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In the third and final book in the Cardwick series, comes a story of healing, renewal, and love.
Professor Halle Vincent is back home in Cardwick for the summer—except this summer isn’t like any of her previous summers. This time, she’s home for good—and no one else knows it but her. In an unexpected turn of events, things fall apart at the university where Halle teaches when she faces the ultimate betrayal while attempting to earn academic tenure. Even worse, it involves her ex-boyfriend. So, instead of conducting research and improving her lecturing skills, she’ll be using her summer to figure out what’s next.
Keston (Kes) St Clair doesn’t want to be the heir of his father’s real estate company, St Clair Enterprises. He has dreams of his own and would much rather be working on custom motorcycles and coaching basketball. As if that wasn’t enough to deal with, his old childhood friend, Halle, is home for the summer and though she’s home for every holiday break, he can’t figure out why she can’t stand him. After all, they used to be friends, right?
When Halle and Kes are forced to work together on a town project for its first annual Trinidadian carnival, the two must confront what went wrong in their friendship all those years ago. It’s not long before Halle’s trouble at the university begins to catch up with her, and it’s Kes who’s there providing comfort and inspiring her to stand up for herself. As the two spend time together, Halle begins to wonder: Could it be that she’s been wrong about Kes all this time?
Make It Official is the third and final book in the Cardwick series. Read Book 1, Christmas in Cardwick, and Book 2, Make It Official.
Tropes: Frienemies to lovers (but it’s one-sided), small town, mutual pining.
***Hold Your Heart is a novella and NOT a full-length novel. It’s a heartwarming romance very much like a Hallmark movie, with no explicit scenes.***