Fourth of July at Barbecue Corral

Holiday Corral Romance, Book 3

De: Irene Onorato

Narrado por: Kathleen Li

Rachel Valentino is anxious to get back to business when her bistro is finally repaired after being damaged by a tornado. But everything is turned upside down when her self-centered older sister unexpectedly sends Amy, her pre-teen daughter, to live with Rachel without permission or foreknowledge.

Fate brings handsome and kindhearted Seth Garrison, an old high school crush, back into Rachel’s life. But with a bistro to run and the responsibility of surrogate motherhood suddenly resting on her shoulders, the chance for romance seems slim.

When disaster strikes, Rachel must find a way to face seemingly insurmountable challenges. To start over in business, master instant parenthood...and accept unconditional love.

©2018 Irene Onorato (P)2025 Irene Onorato

Sweet story with a twist

This was a very sweet story about Rachael and Seth. Fourth of July at Barbecue Corral is sort of a second chance love story as they knew each other in high school. They are establishing a lovely friendship when life throws lot of curves their way. There is a tornado that destroys Rachael’s restaurant, and she is rebuilding it. Rachael’s niece Amy comes to live with her. More twists and turns kept me interested in the story. There is no sex or cursing in this story, and it is slightly religious and has some angst. I enjoyed listening to the story. The characters were well written.

Good

Delightful with good Narration. Rachel trying to get her business up and running again. To find her self dealing with being a surrogate mother to Amy. Doesn’t seem like an old crush could bring romance into her life with all this going on.
Given audio for my voluntary review

REALLY GREAT STORY. LOVED IT

A REALLY WELL WRITTEN STORYLINE BEING EASY TO FOLLOW AND ACCEPTABLE FOR TEENS AND OLDER AGES.
FAMILY DRAMA INCLUDING NEGLECT AND PARENTAL REJECTION.
FUNNY, INTRIGUE ROMANCE FILLED WITH LAUGH THROUGHOUT.
HIGH-SCHOOL CRUSH RETURNS TO GET THE GIRL THAT GOT AWAY
THE NARRATOR IS GREAT AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

Clean romance

This is a nice story and had some unexpected turns of events so it wasn't all predictable. I felt like some of the dialog was stilted or unnatural but I'm not sure if it was the writing or the audio presentation or both that made it feel that way. I think the narrator did well as a narrator of the story in general but not as well delivering the dialog in the story. It is a quick read or in my case, listen.

Some religious themes

No sex, language or violence
*I received a complimentary audiobook and voluntarily chose to review it.

INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE CORRAL

GREAT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY OR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR, VERY ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO. CANNOT WAIT FOR MORE FROM THIS AUTHOR!