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California Sunset: Heartwarming Contemporary Midlife Romance (California Romance Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Casey Dawes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
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She’s scrambling to keep her job. He’s focused on his new bookstore. But when they meet, forgotten feelings touch both their hearts.

Single mother Annie Gerhard must succeed at work to provide for her teenage son. After a stormy marriage to an alcoholic, she scorns the idea of romance.

Widower John Johnson sank everything he owned into buying a bookstore and needs to make it succeed. After he lost the love of his life, he doesn’t need a relationship.

Upset after a seriously bad day at work, she runs into him at his bookstore.

Now she can’t forget how good he looks in his jeans.

He’s reminded of what happiness felt like every time he thinks of her.

Can two wounded people move beyond the past into a future of happiness and love?

California Sunset is a contemporary romance about the power of love to heal.

If you like stories with more mature characters who need to face and overcome personal problems to reach their happily ever after, you’ll enjoy California Sunset.

Buy California Sunset, the first book in the California Coast Romance Series, and settle down for a comfortable read.

(Warning: This story is an abuse survivor romance and may trigger people who have suffered.)
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    California Romance
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  5. Publication date
    February 12, 2019
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"I loved this book. It was very real and described the frustration and joy of being a single parent struggling with a hard decision very well. It's hard to know what the right thing to do is when you've been one way for so long. Our heroine is believable and endearing. I look forward to more work from this author." EileenMaki

About the Author

Casey Dawes writes emotional contemporary women's fiction and romancewith real people with real problems discovering real love. Backdropsinclude her home state of Montana, and other places she's lived, worked, or traveled to, including coastal California.

She lives in oneof four of Montana's big cities on the banks of the Clark Fork River.She writes most of her books sitting on the couch watching the dailydeer parade, birds at the feeder, and glimpsing eagles, osprey, heronsand the occasional fox.

When not writing, she is a substituteteacher at a local school and provides services to other self-publishedauthors through Concierge Self-Publishing. In her spare (?) time, sheknits, quilts, bakes bread, and otherwise pretends she's domestic.

She and her husband love to travel-mostly by car-to discover uniqueAmerican sites off the beaten trail. Who knows, maybe she'll be in yourneck of the woods some day!

To learn of new releases, click the Amazon follow button, or sign up for her Stories About Love newsletter.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NPVXTJP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mountain Vines Publishing (February 12, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3880 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 305 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 70 ratings

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Casey Dawes writes contemporary romance and inspirational women’s fiction with romantic elements. Some are sweet and clean; others have a little spice.

She and her husband are traveling the US in a small trailer with the cat who owns them. When not writing or editing, she is exploring national parks, haunting independent bookstores, and lurking in spinning and yarn stores trying not to get caught fondling the fiber!

Claim your free collection of short stories! Go to her website and sign up for her mailing list.

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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E. Piper
5.0 out of 5 stars ExCELLENT BOOK THAT I COULDN'T PUT DOWN
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2013
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This book is a romance novel but, as another reviewer said, it is so much more. Annie Gerhard is a single mother with an alcoholic ex-husband, a dysfunctional birth-family and a very difficult job in Silicone Valley. Annie holds life together by taking care of everyone and everything without a thought for herself and her own needs and wants. When the economy takes a downturn and Annie is told that she will be laid off if she doesn't uproot herself and her son and move to New Jersey, she faces a life-changing crisis. With the help of a life coach (therapist), a massage therapist, a best friend, an aunt that she never knew and a new love, Annie takes charge of her own life. I truly enjoyed this book and its descriptions of the California Coast that I know and love and the details of Annie's life both past and present, some of which I could honestly identify with.

I believe that this is Ms. Dawes' first book and, in my opinion, it is excellent. Her characters are believable, likable, easy to identify with and her story unfolds smoothly. I read the book in a little more than one day and couldn't put it down. I have ordered her next book, California Wine for my Kindle and look forward to many more books from this gifted author.
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peggy bird
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and Satisfying
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2013
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Annie Gerhard will be laid off if she won't move from California to New Jersey. Her 15-y.o. son David is in trouble. Her ex isn't any better now than he was when they were married. It's not the time to meet a guy who wants to spend time with her.

But new bookstore owner John Johnson wants just that. He's left Montana and his memories of a deceased wife behind to run an independent bookstore in the California town where Annie lives. He's determined to push through Annie's barriers but he has baggage of his own.

Author Casey Dawes has created two sympathetic people who deserve to be happy but who can't quite find their ways there. She gives them room to find out how, with the help of a life coach for Annie, they can.

A delightful and well-written read
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Horselady
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay for what it is
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2013
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I bought this book, knowing it was a silly romance, so I didn't expect it to have a whole lot of depth, and it doesn't. It's okay for some boring winter nights, but very predictable and just keeps repeating itself. I was screaming to myself, get on with it already. If you are looking for something to just pass time, it's ok.
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Samantha
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful story, well-told, hard to put down!
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2012
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California Sunset delivers on what it promises - a delightful story of Annie, who has a difficult choice to make. Should she uproot her teenage son and move to New Jersey to keep the security of her job, or take a chance on what "might be" if she stays in California?

The story held twists and turns that made it fun to read. And who wouldn't want to fall in love with the charming owner of a bookstore? I stayed up until 1am the first night, but saved the ending until the next day because I didn't want California Sunset to be over.
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Some Chick
4.0 out of 5 stars And I don't read romance...
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013
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California Sunset was priced so reasonably that I downloaded it even though I'm not a romance reader. Then the full moon kept me awake, and I ended up in bed with a flashlight until 3:00 a.m. to finish. I had to see what happened! I tried to be cynical as I read. A Montana cowboy running a bookstore in Santa Cruz? I wish! Lucky Annie! But the book had substance and held my interest, and wouldn't allow cynicism. I liked that our heroine had a mind of her own, I liked that she wasn't perfect and had a past, and a son. Well written, good story, imagine if I did like romance! And now I want one of those massages mentioned in the book...
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Jennifer Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars A great pleasure read...and more!
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2014
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I was pleasantly surprised with this book...thought I was in for a mindless summer read but found much more. There were characters with familiar concerns and issues (tough economy/financial stress, single parenting of a teenaged boy, unreliable ex-husband, tough career choices, etc.) that grabbed me and made me care about them.

I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to read a non-mindless romance novel...lots of real-life situations and lessons to be had here!
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old fan
3.0 out of 5 stars I was looking for a change of pace
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2013
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Been reading some heavy mysteries and some violent stuff, and wanted a change. This was just fine. A nice easy read, a pretty good story line, and no shooting and killing. It was just what I was looking for. I got what I expected and was enjoying the book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars California
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2013
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I was bored at times by the lack of confidence of the main character. She seemed to think she had to move to have security of a job and health insurance. I guess it is a symbol of our country that adults are afraid to take a chance and stay locked in jobs they do not like just to keep their seniority and insurance.
I was proud that she finally made her choice.
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