Addie Gets Her Man

A Chair at the Hawkins Table #6

by Angel Smits

The one thing she’s been missing in life?

The last time Addie Hawkins loved a man, it ended tragically. Years later she’s doing fine, even managing to ignore the hole in her heart—mostly. But things start to unravel when widower Marcus Skylar and his teenage son, Ryan, move into her old childhood home.

Being around them forces Addie to face past decisions while also bringing her a sense of healing she never thought possible. Yet even if Addie is ready to give love another chance, can she convince Marcus that family is worth the risk of letting go of his pain and opening his heart again?

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published June 5, 2018

About the author

I live in Colorado with my husband and daughter, as well as a constantly changing mixture of family and pets. I thought winning the Romance Writer's of America's Golden Heart Award was the highlight of my writing career, but seeing my first Harlequin book on the shelves topped that. My background as a social worker has helped fill my head with the stories of people, and inspired the characters whose stories I tell.

Reviews

[Kate Vale · Rating 4 out of 5]

This last of A Chair at the Hawkins Table is a fitting end of a wonderful series. In this tale, we are reacquainted with Addie, now a middle school principal, and Marcus Skylar, a college professor recently moved to Austin so that he and his adopted son, Ryan, can begin a new life after the death of Marcus' wife and Ryan's mother, Carolyn.

The past griefs of these two characters are both similar and divergent, but what they have in common is the secrets they hide which prevent these adults from getting together. This changes when Ryan discovers who his biological mother is. He wants to meet her, but how can Marcus deal with what he views--when he finds out--as a betrayal and a desire to steal his son from him, even if only it's Ryan's heart that is taken?

An affecting story that proves that secrets rarely help anyone, that the truth and confronting it head on is usually the best way to sustain a desire relationship.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: A Chair at the Hawkins Table

[Tammie Gunter]

Sad to see this series End. There is a Tammie in this story which is how I spell my name. Tyler's name in here which is my oldest son's name. Addie was my great grandmother's name. So this book after my mom reads it I will keep it. Great story about a wonderful family.