Where Love Takes You by Rebecca Scarberry

Where Love Takes You Reviews

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  Dianne

  Need to lighten up your romance reading? It’s okay, light and fluffy can be fun, especially when the romance is between two couples in their mid to late fifties! Before you shiver, and do the “I can’t hear you, thing,” you need to read this and appreciate the fact that finally there is a romance you can share with your mother and talk about it, actually talk!!
  
  Where Love Takes You by Rebecca Scarberry and Francis Potts is a heart-warming and humorous romance that stretches the bounds of believable reality with how easily everything fell into place. You know what? That is exactly what makes this romance so much fun, sweet, endearing and sigh-worthy.
  
  The common ground? Pigeons! Racing them, breeding them, caring for them, loving them!
  
  Two widows, best friends, sharing everything just like teens, find themselves whisked into almost dreamlike romances, with two British gentlemen visiting the States. As luck would have it, both women are offered a fabulous price for their rural land and the future is now a blank canvas on which to paint a sparkling new life! Where to live? Why not try the gypsy life, and pick the winner in their planned globe-trotting. First stop, Great Britain and more time to get to know the gents. When a race goes horribly wrong, the search begins, and every step of the way, these four are the perfect besties, lovers and companions. But is this the land to move to or will the taint of the race be a nail in their happiness balloon?
  
  Rebecca Scarberry and Francis Potts have a gem on their hands, a sweet read filled with all of the insecurities of youth, a few decades later, loved it, loved it, loved it! And yes, it is Mom safe!
  
  I received this copy from Rebecca Scarberry in exchange for my honest review.
  
  Publication Date: December 15, 2013
  Publisher: Rebecca Scarberry
  Genre: Romance
  Print Length: 248 pages
  Available from:
  Amazon
  Reviewed for:
  http://tometender.blogspot.com
  
  
  
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  Christoph Fischer

  "The Prince of Pigeons" by Rebecca Scarberry and Francis Potts is a sweet and heart warming romance that follows "Messages from Henry". Henry is a homing pigeon who was a big hero in said previous book.
  In this book Henry brings together his two elderly carers and two men from England but the story is much more involved than that. Henry also takes part in a race and gets lost, a development company is after the ladies farm in Oregon and the romance is filled with people of various generations.
  The feel of this book is warm and pleasant, romance is not confined to the young only and once again Henry is the bringer of happiness and helps to bridge the gap between people who should be together.
  It is particularly refreshing to read a book about something as simple as homing pigeon in a world that moves away from nature and towards new technologies and modern advances. Not that I am condemning progress, but there is something comforting and reassuring about "The Prince of Pigeons" that for me brings a little nostalgia and hope.
  It can't be a coincidence that the pigeon on the cover is white, the symbol for peace, love and hope.
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  John Dolan

  'Where Love Takes You' is the sequel to Ms Scarberry's novella about Henry the pigeon, and for this outing she has a co-writer, Francis Potts.
  
  This is a cozy, romantic tale with which to curl up in front of the fire on a cold night.
  
  It concerns the life-choices of two American women who fall for British men. All are pigeon lovers, and we learn a bit about pigeon-racing along the way.
  
  It will likely appeal more to the American reader than to the British reader, since the quaint English expressions which so perplex the two ladies will be already familiar to those of us from this side of the Pond, hence we do not get to join in the 'joy of discovery'. Some of the travels around the various towns and sights, and details of British food, will also be well-known to many Brits who might be tempted to skim a few passages.
  
  The book is, however, well put together and the storyline unfolds patiently and sensitively. It would be difficult not to like the characters and to root for them - especially the hopeless romantics among us.
  
  So get yourself a mug of cocoa (or your preferred poison) and grab a copy of 'Where Love Takes You'. While it might lack the drama of the first book, parts of it will have you reaching for the tissues.
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  Simon Okill

  Where Love Takes You by Rebecca Scarberry is a cosy romance to bring a smile on a rainy day. The story continues with Henry the pigeon who while the love of his life is getting all broody, his mistress also falls for a dashing English gent.
  And as the love affairs flourish so interest in Henry's attributes comes from the English charmer who races pigeons back home. The story picks up apace when we cross the Atlantic and discover the fancy world of pigeon fanciers' racing events.
  As Henry shows what he's made of so the reader will discover the wonders of the English way of life and amusing confusing language. The love story is set at a gentle pace with a few thrilling moments involving our hero Henry to make the heart flutter.
  This FVE STAR romance is a joy to read for those who want a more gentle pace of life. Highly recommended.
• 
  Wendy Janes

  At a celebration of Henry the pigeon’s bravery (see Rebecca Scarberry’s Messages from Henry) American friends Evelyn and Tammy meet Englishmen Ben and Alan. There’s more than a love of pigeons at the heart of their burgeoning friendships. Within months the two woman take a trip to England, which results in romance for them and another adventure for Henry.
  
  There are so many things to enjoy in this light-hearted story: the warmth of the lead characters, who find love in their fifties; the unhurried pace of the storytelling; the amusing linguistic and cultural misunderstandings encountered by the American women while in Britain.
  
  There were fleeting moments when I felt a little confused because I hadn’t read Messages from Henry, but the unusual pigeon-fancying setting, the gentle innocence of the characters and their burgeoning romance swept me along.