The Retreat
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Amanda Brooks canât seem to find a job that suits her. Sheâs really hoping her new plan is a good one, because she needs something to keep her busy while her boyfriendâs gone.
Abigail Brooks is opening a new legal practice in the middle of nowhere, but sheâs positive she can make it work. With more flexible hours, sheâs finally prepared to settle herself and her family into their new life out West.
Donna Ellingsonâs brother may be a grade-A jerk, but sheâs grown a lot in the past year. Sheâs not afraid of a fight anymore, as long as sheâs on the right side.
But when a rival developer breaks ground on a retreat in nearby Flaming Gorge, he steals all of Amandaâs best contractors. Abbyâs nearly as frustrated when her big sister drops in, eager to âhelpâ as usual. And Donna discovers that sometimes no love life is better than too much. . .
Can these three friends-turned-family learn when to go all-in and when to let go before their various battles meet with unhappy endings?
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Bridget loves her husband (every day) and all five of her kids (most days).Â
Sheâs a lawyer, but does as little legal work as possible. She has three quarter horse geldings, a Holsteiner (jumping) horse, and she spends too much time riding and not enough time writing. (Or too much time writing and not enough time riding, depending on your perspective!)
She has more chickens than sheâll admit to having, two lions head rabbits, a cat, two dogs (one bouncy and one yappy). She makes cookies waaaaay too often and believes they should be their own food group. In a (possibly misguided) attempt at balancing the scales, she kickboxes daily.Â
So if you donât like her books, her kids, her horses, her chickens, or her cookies, maybe donât tell her in person.
B.E. Baker is the romance/women's fiction penname for Bridget E. Baker, who also writes fantasy, end of the world, and dystopian books that add a little magic to the world.
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