Debut Author Pens New Orleans Rom-Com Brimming with Beignets and Café au Lait

Bloomington, Minn.—A fresh and sparkling new voice in the contemporary romance genre, debut author Rebekah Millet presents a fun, flirty, and emotive novel set in vibrant New Orleans that is sure to delight fans of Rachel Hauck, T. I. Lowe, and Lauren K. Denton. A Cascade and ACFW First Impressions award-winning author of pre-published works, Millet proves to excel in her craft and will charm readers from the very first page of Julia Monroe Begins Again. . . . .

After sending her two sons off to college, 40-year-old Julia Monroe has high hopes for a fresh start after the last decade of her life left her a young widow and single mom. With the newfound time to focus on expanding her New Orleans-based small business, Julia gets to work—until a chance run-in with her college ex-boyfriend leaves her head spinning and her emotions out of control. It seems that Samuel Reed, the very man who shattered her heart twenty years ago, is back in town for good.

Receiving a medical discharge from the Green Berets, Samuel returns to his hometown in Louisiana. There he is pleasantly surprised to find Julia Monroe, and he sets his sights on winning back her trust and possibly her heart—but after their past, it won’t be easy. Julia is just as determined to keep her distance to prevent her heart from being broken again.

Yet that old magnetism still pulls at them both. Will Julia’s future be any more certain than her past? Or will she always be ordering beignets for one?

Join Millet as she paints a vivid picture of her hometown of New Orleans in this heartfelt, and oh-so-relatable, second chance romance set in the heart of The Big Easy.

Available from Bethany House Publishers.