LOVE ON MIMOSA LANE is more than just another romance.  It is about the foster care system, alcoholism and the toll it takes on family life, and about bullies. It is a book filled with interesting characters, some to love, and one not so much.  The descriptions are rich and the story moves quickly.

Law is a bad-boy type with a soft heart that he guards closely.  His past and his divorce from Libby have left him afraid to trust anyone, His desire to protect his daughter Chloe from the ugliness of his divorce, her mother’s drunkenness, and the rumors about his life, have caused him to build a wall around himself.

Kristen, the assistant principal at Chloe’s school, is dealing with her own demons, but recognizes the personal battle Law is fighting. She recruits him to help Fin, a foster child who is troubled and lonely, to play soccer.  The deal is that if Law helps Fin, she will convince Fin to recruit Chloe, who loves soccer but was convinced by her mother, that rather than playing soccer, she should concentrate on being like the popular girls.

There is, needless to say, a romantic attraction between Law and Kristen, but neither can get beyond the wounds of their pasts to let love in.  They both grew up in dysfunctional families where love was rationed out, rather than given freely.

This story has a lot going on in it, but it is expertly pulled together by DeStefano.  I loved that there were so many loose threads that needed to come together before the book’s end. There was a lot to pique my interest.  The characters were well crafted, and I fell in love with them right away.

This is the third book in the Seasons of the Heart series. I have not read the other two yet, but I felt this book could stand on its own without reading all of them. I would definitely recommend LOVE ON MIMOSA LANE to anyone who doesn’t mind a bit of romance, but enjoys reading books that touch on some of society’s sad issues.

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