The Year of Chasing Dreams
The Year of Chasing Dreams
The Year of Chasing Dreams
Lurlene McDaniel
"Readers will swoon over this story of love despite impossible odds."--Romantic TimesFrom the author of Don't Die, My Love comes this young adult novel that intertwines a family saga with a grand love story. This novel stands alone or can be read as the companion to The Year of Luminous Love and Wishes and Dreams. For fans of Sarah Dessen's The Moon and More and Ann Brashares's Forever in Blue. Ciana Beauchamp hasn't seen or heard from Jon Mercer in months. Until now. He's back in Windemere to see her. Deep down Ciana is filled with joy and relief. She has never stopped loving him. It's proof of Jon's love that he has returned, but what will their future be?When tragedy strikes, almost no one in town is left unscathed. Tragedy has a way of bringing people together, but it can also tear them apart. Ciana can hardly face her choices, but she knows she must, and there are now people who she can turn to if only she is willing.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel is about a woman, Ciana Beauchamp, who lives on the Beauchamp Estate with her mother and best friend, Eden. Ciana’s main goal is to secure her family farm, but she soon finds out it may be harder than she thought. Her old love interest, Jon Mercer, shows up to help, and Ciana can’t deny the feelings she still holds for him. Meanwhile, Eden is beginning a relationship as well, with an Australian man named Garret. Ciana’s top priorities in her life are her family and land.

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