Part romance, part drama, part social commentary, Christine Nolfi’s Second Chance Grill is a feel-good novel of small-town America, where a doctor takes a sabbatical to run a restaurant and definitely finds much more than she bargained for.The romance is tasteful. The dialog is hilariously natural (with just the occasional swear-word used in a family-friendly way). The cast of characters is wonderful and fun. And the underlying drama of a young girl in remission from leukemia is heart-rending in...

Absolutely loved this book. I found myself ignoring tv & staying up late to finish this book. This book has a lovely storyline to it. The author did a fantastic job. I had goosebumps from about three quarters way through.Highly recommend this delightful yet emotional book to all readers:)

A small town community goes viral. The town is Liberty, Ohio and the setting is Second Chance Grill. The Grill has a new owner, Dr. Mary Chance, who inherits the restaurant, and is determined to turn it into a success in about a year.Being a doctor, Mary is a fish out of water running a restaurant. But the inheritance coincided with a tragedy. Mary lost her best friend where she lived and worked in Cincinnati. In trying to deal with her grief she takes a sabbatical and decides to go to Liberty t...

SECOND CHANCE GRILL What a fantastic read! I think I've found a brand new author for me. This book was so good. Easy to read, had some fun times in it, some really good things where you actually forgot where you were and in the same room at the characters in this story. Single dad, mother walked out, brought up his daughter on his own, went through a very hard illness with her. That girl has spunk! I loved her, you couldn't help but love Blossom. The imagination with how the dad looked, well, I

When Dr Mary Chance inherits a restaurant from her late aunt, she travels from Cincinnati to Liberty, to relaunch and reopen the restaurant naming it The Second Chance Grill. The gift of inheriting the restaurant had just come along at the right time for Mary, it had given her a chance to get away and reflect on her life, after the tragic loss of her dear friend Sadie. Sadie also a doctor and Mary had been planning to take over Sadie’s fathers practice when he retired, but now with Sadie’s death...

TURNED MY HEART AROUND:Ok. I stayed up last night finishing this book. Against my will? well, kinda. Let me explain:When I first started reading this, I thought, as a 50 something adult male, I had stumbled onto another YA romance book. But I was wrong.Well, maybe I was right I have no idea what category this is in.Sorry, let me get back on track.This was very well written, and the dialogue between characters was not only believable, but felt organic to their characters, and was interesting and

Second Chance Grill is book one in the Liberty Series! I loved this book! I want to go and live in Liberty and have breakfast every morning at the grill and dive into all the local gossip. It was like reading about a group of friends. I can not wait to continue this series!Second Chance Grill is owned by Mary. She was given the diner by her aunt and is a doctor. To say she has no idea how to run a diner isn't saying much! She is so way over her head but luckily the towns people help her out. She...

Just what I needed.Brought to my attention by my Goodreads book club moderator, this book and author have now been pushed to the top of my favorites list. At the time our book club was scheduled to start this read, I had a lot going on in my personal life and really didn't feel like I had the time to read this one. But the fact that the author herself was taking time out of her busy life to chat with us throughout the read influenced me to take the plunge. And I couldn't be more glad that I did....

Read my full review @ http://bit.ly/11FRM2D4.5 Stars My opinion: OH MY GOODNESS...I LOVED THIS BOOK! Not being a huge fan of Ms. Nolfi's first book, Treasure Me, I went into this book with oodles of trepidation. I was SO pleasantly surprised! I actually abhor when people do this, but Second Chance Grill reminded me of novels written by my favorite romance author, LaVyrle Spencer. There was such an innocence to this novel in the romance between Mary and Anthony, that I found myself smiling the en...

Mary Chance(love the last name) has inherited the Second Chance Grill. This dovetails nicely with the fact that she is dealing with the loss of her best friend and colleague, killed in a hit and run. Taking a sabbatical sounds like a great idea, and how hard can it be to run a diner in small town Liberty? Well actually, really hard. Her staff are quirky to say the least. Opening day turns into Mary's baptism by fire. And the women of the Second Chance aren't the only oddball characters in Libert...

Thoroughly enjoyableI really enjoyed this book. Read it in one sitting and enjoyed the characters You won't be disappointed with this book if you are after some easy reading chick lit

This is a lovely book about a small town pulling together finding love, friendship and a sense of belonging. As the reader, I couldn’t help but fall in love with the wacky characters, the struggling restaurant, and a little girl battling a very grown up issue. I adore stories about small towns and this one ranks right up there with the best. It provides a detailed view of the town, it allows us to meet the townspeople in a way that I cheered them on and want them to succeed and the author leaves...

Thanks to BooksGoSocial and Christine Nolfi for the chance to read and give an honest review. I loved this novel, I enjoyed getting to know all of the characters of Liberty, Ohio, they were charming, funny, very eccentric and all very endearing. I loved Dr. Mary Chance, she takes a sabbatical from medicine because of the loss of her best friend. She inherits a restaurant from her aunt and decides to become a restaurant owner, needless to say she know nothing about running a business, and boy d

The sentiment of the book is well noted, but the execution of the story felt childish to me. I honestly didn't enjoy this book, well, not as I had hoped to. I think the adults felt like caricatures and their dialogues stunted. I don't think I will pursue this series.Don't get me wrong, I felt the plight of the single father - and yes, I absolutely and strongly empathized with young Blossom battling cancer, but the way the story was delivered felt so puerile. Especially the adults' behavior and n...