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Dream a Little Dream (Chicago Stars Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A Desperate Young Mother

Rachel Stone's bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. With an empty wallet, a car's that's spilling smoke, and a five-year-old son to support, she's come home to a town that hates her. But this determined young widow with a scandalous past has learned how to be a fighter. And she'll do anything to keep her child safe—even take on. . .

A man With No Heart

Gabe Bonner wants to be left alone, especially by the beautiful outcast who's invaded his property. She has a ton of attitude, a talent for trouble, and a child who brings back bad memories. Yet Rachel's feisty spirit might just be heaven-sent to save a tough, stubborn man.

Dare To Dream

Welcome to Salvation, North Carolina—where a man who's forgotten what tenderness means meets a woman with nothing to lose. here two endearing lovers will set off on a funny, touching journey of the heart. . .to a place where dreams just might come true.

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Setting her story in Salvation, N.C., Phillips adeptly develops the theme of love's healing power. Broke and desperate to provide a better life for her son, gutsy Rachel Stone ends up in Salvation when her car breaks down. She knows the place?even worse, they know her as the widow of G. Dwayne Snopes, a televangelist who fled stealing millions. Luckily, Gabe Bonner, who owns a drive-in theater where Rachel asks for work, seems to be the only person who doesn't recognize her right off. Rachel's proud mettle distracts Gabe from the grief of his own tragic loss, but enemies strike out at Rachel, while Gabe's brothers mount a family defense against the gold-digging widow. Phillips (Heaven, Texas) digs deep to expose weaknesses and strengths in the psyche and faith of her characters. The result is a book that is touching, funny, sexy and humane.
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"Phillips digs deep to expose weaknesses and strengths in the psyche and faith of her characters. The result is a book that is touching, funny, sexy, and humane."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FC11HY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow; Reissue edition (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1543 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 404 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars My New Favorite Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019
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I loved this book so much that I bought the paperback as soon as I finished the eBook. Truthfully, I read both books in the Bonner Brothers part of the Chicago Stars series over the weekend, about 750 pages of Susan Elizabeth Phillips goodness.

Like Nobody's Baby But Mine, Dream a Little Dream is filled with everything I love. Wonderful family dynamics, fantastic dialogue and banter between characters, and an honest, real relationship. What stood out for me in this book was how well Phillips dealt with Gabe's grief and Rachel's seemingly hopeless life and how that brought them together. There's nothing easy about a man moving on from the death of a wife and child and Phillips pulled no punches, but it's clear that Rachel is exactly who Gabe needs in his life to do so.

Rachel is amazing and one of my new favorite heroines. She's a crazy protective mother determined to give her son the world. She's strong and honest. I loved every moment between her and Gabe, though many of them included me wiping away tears.

There's a delightfully fun, yet sweet secondary romance featuring Gabe's younger brother Ethan. I've heard it described as cliched and shallow, but quite honestly, it was a perfect story line for a character who's portrayed as the favorite, who hears God's voice through a variety of different celebrities, and has been living his life unsure he's doing it right.

Then there's all the lovely Bonner family hi-jinks, which alternately made me laugh and want to commit acts of violence. There's a little suspense as Rachel's being stalked. Finally, Dream a Little Dream is a beautiful story about finding faith in God as an adult that moved me to tears.
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5.0 out of 5 stars SEP at her best!
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of the best writers of contemporary romance as is amply proven by "Dream a Little Dream" . This is the story of Rachel Stone, the widow of a TV evangelist whose greed and hypocrisy continue to haunt their former home, Salvation, North Carolina. Rachel and her son Edward are truly destitute, and she returns to Salvation in search of some of her husband's ill-gotten gains. In order to conduct her search, she must outwit the current occupant of her former home, the widower Gabe Bonner. Gabe is still in such deep mourning for his lost wife and son, that he has completely closed down emotionally. Circumstances bring Rachel and Gabe together, and much to their mutual surprise, their initial antipathy and wariness begins to awaken emotional feelings neither anticipated. Their sparing matches are hysterical and Phillips does a wonderful job building the sexual tension between the two.
This is actually a two-for-one romance. In addition to Rachel and Gabe's story, the book includes the romance of Gabe's brother Ethan and his secretary Kristy. Ethan is a reformed sinner who became a pastor, the kind that sharply contrasts with Rachel's flamboyant dead husband. Kristy has been a part of his life forever and clearly always had a crush on Ethan. When Rachel comes to town, she inspires Kristy to make some changes in her life which completely throw Ethan's world into a tailspin,
This novel has a unique plot, wonderfully developed characters, and extremely amusing dialouge. Even if you aren't a fan of contemporary romance, this is such a sweet and funny novel that you are bound to enjoy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Love Saves
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2011
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A drunk driver nearly killed Gabe Bonner, though he was nowhere near the car that carried his wife and five-year-old son that brutal day. In an instant, his life was seared down to a quagmire of loss, misery, and regret, and he teetered on the brink of self destruction in a booze and drug haze in the backwater in Mexico he'd fled to until his brothers Cal and Ethan showed up and dragged his butt back home to Salvation, N.C. He is just now starting to function, more or less, and his family, one a hotshot ex-football star quarterback, the other a minister, is heartened by Gabe's purchase and renovation of the local abandoned drive-in movie theater, seeing it as a sign that Gabe is finally on the mend.

Neither of them have any idea that he sleeps - if you could call it that - with a loaded gun next to his bed. And not for personal protection.

Rachel Stone was teetering on the brink, as well, though not of self destruction. Virtually penniless, homeless, and struggling to protect and take care of her son Edward, she limped back towards Salvation with nothing but pride and bitter hope. And little left of either of them. Knowing good and well that her short, ill-fated marriage to the swindling televangelist who stole so much from the people of Salvation wasn't going to win her friends, she still had no choice. She was beyond desperate and following a meager trail to the millions of dollars that her crooked husband had bilked, millions that hadn't been recovered after his death. To get that money meant saving the life of her child. To get to that money, she has to get to Salvation.

As her luck, all bad, is still holding, her car dies just outside of a rundown drive-in theater first, and the welcoming committee shaped like one Gabe Bonner wasn't exactly full of goodwill. The imposing man terrorized her son, insulted her, and tossed them both off his property. Except Rachel had nowhere to go, no way to get there, and a son still recovering from the pneumonia that almost killed him and who hadn't had a decent meal in long, hungry days.

With that, the unstoppable force slams into the immovable object and sparks that neither want, need, or can stand flare between them. One is lost and looking for nothing but oblivion, the other is looking for nothing for herself at all, but desperate for everything for her child. Together they may find more than either ever dared dream.

While  Dream a Little Dream  is considered the fourth book in the Chicago Stars series, this lovely companion to  Nobody's Baby But Mine  really reads more like a conclusion to and for events and characters introduced or mentioned in that book. It's set, like most of NBBM, in Salvation, N.C., and the only connection to football, the Chicago Stars, or sports in general is through the character of Cal Bonner, who pops up in an ancillary character roll in this book. I loved seeing him and Jane again, as I really enjoyed their book (after a grotesque and horrifying beginning, anyway), but I have to admit, I wasn't very fond of some of his actions in this one. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

We learned of Gabe's tragedy in Cal's book, and here we see its effects in all its grim glory. Gabe is barely clinging to life and is none too happy about even that. He's still in abject misery three years after his grievous loss, and all the well-meaning actions of his family aren't doing anything to ease that pain. His character is too darn cussed to be totally sympathetic, and while I felt for his loss, and understood his actions, I don't have a lot of tolerance for self pity, and his character was swimming with it at first.

Then, of course, he met Rachel. I loved her. She was so strong, such an impressive character on every front. Her past was littered with disappointment and distress, but she had such an appealing inner strength and stubborn determination. I admired her and respected her actions and commitment to her son. She went toe to toe with Gabe and didn't take any of his crap, and was like a mama bear when it came to Edward. All in all, and even with a few precious flaws that made her very human, I liked her very much, and found her well rounded and sympathetic.

Seeing Gabe transform as their relationship evolved was my favorite part of this book, and where I felt the story really shined. It wasn't a smooth transition, by any means, but as Gabe's demons slowly withdrew and he got his life back in torturous inches, I became more and more impressed with SEP. Her patient storytelling and adroit ability to handle his journey with understanding of the intricacies of healing after a terrible tragedy speaks highly of her skills as an author and made those aspects of the story very emotionally impacting.

I wasn't at all enamored with Ethan in this book, though. I found his prejudice against Rachel unwillingness to bother even asking before condemning very unpalatable and hypocritical. He's a minister, and supposed to be the "good" one of the Bonner brothers, but in this book I found him charmless, clueless, shallow, and just not very likable. That was a huge disappointment because I really enjoyed his few scenes in the previous book.

The subplot of the romance between Ethan and Kristy didn't work for me, either, in part because of how I felt about Ethan as a character, and in part because it was so heavily laden with religion and many mentions of God. I get that he's a minister, and I get that Kristy is devoutly religious, so I suppose it makes sense for the characters, and I even appreciate that it was quite clear that these two characters were living their faith, not proselytizing to readers, it's just not something I like reading and it lessened my enjoyment of the book. The faith healing aspects with Rachel did nothing for me, either, and when combined with that scene of her in Emily's room, I found myself feeling annoyed by all the God/faith/religion messages.

Still, there was a lot of charm in this book, and I loved that SEP took the time to round out the Bonner brothers' story before going back to the Chicago Stars. I wish Gabe's (and Cal and Ethan's) parents had more of a presence in this book, and I was so sorry to see that Annie had passed, but it was truly lovely returning to Salvation and spending time with characters that felt like old friends.

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Vanessa
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best romantic books 💖
Reviewed in Brazil on November 3, 2023
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This book it's the kind I love most. A sort of enemies to friends to lovers. Rachel and Gabe's romance starts slow and soon we seen the love between them heal them both. It's awesome to see the change in the characters, specially Gabe. I lost count of how many times I've read this book and can't recommend this enough. You're gonna cry, laugh and your heart will swoon. And I love the other romantic story in the book between Ethan and Kristy. One of my favorites books of SEP!
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Priyanka
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome read
Reviewed in India on May 2, 2023
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A very good book… could not keep it down… loved the characters … laughed a lot …felt heartbroken too… a very strong female lead… lives the HEA
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Mexico on January 6, 2020
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As always with Susan Elizabeth Philips, excellent history!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book that leaves you with a smile
Reviewed in Spain on August 25, 2020
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Loved the setting, loved the grumpiness of the hero and loved how crazy the heroine is. She is so normal and relatable , yet -funny ,quirky and crazy.
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Katja
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutes Lieblingsbuch der Autorin
Reviewed in Germany on April 10, 2018
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Ich habe mittlerweile fast alle Bücher von SEP gelesen und dieses gefällt mir bei weitem am besten. Nicht nur, dass meiner Meinung nach die Charaktere gut beschrieben und liebenswert mit ihren Stärken und Schwächen sind, auch die Umwelt bzw. der Handlungsort wird unaufdringlich aber sehr klar vorstellbar beschrieben. Die Hauptfiguren sind beide starke Charaktere, was auch Raum für interessante und lustige Wortgefechte liefert. Alles in allem ein wirklich gelungenes Werk, dass mir auch beim wiederholten Lesen Spaß bereitet hat.
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