Pink Moon

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Summary: Another great read from Stef Ann Holm!
Review: In, "Pink Moon", Lauren is a struggling single mother who finds constant obstacles thrown her way when searching for a good paying job. She shifts from several low paying jobs, only to find herself in another low paying position as a waitress. A postcard attracts her attention where she decides a change is needed. It is during this transition that her son befriends another six year-old boy. His father, Nick DiMartino, is needing a friend. What the both find is much more than friendship. For they began to fall in love.
The strong display of love with a zest of romance between Lauren and Nick, along with the obstacles that each face helps mend them together.

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Summary: Pink Moon Glows Brightly
Review: Ever since reading Harmony, Stef Ann Holm has been one of my favorite authors. Her transition to contemporary romance fiction is good news for readers everywhere. PINK MOON shows Ms. Holm's talent for creating wonderful characters and tugging the reader's heartstrings, over and over again. Her descriptive passages are so real and wonderful they make me want to visit Bella Luna, her fictional town. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone looking for an excellent read.

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Summary: whimsical (with serious undertones) romance
Review: In Bella Luna, California renovation expert Nick DiMartino is pleased with the single life he has raising his six-year-old son Nicky Junior amongst his extended family. Although he wishes the best for Nicky's recently remarried mom Debbie living in Los Angeles, he will not forgive her for abandoning their child when Junior was one years old. Now Debbie wants Nicky permanently.

Newcomer Lauren Jessup knows she needs to find a permanent home for her son six-year-old Billy, but travels from one low paying job to the next job. She came here because of a post card she saw, while waitressing in a dump. She is a great cook, but has no diploma so no one takes a chance on her. Billy wears a red superhero cape that he says magically protects him. At the Wharf Diner, Verna Mae hires Lauren as a part-time waitress.

As Billy and Nicky become best friends, Lauren and Nick begin to fall in love. However, she trusts no one ever since her son's father deserted them the moment she mentioned she was pregnant and he has a custody suit that means he must not allow even a whiff of scandal.

The characters of PINK MOON are incredible as readers will feel the fiery attraction between the lead couple, enjoy the delightful antics of the matchmaking support cast, and even empathize with Debbie, who knows she blew it several years ago. Although the final solution to the complexity of child custody in extended families seems too convenient fans will appreciate this charming contemporary once they taste the magic of Stef Ann Holm's whimsical (with serious undertones) romance.

Harriet Klausner


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Summary: This book will touch your soul
Review: Lauren Jessup sees a postcard of the town of Bella Luna and is compelled to move there with her young son Billy. Lauren has been searching all her life to belong. She meets Nick DiMartino who really needs a friend.

Nick DiMartino is raising his son alone after his wife left them. He and his son Nicky J. are thriving with his family near by. But his ex decides she now wants her son. Nick is in for the fight of his life.

Lauren and Nicks relationship is barely started when Nick's court case rears its ugly head. Nick is torn between his growing feelings for Lauren and being on the straight and narrow for court. Lauren feelings for Nick are put to the test when he needs to cool things for a bit.

Pink Moon is a very emotional book, the family and friends dynamics will bring you to tears. Lauren and Nick are characters who will make you believe in fairy tales. They have an amazing connection as friends and as lovers. This book will stay with you long after you are done reading it.


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Summary: Pink Moon
Review: Seeing a postcard portraying Bella Luna, Lauren Jessup is inspired to pack up her child and go hoping to start a new life. Her first job, waitress, does not work out too well, but it leads her to connect with Nick DiMartino, a single dad with a little boy who needs her as a cook and as a friend. Both of them live with the possibility of losing their precious child at any moment; him to a custody suit, her to the ever present threat of what if he's stung by a bee and goes into shock. Love is a risk both fear taking, but both desperately need.

** Gentle and sweet, if sometimes slow, this is a warm hearted, hopeful book that will enchant readers of Danielle Steele or Nicholas Sparks. **

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.