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Home Again by Melanie D. Snitker

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As I write this, I’m sitting on a dog bed on the floor in my new living room. We just closed on our house a couple of days ago, and the movers will be here tomorrow with the rest of our furniture. In the meantime, it’s been quite an adventure, and I’m so thankful for it! But I’m not going to lie, it’ll be nice to sit on our couch again, too. Ha!

When we left Abilene three years ago, we also left many friends and a town we loved. Living in the San Antonio area since then has been a blessing because we were able to get help for our son and his medical situation. We’ve also met some amazing people, and my mom and brother moved to Texas from Oregon during that time as well. I wouldn’t have changed these last three years for anything.

I know they say you can never go back home since everything changes, and sometimes that can be true. But moving back to Abilene feels a lot like we’re moving home. I’m excited and feeling incredibly blessed.

In my book, Marrying Raven (Book 2 in the Brides of Clearwater series), Heath goes back to his hometown after years of being away. It’s awkward, and it’s supposed to be a temporary stay while he goes through physical therapy. But it seems like nothing in Clearwater, Texas is easy, and that’s even further demonstrated when he discovers his physical therapist is his ex-fianee, Raven.

Clearwater is the same town he left behind, but everyone there, including his father and Raven, have changed. It leaves Heath scrambling for balance as he wonders whether he can possibly walk away again, especially when he realizes he’s still desperately in love with Raven.

Here’s a little more about Marrying Raven. Plus, you can get a copy of the first book in this series, Marrying Mandy, for FREE!

Raven hates football. Too bad she doesn’t feel the same way about her football-playing ex-fiancée.

Raven Weber hates football. As if her fiancé breaking off their engagement to follow his NFL dream wasn’t bad enough, her football-obsessed family only made things worse. Twelve years later, she pours everything into her job as a physical therapist assistant. Helping others never prepared Raven for the day her ex would hobble back into her life. How can she remain professional when spending time with him only reminds her of what they’ve lost?

The day Heath Shaw walked away from his relationship with Raven, he’d been convinced he was doing it for her. Fulfilling his father’s dream gave him the distraction he needed to get over her. Now he’s back in his hometown with weeks of physical therapy ahead of him before he can escape the past. Running into Raven was going to happen eventually, but he didn’t expect her to play a vital role in his recovery. If she’s got him second guessing why he left in the first place, what effect will she have on his heart?

Her meddling family thinks this is a second chance, while Heath’s father only wants to squelch what he sees as a distraction. Raven and Heath know they should walk away, but what if they’re better together than they ever were apart?

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Melanie D Snitker (46 Posts)

Melanie D. Snitker is a USA Today Bestselling Author who writes inspirational and sweet romance novels. She and her husband live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country with their two children who keep their lives full of adventure. They share their home with two dogs, a guinea pig, two lizards, and four frogs. In her spare time, Melanie enjoys photography, reading, baking, computer games, and hanging out with family and friends.


Comments

  6. I will have to check this book out as I have read the first one. Congratulations on your new home!

  10. Congratulations on your new home fellow Texan! Your book sounds like a great read and I love your book cover! Have a great week and stay safe. God Bless you and your family.

  14. Hi, Melanie!

    Oh the joys of moving (he says, not having moved since getting married 32 years ago…). I’m glad for you being able to reconnect with those so dear to you.

    I have and have read Marrying Mandy but it was a while ago. So I have now picked up Marrying Raven to enjoy!

    I hope all the moving continues to go well!

  15. I have moved a lot throughout my life, but over time I have always come to feel at home thanks to my family (my parents and my brother) first we were always 3 and now we are 4 my extended family since I was a child lived far away so … I’m used to feeling “at home” with little.

  28. Hi Alicia! Thanks so much. This book cover was fun, and the bride was an actual bride the photographer new and photographed her wedding, so that was fun! I hope you have a lovely week, too!

  32. Hi, Lincoln,

    Oh that’s wonderful that you haven’t moved in so long. We’re planning on staying here unless our daughter – in the distant future – gets married, has kids and moves away. Ha! I truly hope to at this house for a very long time.

    Thanks so much for reading Mandy’s story. I hope you enjoy Raven’s – it was my favorite to write in the series.

    Have a wonderful evening!

  33. That is a huge thing, Lilly! I moved quite a bit later in my childhood and was always thankful for my brothers meaning I had friends with me no matter where I went. Sometimes little is better!

  39. When you said you are sitting on a dogs bed I thought I wonder where the dogs are sitting. I am sure it will be good having your furniture again. Hope it all went well.

    When you say you feel like you are home. Mum was like that she grew up in a town about 2 hours away in Victoria and its where she became a christian. She always said Horsham was her home church even though she lived over this way for around 55 years. She always thought of Horsham as her home.

  41. Hope the move went well, enjoy rediscovering your home and congratulations on Marrying Raven :)

  42. UGH to moving! I think the worst part is both the packing & unpacking of the many hundreds of boxes, lol! Then in your new place, you have to figure out where you want to put everything.

    We moved from the Oregon coast to Illinois (my hometown) in 2006 then moved back in 2008….that sure cured me of ever wanting to move again! I was wishing we could leave everything behind and buy new stuff when we got to our destination, haha! It was good to be near my family & best friend from highs school again though. My hometown sure changed a lot since I moved away in 1997, but it was nice to still have familiar places.

    I hope you get settled in your new home quickly & it will feel like an old comfortable couch soon! May God bless this new season in your life :-)

  43. During the first half or so of our marriage, we moved frequently. We’ve been here over 18 yrs. now. I hope you settle in quickly.

  44. Congratulations on your new home. I hope the movers bring your furniture very soon. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you.

  45. So glad everything’s working out for your family, and that this experience has been a blessing for y’all :) Congrats on the new home!

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