About the Book
Title: No Place Like Home
Series: Magnolia Bay #2
Author: Betsy St. Amant
Publisher: Sunrise Publishing
Genre: Christian Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 20, 2025
The girl he always loved ran away to join…the circus. But will a homecoming give him a second chance at giving her a reason to stay in this unrequited love romance?
Magnolia Bay’s development director, Cade Landry, would do anything for his town—and his family. So when the mayor—who also happens to be his father—decides to retire, he talks Cade into running for his seat. But Cade is already up to his dimpled cheeks in the town’s post-hurricane revitalization fundraiser—Magnolia Days, featuring a flashy Cajun Circus. If Cade can’t put the bay back on the map as a tourist town, he’ll let the whole community down…and worse yet, his father.
Rosalyn Dupree is a famous aerialist with a secret—actually, quite a few of them. Much to Cade’s relief, she agrees to return to Magnolia Bay for the first time in years as a headliner for the Cajun Circus. But neither her charming former school rival Cade nor her parents know she’s broke, in debt, and nursing a knee injury…among other things. She’d love to move back to the bay for good, but the beloved sport that used to let her fly has become her cage.
Despite her best efforts at resisting, sparks fly between Cade and Rosalyn as they work together on the circus fundraiser. But when everyone’s secrets are revealed and worlds collide, will Rosalyn find forgiveness and restoration in a town being rebuilt? Or will there never be anywhere to truly call home?
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About the Author
Betsy St. Amant Haddox is the author of over twenty romance novels and novellas. She resides in north Louisiana with her hubby, two daughters, an impressive stash of coffee mugs, and one furry Schnauzer-toddler. Betsy has a B.A. in Communications and a deep-rooted passion for seeing women restored to truth. When she’s not composing her next book or baby-talking her dog, Betsy can be found somewhere in the vicinity of an iced coffee. She writes frequently for iBelieve, a devotional site for women, and offers author coaching and editing services through Storyside LLC.
My Review
No Place Like Home
by Betsy St. Amant
Book 2 in the Magnolia Bay series
Rating: 4/5
Who doesn’t love a good small town, second chance romance?! It has Hallmark written all over it. I loved how the author intros the book with a note about why she wrote the FMC the way she did. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about an aerialist in a circus and can tell the author tried hard to make it accurate but not too technical. Cade and Rosalyn were great main characters who have many flaws (sometimes frustratingly so) who are stressed out to the max and find possible hope in each other. Cade is trying to save his town and Rosalyn is trying to recover but can they find a way to be honest with each other and maybe find happiness? The faith thread was woven throughout but more subtle in my opinion. I loved learning about this quirky small town and what it had to offer. After finishing the story, I immediately purchased the first book since I missed that one.
Highly recommend to those who love a charming, clean, small town romance all about second chances and forgiveness.
My thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC of the book. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own. No positive review was expected and no compensation received.
