BOOK REVIEWS Courtesy of Beaverdale Books
Review by Michelle Pritchard
‘House and Home’
By Kathleen McCleary
Hyperion Books
Pub Date: 7/7/09
$23.95
259 pp
Ellen Flanagan had everything. The perfect house, two adorable daughters, a charismatic husband and a wonderful coffee shop she owned. But, she’d had enough. Her husband, the perpetual inventor, had added a second mortgage to their house and Ellen couldn’t take it anymore. She was fed up after 18 years of marriage and was about to lose it all, even the house she loved so dearly. She couldn’t afford to keep the house so it went on the market and sold quickly to an urban socialite and her husband.
Her house meant more to her than her marriage, and she would stop at nothing to keep it. The memories that run through her mind are enough to pull her over the edge, and she almost succeeds in burning her beloved house down.
Ellen fears her life will never be the same if she loses her house and finds herself drawn to the new owner’s husband. After sharing a kiss, things go from bad to worse in a matter of minutes.
“House and Home” is a riveting first novel by Kathleen McCleary, and one you won’t be able to put down until the outcome is revealed. Will Ellen lose everything that means so much to her, or will she finally realize what’s most important in her life? “House and Home” is a dramatic book with powerful details and well worth your time. CV
