Welcome to Fool’s Gold, California, a charming community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. There’s lots to do and plenty of people to meet, especially women. Because there’s just one tiny problem in Fool’s Gold: the men don’t seem to stick around. Maybe it’s the lure of big-city life, or maybe it’s plain old bad luck, but regardless of the reason, the problem has to be fixed, fast. And Charity Jones may be just the city planner to do it.
Charity’s nomadic childhood has left her itching to settle down, and she immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer — everything, that is, except its sexiest and most famous resident, former world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy, even if everyone else thinks he’s perfect just the way he is. But maybe that’s just what he needs — someone who knows the value of his flaws. Someone who knows that he’s just chasing perfect.
Fools Gold, a small town, where everyone takes care of their peeps. This town kind of reminds me of Walnut Grove in Little House on the Prairie. Josh Golden, a hot, professional bike rider, who won the Tour de France is the most desirable man in the small town that is over populated with women.
He came to town with his mother years ago and was in an accident. His mother abandoned him as a child and seeing that no one was there to care for him, the town quickly took action and took him into their care. One specific woman, Marsha, made sure he was taken care of and eventually he was taken in by the Hendrix family with 6 kids. He rode a bicycle to strengthen his legs from his accident and later became a great bike rider. The whole town was proud of his accomplishments as he represented Fools Gold in competitions.
Charity Jones, the new City Planner comes into town and is hired by Marsha. She is a hard working young lady, not much luck with falling in love, but is intelligent and has a beauty of her own. Her new boss Marsha is very nice to her and Charity finds herself opening up to this boss lady. She bumps into Josh Golden at a meeting and is immediately swooning over his looks, body, his every fiber in his being haha! She thinks to herself what am I doing thinking he would be attracted to someone like me.
As the story unfolds, we find that Charity’s life was one big move after another from city to city with her mother. All her life, she just wanted stability, a place to call home and maybe a family of her own. She really liked Fools Gold and was planning to make it her home. Her mother never told her about family and avoided the subject at all costs. So Charity grew up thinking she had no family.
I enjoyed this book because of all the ups and downs and family connections revealed in this book. Charity’s body reacts like crazy when she’s around Josh and I’m sure he sees it and he feels a little something for her as well. They feel a connection and share a passionate kiss in the hallway of their hotel,(and started it all) which Josh owns as well as other businesses and homes in the town. She helps Josh get over his fears of riding again due to an accident that happened during the Tour de France and he helps her to re-connect and have confidence in the person that she is.
I loved the ladies in the town and how they had a ladies night out every month to unwind, drink and have heaps of fun together. Sounds like something I would like to do with my little circle of friends; definitely something to think about.
Marsha ends up being Charity’s grandmother and Charity doesn’t know how to react. She’s overjoyed she has family, but mad at Marsha for not telling her who she was, but Marsha had her reasons. A heartfelt relationship develops and Charity finds family!
I would definitely recommend this book for the romance between Charity and Josh, the women in the town and their relationships with each other, the tight knit feeling you get with the towns people and how they take care of each other, and many other events that took place in this book. Too many to write about, but definitely a good read.
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