I'll Stand by You (Blessings, Georgia Series #2)

by Sharon Sala

Overview

"Sharon Sala is a consummate storyteller. Her skills shine in her Blessings, Georgia series. If you can stop reading then you're a better woman than me." —DEBBIE MACOMBER, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Welcome to Blessings, Georgia, the best small town in the South!

No one is alone as long as there is love to give

Dori Grant is no stranger to hardship. As a young single mother in the gossip-fueled town of Blessings, Georgia, she's weathered the storm of small-town disapproval most of her life. But when Dori loses everything within the span of an evening, she realizes she has no choice but to turn to her neighbors.

Everyone says the Pine boys are no good, but Johnny Pine has been proving the gossips wrong ever since his mother died and he took over raising his brothers. His heart goes out to the young mother and child abandoned by the good people of Blessings. Maybe he can be the one to change all that…

Blessings, Georgia Series:

You and Only You (Book 1)

I'll Stand by You (Book 2)

Saving Jake (Book 3)

A Piece of My Heart (Book 4)

The Color of Love (Book 5)

Come Back to Me (Book 6)

Forever My Hero (Book 7)

A Rainbow Above Us (Book 8)

Praise for I'll Stand By You:

"An amazing story by a true storyteller…Sala once again shows why she is a master of the romance genre." —RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ stars

"Small-town romance with humor and heart and a heaping pinch of reality." —The Romance Dish

"A heartfelt and emotional love story…incredibly uplifting and gratifying." —Book Reviews and More by Kathy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402298592
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Series:	Blessings, Georgia Series , #2
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	93,838
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala has 145+ books in print, published in eight different genres—romance, young adult, Western, general fiction, mystery, women’s fiction, Children’s books, and nonfiction. First published in 1991, her industry awards include the Janet Dailey Award, five-time Career Achievement winner, five-time winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award, five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence, the Heart of Excellence award, the Booksellers Best Award, the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Will Rogers Gold Medallion, and the Centennial Award in recognition of her 100th published novel. She lives in Oklahoma, the state where she was born.

Editorial Reviews

03/23/2015
Bestselling author Sala returns to Blessings, Ga. (Curl Up and Dye), in this touching contemporary romance of underdogs working toward respectability. Orphan Dori Grant, an unwed mother at 17, refuses to tell her grandfather who fathered her baby. Her grandfather takes care of the six-month-old while she works as a dishwasher at the local cafe. A few blocks away on the wrong side of the tracks, 20-year-old Johnny Pine, head of his household now that his mom is dead of an overdose and his dad is in prison for life, gets his two young brothers ready for school and goes to work. When Dori loses her grandfather and her home in one terrible blow, her neighbors shun her, but Johnny steps in and invites her and her baby to live with him and his brothers. Neighbors and townsfolk are both devious and kind, showing the small town at its worst and its best. When the baby’s father returns, complications compound. Characterization is one of Sala’s strengths, but the repetitions and minutiae slow the pace. Agent: Meredith Bernstein, Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"This is an amazing story by a true storyteller." — RT Book Reviews

"I will have to reread I'LL STAND BY YOU and relive the things I loved so much!" — Fresh Fiction

"I loved this book and could not put it down until I finished it. This is a character-driven book, with great backstories and a setting that is perfect for the smooth-flowing plot. " — USA Today, Happy Ever After

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