Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck

Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck tells a tale of how one young woman finds herself amongst the heartbreak and ache of a broken engagement.

Elle Garvey is one of many Garvey sisters who live in Beaufort, South Carolina. Several of her sisters have found their way to love, marriage and professional happiness. For Elle, her happiness was in being a successful Art Gallery owner, then love happens-or so she thinks.

Jeremiah, the dynamic ex-football player pastor of her small town church literally sweeps her off her feet. Such is Jeremiah's forceful personality that Elle feels fortunate to have finally found what she thinks as her soul mate. Trouble is, Jeremiah accepts a large pastorate in Texas. Not only will he be in charge of the church, but he will become a religious TV star as well. If Elle accepts his proposal, she'll have to give up her successful business, leave her family and friends and move.

Not only will she have to "pull up stakes", but she'll have to give up her love of art to become a "pastor's wife" and take the "call" too. Elle decides that at almost 30 she's got to take this chance. The young couple do nothing but "butt heads" over what Elle has been promised and what Jeremiah expects her to actually do.

With the invitations out and the wedding upon them, Elle receives the news via a FedEx box-Jeremiah wants out!

So far has Elle gone to try and make her life with the handsome pastor happen, that she now has no business and has rented out her home to a handsome lawyer/father/widow-Heath McCord and his daughter Tracey-Love. She has to abide by the rental agreement for the 6 month agreed upon time.

Elle moves into her art studio. Heartbroken and depressed, she identifies with Heath, who is still getting over and mourning the loss of his wife. He has taken refuge in Beaufort to write a war-era love story based on the life of his grandfather.

During the summer, Elle and Heath become close friends and supporters of each others dreams. He of moving on with life after losing his beloved Ava. She of getting over the heartbreak and humiliation of being left at the altar.

Together, their friendship grows, the novel becomes a reality and Elle's need to find her love of God and painting come together. They don't realize it, but Heath has found his second first love and Elle has found her true soul mate.

Then as fate would happen, Jeremiah and his ego come barreling into town asking Elle to take him back.

At first Elle thinks that maybe she should forgive the hurt and humiliation. Then she realizes that the best thing that could have happened to her was the loss of what turns out to be a very demanding self-centered individual.

Elle realizes she love Heath and his daughter. Heath realizes that he is in love with Elle.

But, will they work out the details and the miles between them? How long will it take?

Is it truly meant to be this time, for the both of them?

Read Love Starts with Elle by Rachel Hauck to find out.