Now not all Halloweens go off completely as you originally plan them to. Patty EngelmannĬopyright © American Library Association. Once again Bretton creates a tender love story about two people who, when they find something special, will go to any length to keep it. Sam and Annie do keep secrets from each other, hoping to keep their newfound love separate from the past, but prying neighbors may tear them apart. When she meets Sam Butler, a Manhattan investment broker hiding out in the small town and reevaluating his life, they instantly connect, but some townspeople are suspicious of the newcomer and his relationship with Annie. Her mother-in-law took her in at sixteen when her parents died, and she feels grateful for her love, but her husband was not the saint that everyone thinks he was.

Annie has never lived anywhere else, and her life is tied to the small community, which is a blessing and a curse. It's been two years since Annie Galloway's husband died, and she is finally putting her life back together, even though she stays in Shelter Rock Cove, Maine. Sam Butler doesn't want a home and family of his own.Ī SOFT PLACE TO FALL is a 100,000 word contemporary romance, previously published by Berkley Books. The third time they met, they fell in love.Īnnie Galloway isn't looking to fall in love again. The second time they met, she set fire to her bathroom. The first time they met, his dog trashed her car.