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Second Chance Christmas

(Turtleback Beach #3)

Rula Sinara (Goodreads Author)

3.40 · Rating details · 5 ratings · 6 reviews

A beachside Christmas

Brings unexpected gifts!A second chance. That’s what former navy SEAL Damon Woods asks for when Zuri Habib comes to Turtleback Beach with a nephew who looks just like him. After her sister’s death, Zuri believes Caden deserves to know his father—even if he did break her teenage heart. Can Damon and Zuri forgive each other and give a grieving boy the ...more

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Dec 25, 2020 Aminata Coote rated it really liked it · review of another edition

When Zuri's big sister dies, she decides to give her nephew the gift of a lifetime: his father. When Damon's friend from high school reached out to him, the last thing he expected was to learn he had a secret baby.

Second Chance Christmas explored the relationship between Zuri and Damon. High school had been a long time away but betrayal is hard to get over especially when it had resulted in a child...one you're related to. I respect Zuri's determination to do the right thing though it came at a ...more

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Dec 06, 2020 Traci rated it really liked it

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Second Chance Christmas is the third book in the Turtleback Beach series. It can be read as a stand-alone but the series is so wonderful that you will wish you had started in order. Turtleback Beach is a small town with heart-warming residents. I loved seeing the characters from the previous books and what their future had become. All the characters in this series have been memorable and make the small town a wonderful place.
Zuri Habib had a crush on senior Damon Woods in high school which ended Second Chance Christmas is the third book in the Turtleback Beach series. It can be read as a stand-alone but the series is so wonderful that you will wish you had started in order. Turtleback Beach is a small town with heart-warming residents. I loved seeing the characters from the previous books and what their future had become. All the characters in this series have been memorable and make the small town a wonderful place.
Zuri Habib had a crush on senior Damon Woods in high school which ended the day he laughed at her for asking him out and then went and asked her older sister Vera to the prom. She was hurt by his disregard for her but didn’t tell her sister until later since Zuri didn’t want to ruin her sister’s date. After graduation when Damon left town she was hurt even more when Vera announced she was pregnant with Damon’s child. With the animosity between the two families, Zuri and Vera never told their parents who Caden’s father was. When Vera dies from cancer, Zuri goes against her sister’s wishes and takes Caden to Turtleback Beach, the small-town Damon now lives in. Zuri wants to help Caden deal with his grief and hopes him meeting his dad will help.
Damon liked Zuri in high school but thought a relationship between them would be too hard since they both had different friends. She was introverted and smart while he was part of the popular sports crowd. In his senior year his parents informed him they were getting divorced and Damon was scared and upset. He didn’t mean to embarrass Zuri when she asked him out, but all his friends were around and making fun of them. After high school, he joins the Navy and becomes a SEAL and now works as part of the rescue team in Turtleback Beach. Discovering he is a dad and didn’t know if for twelve years was devastating for him. He learned a lot while in the SEALS and knows his bad decisions had really hurt Zuri. He had never given a thought to having a family of his own, but now he knows he wants one with Zuri. Can he tell her his secrets and convince her of his true feelings?
The book was easy to read and kept my attention until the end. I didn’t really care for Damon’s character and his behavior. I am glad he regrets his decisions but asking out her sister and then getting her pregnant was very childish of him and I don’t know if I could be as forgiving as Zuri was. I also feel like they didn’t really have a chance to get to know each other again. Their reconnection was too fast for me. I would have liked to see them spend more time together and learn how each of their lives had changed. Overall it was a good book but I like the first two books in the series better.
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Jan 11, 2021 Jyvur Entropy rated it did not like it

Paternity fraud is a human rights violation. Keeping it from a man that he is a father-that is a human rights violation. You can not turn a human rights violation into a squishy, cozy romance.

Also, the identity politics beats you over the head for the entire book. I am not a feminist. However, unfortunately, I know that because feminism is mainstream I usually have to deal with some amount of it in a book. This was feminism punching me in the face every single chapter. Not just feminism-interse ...more

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Dec 31, 2020 Melissa rated it really liked it

This is a clean romance with a wonderful Christmas theme with a great setting. Rula is a good writer who developed a great story with interesting characters. She accurately displayed the mind of a twelve year old boy and the struggles he might face.

My one complaint is the pollical statements or issues that were subtly and not so subtly made. When I read book I don’t want to be reminded of the things that divide our country and Rula hit on many things that are hot topics right now and didn’t add ...more

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Jan 08, 2021 Kate Vale rated it really liked it

Shelves: christmas-romance, contemp-women-s-fiction, family-relationships

A lovely tale that includes characters not often included in romances when former SEAL Damon Woods renews his friendship with the sister of the woman he slept with years earlier. Zuri has planned a vacation where Damon lives to introduce him to the 12-year-old son he never knew he fathered. Surely the boy deserves to know that, doesn't he?

But in doing so, Zuri rediscovers how she feels about Damon even before he reveals a secret no one but his family and his best friends on the search and rescue ...more

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Holiday Romance, Small Town & Rural Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Wholesome Romance
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After a childhood enriched with exotic travels and adventures (both in books and real life), USA Today and Nationally Bestselling author Rula Sinara is now settled in rural Virginia with her husband, three kids and crazy but endearing pets. When she's not writing, she's busy attracting wildlife to her yard, watching romantic movies (despite male protests) or researching trees on her garden wish li ...more