From the back cover:
He’d lost his zest for life. She was just lost. Will they find the healing and love they long for?
After a roaring night on the town, fun-loving flapper Lilly Margolis, dazed and disoriented, twists her ankle and falls into the backyard of a wealthy family where the effects of the Great War—over for more than half a decade—are still endured. Inside the walls of the Burnside mansion, Cullen Burnside, a disillusioned and disfigured veteran, and his widowed mother, Betty Ruth, who daily slips a little further into dementia, lead a lonely existence … until Lilly. Whimsical, lighthearted, and beautiful, she rejuvenates their sad, disconnected lives and blossoms in the light of their attention.
But Lilly, like Cullen, is hiding from a painful past. And when Cullen insists on returning her to her faraway home, their budding attraction seems destined to die on the vine. The resulting road trip becomes a journey of self-discovery—but what will Cullen and Lilly find at journey’s end?
My Review:
Last year, I reviewed Allision Pittmans’ The Bridegrooms. Lilies in Moonlight, and The Bridegrooms are 2 of the 3 books in the authors baseball books. They are not a series in that the story line is continued in the books, but all 3 books have baseball in the storyline. So you don’t have to read the other 2 books before you read Lilies in Moonlight.
Lilies in Moonlight tells the story of Lilly Margolis, and starts shortly after she leaves her mothers house to make it on her own. We see and hear about some of the things that Lilly has done in an effort to take care of herself. Things her mother wouldn’t approve of.
One morning, she is found in the backyard of a wealthy family. The son, Cullen, is a former professional baseball player with numerous problems of his own. He tries hard to get her out of their house and lives, but his mother as fallen in love with Lilly. Because of his mothers illness, he tries to please her in every way, including letting Lilly stay at their house. Cullen eventually falls in love with Lilly, too, but he doesn’t want to admit it. Especially to Lilly.
To make his mother happy, Cullen takes everyone on a road trip. While on the road trip, Lilly realizes the mistakes that she has made, and tries to make amends with her mother. By the end of the road trip, Cullen comes to realize that he can not put his life on hold for his mother and confesses his love for Lilly.
Lilies in Moonlight is a story of love, forgiveness, and God always being there for us, not matter what we have done.
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