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REVIEW: Benton Jessup misses his wife who passed away a year ago. Together, they built a bed and breakfast and Benton is determined to make a go of it alone. He works hard, and makes sure only the best is served at the inn; even his talented cooking has been remarked upon in several magazines.

When renowned romance writer Kitty Beebe makes a reservation at the Inn, Benton figures he best read some of her work. If he can make an impression upon her, than maybe she'll spread the word to her high society friends about his Inn. But when Kitty arrives, Benton is blown away with her charming looks and Irish accent.

Kitty finds Benton very charming and handsome and enjoys her time at the Inn. She is working on her next novel and thinks that Benton will make a wonderful hero. But she finds herself falling for him, and she knows this won't do. She's used to her freedom and doesn't want to be tied down.

Benton finds the Will to Love again after spending time with Kitty. He wants to spend the rest of his life with her, and thinks his late wife would agree with his choice. But Kitty leaves in the middle of the night, and may need some of Benton's certain charm to help herself find the Will to Love.

An absolutely engaging, page-turning read! I was drawn right into the lives of Benton and Kitty. To share their pain and their triumphs is the mark of a well-rounded writer. Kim Smith does an amazing job! Now, I'll have to look up about her mystery series - The Shannon Wallace Mysteries.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kim Smith is the hostess for the popular radio show, Introducing WRITERS! Radio show on Blog Talk Radio. She is also the author of the zany, Shannon Wallace mystery series available now from Red Rose Publishing and also the new romance novel, A Will to Love. You can visit Kim’s website at www.mkimsmith.com.


Here's an EXCERPT of A Will To Love:

If the Beebe woman liked it, her expression of approval might bring more business to The Inn, and cement his chance at having a four star rating. He scowled. Keeping her off his mind was becoming nearly impossible.

The opportunity to gain more recognition for his business consumed him, regardless if it meant impressing someone to do it. Showing off his talents was his ace. It excited him, kept him focused.

He’d been raised a poor man’s son with never two pennies to rub together. It was through his own resourcefulness that he’d found jobs working in kitchens each one building to a higher position until he landed a job as head cook. He knew how to succeed. He’d done it a step at a time all of his life. He set a goal and worked toward it until it became his.

At the moment, his goal was to make Kitty Beebe tell all her New York friends that The Inn was the best bed and breakfast in South.

It was a reasonable expectation. It would take long hours, and careful planning, but it could be done. Nothing he hadn’t faced before and successfully accomplished. That drive to overcome his meager beginnings was why he hadn’t just closed The Inn and gone back home.

Ambition was his all-consuming need and his ticket to ride on the wheel of life.

But could he get his guest to succumb to his charm, his talent. . . his obsession?

Change. That was what he needed. Change to his approach, his execution. He would make the Beebe woman fall in love with this place, with his very country until she didn’t want to return to Ireland.

If he were to succeed at that, it meant giving up his resolve to stay out of a woman’s way. It meant putting himself directly in her path and he knew what direction her path would be.
It was written on every page of her damn book.