Never Too Late

By Susan L. Tuttle

Once, her art brought her fame. This time will it bring her love?

Widowed homemaker Rachael Stark isn't quite sure what comes after her only child leaves for college. To fill her suddenly quiet hours and scrawny bank account, she needs a job. But painful memories prevent her from resurrecting her former art career, and "motherhood" isn't much of a r sum . When her best friend needs help recovering from a gunshot wound that occurred in the line of duty, she is there. Finally, someone to take care of.

Evan Wayne won't let his injury keep him from being a police officer. His dedication to protect the innocent stems from the guilt he carries over having failed his childhood friend. What he needs now is to recover and get back on the streets. Instead, he's handed a myriad of light-duty tasks by his captain--one of which involves heading up the department's entry into the town's annual mural contest. He's not an artist, but he definitely knows one. And he'll take any excuse to spend more time with her.

When Rachael agrees to paint for Evan, she never expects to also be drawn into finding answers for the mother of a missing child. As the two friends work side by side on the mural and the case, their feelings move beyond friendship. But with Evan unwilling to leave his dangerous job, and Rachael unwilling to risk another loss of a loved one, their fears may paint over the promise of a beautiful future together.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1645263509
• ISBN13: 9781645263500
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Bling! Romance
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Story of grief and hope

Susan Tuttle really knows how to create an engaging story full of heart-wrenching loss and grief but also brimming with hope, second chances, and courage to step out of fear. This story of Rachael and Evan is a best friends-to-more story with quite a bit of history on both sides that they need to wade through to get to their happily-ever-after. Rachael is a widow, still grieving the loss of her husband and daughter while trying to grapple with her only son going to college. She is strong, capable, artistic, and heartbreakingly lost in this different season of life. Evan is the protector and superhero, who is sidelined currently from an injury and ends up working a cold case that becomes bigger than he expected. The reality of so many missing children is incredibly heart-breaking. The incorporation of mural painting was quite interesting and the genre of hyperrealism in painting was fascinating to learn about. There were a few spots in the story that felt a bit slow and I could not shake the feeling that I missed something throughout the book - perhaps it is because I only read book 2 in the series and did not read from very beginning of the series. Still, the affection and attraction between Rachael and Evan are palpable, as is their grief, loss, and fear. If you enjoy contemporary romance, you will surely enjoy this book. I received the book via JustRead Tours and was under no obligation to post a positive comment. All opinions are solely my own.