Home To Chicory Lane Review And Giveaway

Home to Chicory Lane: A Chicory Inn
Description:
Landyn longs for home, but her mother may have other plans.
Audrey Whitman’s dreams are coming true. Now that their five kids are grown, she and her husband, Grant, are turning their beloved family home into a cozy bed and breakfast just a mile outside of Langhorne, Missouri.
Opening weekend makes Audrey anxious, with family and friends coming from all over to help celebrate the occasion. But when Audrey’s daughter, Landyn, arrives, the U-Haul she’s pulling makes it clear she’s not just here for a few days. Audrey immediately has questions. What happened in New York that sent Landyn running home? Where was Landyn’s husband, Chase? And what else was her daughter not telling her? One thing was for sure, the Chicory Inn was off to a rocky start. Can Audrey still realize her dream and at the same time provide the comfort of home her daughter so desperately needs?

The author:
Deborah Raney‘s books have won numerous awards, including the RITA, National Readers Choice Award, HOLT Medallion, and the Carol Award, and have twice been Christy Award finalists. She and her husband, Ken, recently traded small-town life in Kansas—the setting of many of Deborah’s novels—for life in the (relatively) big city of Wichita, where they enjoy gardening, antiquing, movies, and traveling to visit four children and a growing brood of grandchildren who all live much too far away.
Connect with her on her website and  Twitter .
My views:
I was attracted to the lovely cover of this book and couldn’t wait to read it.
I had mixed feelings while reading the book, wanting several times to bang Landyn and Chase’s heads together to make them see sense.  It was only after I had finished the book that I realized that it was because the author has created real characters, with real problems that made me feel that way.  Loved the big family interactions, as they brought back memories of my own large extended family. I can see this being the start of a great series.
[rating=3.5]
I received a copy of the book from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.