Can’t Wait Wednesday #45 – Must Love Flowers

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #45 pick! Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf.

From The Publisher:

Joan Sample is not living the life she expected. Now a widow and an empty-nester, she has become by her own admission something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to reengage with the world. With her support, Joan gathers the courage to take some long-awaited steps: hiring someone to tame her overgrown garden, joining a grief support group, and even renting out a room to a local college student. Before long Joan is starting to feel a little like herself again.

Across town, Maggie Herbert works mornings as a barista, tending to impatient customers before rushing to afternoon nursing classes. She’s been living with her alcoholic father, ducking his temperamental outbursts and struggling to pay the household bills. But her circumstances brighten when she finds a room for rent in Joan’s home. In the unexpected warmth of her new situation, Maggie finds a glimmer of hope for a better life. But will Maggie’s budding attraction to one of her favorite customers ruin the harmony she’s only recently found with Joan? Meanwhile, what is Joan to make of the mysterious landscaper who’s been revitalizing her garden–a man who seems to harbor a past loss of his own?

As Maggie and Joan confront unfamiliar life choices, they find themselves leaning on each other in surprising ways–discovering in the process that “family” is often just another word for love in all its forms.

Why I Can’t Wait To Read Must Love Flowers:

Debbie Macomber is one of my favourite authors for her ability to write emotional stories about characters experiencing challenges. I love that Joan and Maggie are able to support one another and I look forward to seeing how romance unfolds in this book.

Does this book sound like one you’d like to read? Or, have you been lucky enough to have already read it? Let me know in the comments!

Other Editions of Can’t Wait Wednesday:

Can’t Wait Wednesday #44 – Love Me Do by Lindsey Kelk

Can’t Wait Wednesday #43 – Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Can’t Wait Wednesday #42 – Hello Stranger by Katherine Center