SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a sweet delight! At five years old, Aiden Gallagher and Laurel Stone have their picture taken kissing on the Kissing Bridge in Darling, Vermont. So adorable. They are the Town's Poster Children. The portrait is displayed in Town Hall to promote Darling tourism, along with the local legend, "A Kiss on Kissing Bridge results in everlasting love." Tourism is big business there. It is close to golf courses, lakes, and skiing. a quiet, idyllic town with neighbors who gossip, know everyone's business but help each other too.

Time has moved on and a lot of water has passed under that bridge. Aiden Gallagher, handsome, sexy, single is now one of Darling's finest and he lives with his brother, neat freak, Rory. He enjoys being a cop but wishes he could feel he was really helping society. He had a crush on Lauren in High School. Shy, his friends make a bet he could not get to first base with Lauren. Lauren also has feelings for Aiden but when she finds out about the wager, she pours a vanilla milkshake over his head in the cafeteria. Embarrassed in front of his classmates, Aiden walks our and they never speak again.

Laurel has just returned to Darling with a broken heart. She marries Dan right after she graduates college and moves away. They work together in an accounting firm. As time passes, Laurel wants to begin a family but Dan has other things on his mind. A revelation shocks Laurel when she discovers he is having an affair with his co-worker, Ryan. Dan asks Laurel for a divorce, admits he is gay and wants to be with Ryan Returning home to Darling, Laurel opens THE Ladybug Garden Center and is trying to put her life together. A break-in and robbery forces Lauren to call the police. Enter Aiden Gallagher. A long overdue reunion between Aiden and Lauren brings back old feelings, strong chemistry, and long held hostilities. A new relationship blossoms. The Chamber of Commerce ask them to pose for a new, up-to-date picture of them together again kissing on Kissing Bridge, You will love this scenario. I did.

Donna Alward writes a delicious second chance romance. Her characters are fun with interesting sub-plots. The wedding on Kissing Bridge for Dan and Ryan is bittersweet and forces Lauren to begin her new life. Aiden is a sterling hero. Patient, romantic, perhaps, he does not always use the right words, but is loving, thoughtful and perfect for Laurel. The forever after ending holds a future book or two for brothers Rory and Ethan. I will be on board for both. This one is great!

Book Summary

A kiss to last a lifetime

Aiden Gallagher was only five years old when he appeared in a photograph on the Kissing Bridge. The town of Darling, Vermont, has used Aiden’s image on the famed bridge—local legend has it that a kiss there results in everlasting love—as part of its tourism campaign. Now, twenty years later, Aiden is asked to recreate the moment with the woman he once kissed: Laurel Stone.

Recently divorced, there’s nothing Laurel wants less than to pretend happily-ever-after with Aiden. As teenagers, their romance was no fairy tale—and Laurel has never quite forgiven Aiden for breaking her heart. But now that she is back in her hometown, and keeps bumping into police officer Aiden, Laurel can’t deny that there’s still a strong flicker between her and her old flame. Could it be that the Kissing Bridge is working its magic on Laurel and Aiden—and that all true love ever needed was a second chance?

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