writers and My Book Therapy, she works for My Book Therapy, manages learnhowtowriteanovel.com, and is a 2017 Genesis Award winner. She has an MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary and lives in the Phoenix, Arizona, area with her husband and their three children. Although she lives in the Southwest now, she lived in a small town in Michigan for 25 years.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Series Title: Restoring Heritage
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Christian
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Theme: Romance, General
Format: Paperback
Author: Tari Faris
Language: English
Street Date: September 3, 2019
TCIN: 77823835
UPC: 9780800736477
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-9075
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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4.0 out of 5 stars with 5 reviews
100% would recommend
4 recommendations
Enjoyable Hometown Romance!
3 out of 5 stars
Rebecca Maney - 5 years ago
"When you've got nothing left, that's when you see how real your faith is. Faith with everything you want is easy. But faith when everything goes wrong? That's when God alone has to be enough."
Childhood sweethearts (for just one kiss) Luke Johnson and Hannah Thornton have managed to bury their baggage and zone in on friendship, that is until Hannah's plans for restoring Heritage's idyllic down town go up in smoke, setting the stage for some rather dramatic relational fireworks . . .since Hannah is a fixer, and Luke doesn't want to be fixed.
Meanwhile Hannah's brother Thomas has entangled himself in a relational conundrum of his own making; a hasty engagement to one woman has a way of dampening his reunion with another; when Thomas' "first love" returns home from a French culinary school she finds her dreams for the future broken into a gazillion pieces. Never mind that Thomas and Janie are hired to work together in the same restaurant, leaving plenty of room for sparks to fly behind the grill.
When life "zigs" rather than "zags", can these four lift their eyes to the One who graciously offers them "grace points"; over and over again?
Lovely inspirational truth invades nearly every page of this endearing story; while the story flow and conversational technique are indicative of a budding author. Yet, there is so much potential, and readers will have no trouble assuming that the best is yet to come.
Great Read
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Sue - 6 years ago
Hannah cares so much. About her town, about her friends and about, well, just about anything or anyone. Hannah loves to take care of others and help them out. Sometimes her helping out can be taken as trying to fix someone. And that someone happens to be her childhood friend, Luke.
I had the opportunity to ready You Belong With Me by Tari Faris. Through many different characters, Tari Faris, weaves Hannah's story, Luke's story and the story of several others through her small Michigan town. Tari will have you captivated as you read You Belong With Me. In fact, there were so many different twists and turns, I could not put in down. I highly recommend this for beach reading, long weekend, or just for plain enjoyment!
I throughly enjoyed the plot and characters in You Belong With Me. I was given a free copy of You Belong With Me from the publisher for my honest review, which I was happy to do!
Great Romance!
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Connie Saunders - 6 years ago
"You're the only Realtor I know who actually tries to talk people out of selling and buying. Might be time for a new job." (p. 14)
This is the advice that Hannah Thornton receives from her best friend after she tells him that she doesn't want her clients to sell their homes to a developer. Hannah loves her small town and she is determined to prevent some of the historic homes being replaced by a strip mall but it's going to take a lot of work and pursuasion to prevent it. As she struggles to stop these demolitions she also deals with the strong feelings she has for Luke Johnson, her best friend and the man that she has loved for so many years. It seems that there is no chance for the two of them to be together and there also seems to be no hope that she can pursuade others to work to preserve Heritage, Michigan, the place that she calls home. I loved the advice that Hannah received from her Aunt Lucy when she confides that she has failed in all of her efforts.
"You can never really fix something shattered. But you can take the pieces and make something even better. Don't leave the painful parts of your life in a box on a shelf. Figure out how to make something beautiful out of them." (p. 275)
I enjoyed getting to know Hannah and Luke; they both have experienced extreme disappointments in their parents and they still carry those hurts. I believe that it is this common denominator that has created their bond and it dosn't hurt that they share an amazing chemistry, a chemistry that is worthy of being shown in a movie! There are also several other great characters who deserve their own story and I am hoping that they will be featured in the future books of the Restoring Heritage series.
You Belong With Me is a sweet, contemporary Christian fiction novel and while it shows the dangers of keeping your thoughts and emotions bottled up, it also reminds us that forgiveness can offer healing to both the forgiver and the forgiven. If you enjoy clean romance stories with a subtle faith message woven in, you will surely want to read You Belong With Me.
I received a copy of this book from Revell and a positive review was not required. This is my honest review.
A sweet and inspirational story
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
TCJRogers - 6 years ago
You Belong With Me follows the story of siblings Hannah and Thomas Thornton, a sister and brother who struggle in their relationships due to wounds from their childhood. Hannah is a fixer, wanting to fix her struggling town, her friends, but mostly her best friend, Luke, whom she has loved since middle school. Luke, who also has wounds from his childhood, wants to be loved for just who he is, but he struggles to know exactly who he is and where he belongs since he has no family. Thomas is afraid of repeating the mistakes of his parents, but his fear may push Janie, the only girl he’s ever really loved, out of his life forever.
I enjoyed reading You Belong With Me. It was easy to get into the story and easy to like the characters. I thought the over-arching theme that God can take the bad that happens in our lives or our brokenness, and use it for good is something that everyone needs to hear and be reminded of. Overall, it was a good story and an enjoyable read that kept me wanting to find out what was going to happen next.
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I was under no obligation to give a positive review, and all opinions expressed are my own.
All the feels!!!!
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
CatBthereader - 6 years ago
This book gave you all the feels from being frustrated to happy! It was an emotional roll coaster! There were some parts where you wanted to strangle the characters for what they were doing and not talking to each other but the writer did a fabulous job with the plot that I could not put it down! The book is very real world and very relatable and it was a great way to start the summer! If you are looking for a book with a small town feel with romance in the air with problems thrown in this is the book!!! I highly recommend this book!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.