Excerpt from 'Where Promises Remain' by Heidi Chiavaroli

Happy Friday Bookworms!

This has been such a great week, and I am so excited to be ending it with an excerpt from Heidi Chiavaroli's newest release, Where Promises Remain, the next book in The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series!

So keep scrolling, enjoy, and don't forget to enter the amazing giveaway at the bottom of this post! TGIF!! ♥️

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About the Book

Title: Where Promises Remain

Series: The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series #7

Author: Heidi Chiavaroli

Publisher: Hope Creek Publishers

Release Date: May 16, 2023

Genre: Contemporary Christian Fiction

Hannah Martin thought she was about to have an empty nest . . . until the illegitimate daughter of her late husband shows up on her doorstep.

Five years after her husband’s death, Hannah Martin runs a successful inn and serves the needy in her community. Despite a house full of guests, she’s worried about the loneliness that will come with an empty nest. Now that no one needs her for anything other than serving her famous five-course breakfasts and retrieving fresh towels, she throws herself into winning Camden’s Hospitality Grant. With the help of the grant, the bed and breakfast will bring in even more customers and Hannah won’t have time to think about what she’s missing.

But when a handsome lumberjack named Kevin moves in next door, Hannah’s attraction to the widowed bachelor knocks her off-kilter. Just as she begins to think about dating again, a young woman arrives at the bed and breakfast claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Hannah’s late husband.

When the Orchard House’s chances at the Hospitality grant is threatened, Hannah's children oppose her "new" daughter moving in, and Kevin’s problems start to bleed over into her own, she must decide what matters most—before she loses the grant, the bed and breakfast’s reputation, and perhaps, her second chance at love.

This is Book 7 in The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series, a contemporary twist on the well-loved classic, Little Women. Readers will fall in love with the Martin family—Maggie, Josie, Lizzie, Bronson, Amie, and their mother Hannah—each trying to find their own way in the world and each discovering that love, home, and hope are closer than they appear.

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Excerpt

“This is the Orchard House Bed and Breakfast. Were you looking for another inn? There’s quite a few in this town.”
“I’m not looking for an inn. I’m actually looking for a person.”
         “Perhaps I can help. It’s a small town.” Eddie whined again and I readjusted the pacifier in his mouth and bounced him a bit more.
         “I’m looking for a man named Amos Martin.”
         I stilled, my mouth suddenly dry. Was this woman a former student, then? Or perhaps someone my late husband had counseled? I hated to be the one to tell her the news.
         I bit my lip before answering. “I’m sorry, but Amos passed. Five years ago, actually.”
         The woman’s mouth fell open. She blinked, shook her head. “No . . . no, he couldn’t have . . .”
         I led the woman to a nearby chair and Lizzie handed her a bottled water.
         “I’m so sorry.” I placed a hand on her thin shoulder. “He touched many lives. Were you a student of his?”
         She looked up at me and piercing brown eyes stared back. All at once, I knew why they were so familiar. But no . . . that was impossible, of course. Amos didn’t have a younger sister, especially not this young. Perhaps she was a relative I’d never met? I bounced Eddie, and Josie came to my side, sliding him from my arms.
“How did you know Amos?” I lowered myself to the chair closest to the young woman.
         “I didn’t know him, actually, although I was hoping to. You see, Amos Martin is—was—my father.”

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About the Author

Heidi Chiavaroli is a hope-inspired storyteller writing from the deep curiosity of her own heart. Her debut novel, Freedom's Ring, was a Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and a Booklist Top Ten Romance Debut. Her second Carol Award-winning novel, The Orchard House, is inspired by the lesser-known events in Louisa May Alcott's life and led her to write The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast series, a contemporary twist on Little Women. Heidi makes her home in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.

Connect with Heidi by visiting heidichiavaroli.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive the complete Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series (7 books) plus $25 gift card to winner's choice bookstore!

Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight May 17, 2023 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on May 24, 2023. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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