Provenance, Carla Laureano
Provenance, Carla Laureano
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Provenance

Author: Carla Laureano

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

Carol Award - Finalist 2022 (print)!!

From two-time RITA Award–winning author Carla Laureano comes a story of romance, transformation, and the beauty of belonging.
Los Angeles interior designer and former foster kid Kendall Green is in high demand, both for her impeccable eye and for her uncanny ability to uncover the provenance of any piece. But for all her success, skyrocketing costs have put her California home and her business in jeopardy. Then an unexpected inheritance provides a timely solution: a grandmother she never knew has left her a group of historic properties in a tiny Colorado town on the edge of ruin.

To young, untried mayor Gabriel Brandt, Jasper Lake is more than another small town―it’s the place that saved his life. Now, seeing the town slowly wither and die, he’s desperate to restore it to its former glory. Unfortunately, his vision is at odds with a local developer who wants to see the town razed and rebuilt as a summer resort. He’s sure that he can enlist the granddaughter of one of its most prominent former citizens to his cause―until he meets Kendall and realizes that not only does she know nothing of her own history, she has no interest in reviving a place that once abandoned her.

In order to save his beloved town, Gabe must first help Kendall unravel the truth of her own provenance―and Kendall must learn that in order to embrace the future, sometimes you have to start with the past.

About Carla Laureano

Carla Laureano could never decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, so she decided to become a novelist-and she must be kinda okay at it because she's won two RWA RITA(R) Awards. When she's not writing, she can be found cooking and trying to read through her TBR shelf, which she estimates will be finished in 2054. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, two teen sons, and an opinionated cat named Willow.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bethany

READ FOR ENDORSEMENT Carla Laureano is a master crafter of compelling characters and enthralling emotion, and her mastery is on full display in Provenance. Set against the dazzling backdrop of the Colorado high country, Kendall and Gabe’s story examines the life-changing potential that exists when w......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This book had as many layers as a trifle. I loved and appreciated all the research the author went through to authentically convey the nuances of both the hero and heroine’s jobs. The tragic backstory of the heroine is a real heart-wrencher and the things she learns, both of her history and life les......more