This was a beautiful romantic story. A second chance for both Isabella and Destiny. The meeting between them was written about in what felt like a very real way.Romance blossomed and the characters were written with enough depth that I was able to join their journey as I read the book.
‘Destiny’s Second Chance’ offers up a good story line. I suppose it might be categorized as a relatively easy read romance but there is more to it.
The author, Kate Vale, deftly weaves in the complex emotional issue of ‘teenage pregnancy and adoption’ and, years later, subsequent ‘birth mother’ discoveries. Thematically speaking ‘Destiny’s Second Chance’ does not delve into profound universal deficits but as noted previously it is not without intellectual intrigue. I quite enjoyed reading the novel.
Ms. Vale has an ability to deliver excellent, believable dialogue and her use of this writing technique greatly contributes to the books overall strength. One becomes quite interested in the main characters. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending ‘Destiny’s Second Chance’ for your reading consideration.
A well told tale with good characters and some twists to boot. Not too serious and and easy page turner for those liking a good romance.
A beautifully executed story about family and second chances. Kate Vale writes about difficult questions surrounding adoption and she writes with heartfelt care. Well done.
A beautifully plotted and executed tale about family, the choices that we make, forgiveness, and, most of all, love.
Kate Vale is a great storyteller. This isn't the type of story I automatically gravitate to, but it is the type of story, and Kate is the type of storyteller that inspires me to keep exploring.
Really well written, this emotional tale kept me turning pages. I was hooked from the beginning to the end.
What more can a reader want! I highly recommend it.
A well told tale with good characters and some twists to boot. Not too serious and and easy page turner for those liking a good romance.
If you are looking for a book with a happy ending, this is it. A woman who was pregnant at sixteen had to give up her daughter. She seeks to build a relationship with the daughter when she is able to contact the child when the child turns the age of twenty-one. Book does touch on several important topics - teen pregnancy, adoption, biological versus adoptive parents and mother-daughter relationships.
When Isabella aka Bella Campbell was sixteen years old, she fell pregnant and didn't tell her family till she was five months along. At sixteen, she was given one option - to give up her baby for adoption or to be kicked out of home. At three days old, Bella gave her baby Destiny over to an older couple "The Harris's". The adoption was to be a semi-open adoption where they could send letters and in return Bella would recieve photos but that stopped when Destiny turned five and Bella's letters were sent back with a return to sender. Not a day has gone by that Bella hasn't thought of her daughter and now twenty one years later, Bella now a librarian at Evergreen Library has recieved a letter from her Daughter's adopted Dad giving her permission to contact Destiny. Bella does and soon a relationship evolves with Bella and Destiny, though it seems Mrs. Harris isn't very happy about it and still sees Bella as the girl who gave up her baby and got pregnant as a teen. Is life giving both Destiny and Bella a second chance at getting to know one another ? What I loved about this book was that Bella and Destiny had lots in common and that Bella didn't want to tear the Harris's away but she did want to get to know her daughter. Also it seems that this might be Bella's second chance as well at a family with not only her daughter coming back but Henry's grandson Gavin seems to be interested in Bella and wants to take things a little further in the relationship status.
For a lovely family saga and a book where second chances are all around us and it shows readers that sometimes in life - second chances are what we need to be happy as things don't always go right the first time around.
Well written story on a difficult topic – adoption. Love, jealousy, insecurity, good intentions, many questions, difficult decisions. Individual characters well portrayed, and the processes they undergo draw the reader in.
Being mother and grandmother of adoptees with some similar and some very different experiences, I could relate to many of the feelings and situations.