Second Time Around by Melody Carlson In lieu of payment

In lieu of payment

From the moment Kat and Barrett meet

Gil intends to spend the rest of his life with her

two girls from the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn

He’s sure that he can enlist the granddaughter of one of its most prominent former citizens to his cause―until he meets Kendall and realizes that not only does she know nothing of her own history

Second Time Around by Melody Carlson In lieu of paymentWho doesn't love a second chance? When empty nester Mallory Farrell inherits her grandmother's run down tourist shop in Seaport, Oregon, it seems the only sensible thing to do is to sell it. But when her former secret crush, Grayson Matthews, wants to buy the property in order to complete his plans to redevelop the funky town's business district into a soulless, cookie cutter outdoor mall, Mallory digs in her heels and decides to renovate the property