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Learning at 40 (Lakeside Cottage Book 2) Kindle Edition
Zack Weller is timely, orderly, and meticulous. Too bad his seven-year-old, twin sons are hellions. With his divorce final, a two-week vacation beckons him to his best friend’s cottage. Unfortunately, he can’t help the magnetic pull of memories from the house next door—the one that was once his childhood home—or fight the force of nature in the naked woman sunbathing in that backyard.
River Nagle is a free spirit. She understands the trials and tribulations some people face and offers the compassion to deal with them head on. When she inherits a lakeside home, she takes the blessing for what it’s worth: a gift and a new beginning. Until one day two little boys make themselves at home in the tree fort in her backyard and she meets their hot, growly dad who steals her wine, her time, and her heart.
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 16, 2021
- File size2.3 MB
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- ASIN : B094PQZCCY
- Publisher : L.B. Dunbar Writes, Ltd. (September 16, 2021)
- Publication date : September 16, 2021
- Language : English
- File size : 2.3 MB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 265 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1956337032
- Best Sellers Rank: #181,348 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,160 in Later in Life Romance (Kindle Store)
- #1,309 in Later in Life Romance (Books)
- #1,377 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Kindle Store)
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About the author

L.B. Dunbar loves flip-flops, sweet tea, and a little heat in her romance reads. A lover of sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns, you’ll find all this and more in her signature work the #sexysilverfox collection. She’s a USA TODAY Bestselling Author as well as a #1 Bestseller in Amazon's Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.
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Customers find the book has depth and emotional impact. They love the characters and find them relatable. The story focuses on friendship, trust, and forgiveness, and the author's writing quality is praiseworthy. Readers describe the book as an engaging, light read that hooks them from page one.
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Customers enjoy the emotional content of the book. They find the story touching and engaging, with depth. The book explores mid-life challenges, new love, and second chances. Readers appreciate the lessons of friendship, trust, and forgiveness that are taught throughout the journey.
"...I loved this story!! Those twins are truly endearing and I just wanted to reach out and hug them!..." Read more
"...Zach and River’s journey is full of lessons of love and friendship, trust and forgiveness, flying and falling." Read more
"...What I love is that his story has depth and doesn't gloss over the parts the end up making it feel real and completely possible...." Read more
"...I loved this story of second chances at love. Of accepting the mistakes others make in their lives and moving on together...." Read more
Customers find the characters relatable and easy to connect with. They feel the emotions that the characters experience and appreciate the wonderful ensemble cast.
"...I love how LB Dunbar brings us such realistic characters with all their flaws and we fall in love with them anyway or maybe because of...." Read more
"...As usual L.B. Dunbar weaves together a wonderful ensemble cast with plenty of roadblocks but thank goodness a wonderful HEA!..." Read more
"...You will feel every emotion that these characters are feeling...." Read more
"...I love the setting & characters! The twins... I want to hug them so hard!..." Read more
Customers find the book a touching story about friendship, trust, and forgiveness. It explores the power of relationships and the importance of trust and connection.
"...and River’s journey is full of lessons of love and friendship, trust and forgiveness, flying and falling." Read more
"...She digs into the complications of relationships and takes the time to add just a little more in the believable category...." Read more
"These friends are the best! My Someday Goal!!! I’m 35… maybe I can have friends like this. I enjoy this book so much...." Read more
"...She brings hope and has this wonderful connection with his boys. She teaches him that love is not a weakness...." Read more
Customers praise the writing quality of the book. They say it's some of L.B.'s best writing to date, with beautiful storytelling and great vocabulary.
"...story for the men of Four Points, is definitely some of L.B.'s best writing to date...." Read more
"...To protect and encourage the ones you love. Beautifully written and so thought provoking. A wonderful addition to this series." Read more
"...I love the way you write & flow thru to tell all of Ben & Anna,s friends who are really family ! I will then read all of your KU books !!..." Read more
"The writing is great. Vocabulary is great. Subject matter is absolutely horrendous...." Read more
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"...has depth and doesn't gloss over the parts the end up making it feel real and completely possible...." Read more
"...Set amidst a backdrop of grief and finding a new life, this book had all the feels. I loved this story of second chances at love...." Read more
"...the previous book seemed to drag out the road to the HEA, the second novel felt right...." Read more
"I am loving this series, it's real, raw, heartfelt and full of FEELS!..." Read more
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"Learning at 40 is a beautiful story full of heartache and love...." Read more
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"This book was pure joy. I have fallen in love with all these characters. We met Zach in Book 1 as part of a college 4 some of friends...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022This is the return to Lakeside Cottage, and the 3 returning best friends make the most of the anniversary of their dear friend Ben. Each of them gets an envelope that was written by Ben prior to his death. This is all about Zack and his mischievous 7 year old twins.
A year ago, on the night Ben died, Zack turned towards the neighbors house which happened to be the house he grew up in. In the sunset, he saw a vision of what he thought could have been an angel. A woman who was wearing an almost sheer looking summer dress but from the distance he could not see her face.
Now a year later, he hears a sound outside coming from the neighbors house and gets out of bed and walks to the window that's on the 2nd floor of Anna's house and is mesmerized by the vision of the neighbor dancing in her back yard then as she settles on her lounge chair he witnessed something he could not take his eyes from.
Now a day or so later he looks out his window again and she is actually sunbathing nude. His friends wonder what's going on as they pass by and see him staring out the window. He tries to cover their eyes just as Ben's teenage son comes in and tells them all he knew what was going on and said he was told not to work on her yard today because that was her plan.
Zack later starts looking for his boys and comes to find them at the neighbors house playing in tree house at the back of her property. Zack is quite gruff with her as he tells his boys to leave and to keep her clothes on.
This neighbor named River takes offense of his comments and tells him to lighten up.
I loved this story!! Those twins are truly endearing and I just wanted to reach out and hug them! Zack really has gone through so much with his father and ex-wife. He needed someone good for him and those boys!
Ready to learn more about Archer as he makes his first appearance in the next book. Enjoy!!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2021Learning at 40 is a beautiful story full of heartache and love. It starts out not long after Living at 40 finishes so we have all the emotions from the first book in the series. But as we learn more and more about Zach and River we see how their past decisions and experiences are affecting the lives they currently live. I love how LB Dunbar brings us such realistic characters with all their flaws and we fall in love with them anyway or maybe because of. Zach and River’s journey is full of lessons of love and friendship, trust and forgiveness, flying and falling.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2021**No Spoilers**
The second book in the Lakeside Cottage series is a success! I held my breath while starting to read/listen to this follow-up of the first book, as I loved that one and was hoping for the same reaction in the second one. I was not disappointed. In my opinion, the overall plot of the series and, so far, each individual story for the men of Four Points, is definitely some of L.B.'s best writing to date. Zack indeed does have some learning to do as a single parent to a set of twins and in dealing with the past. What I love is that his story has depth and doesn't gloss over the parts the end up making it feel real and completely possible. She digs into the complications of relationships and takes the time to add just a little more in the believable category. One expects to hear each person's story in a series of books with a common theme, but what L.B. does to make the reader completely invested in the overall scope of the series is what sets these books apart for me. While the focus is on one particular story, she doesn't shy away from including the other characters and offering a moment for them to have the spotlight. And I want it! I crave those pieces .. of previous characters and of future ones! She's on a roll with this series and I highly recommend!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021You can meet your one and only in the most unlikely of places in the most unlikely of times. This is how and when Zack meets River. All while he is learning to fly in love.
I loved all the emotion in this story. This book continues the saga of friends who have had to face living life after losing a close friend. Not only had he lost his friend, but a marriage and the time when he was young and free.
Now he has his two “hellions”, and watching these two 7 year olds get up to mischief while their father falls in love was a fun and somewhat angst ridden ride. Set amidst a backdrop of grief and finding a new life, this book had all the feels.
I loved this story of second chances at love. Of accepting the mistakes others make in their lives and moving on together. To protect and encourage the ones you love. Beautifully written and so thought provoking. A wonderful addition to this series.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024I’m reading the series and want to love it. I like it, but with changes, I’d love it.
1. Grammatical errors are unacceptable.
2. The fact that Zach/Autumn’s convo regarding his diabetic state wasn’t included in detail was a disappointment.
3. The fact that more info wasn’t included about the birth of Lake/sibling reaction was a huge disappointment. [Bonus}
- Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023Zack sees a woman through the window of his friend Bens' house on the night he tells his friends he is dying. She looks like an Angel. A year later he sees her again through the same window and she is naked. The house next door is owned by his angel, River. Once upon a time it was his family home that was lost due to his fathers' crime. Zack is a closed off divorced lawyer with twin boys. The boys are attracted to her tree house and that is where Zack finds them. River meets them in her yard and Zack insults her before she even has much chance to be neighbours. Another great story.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024An angel sent to help him fly. Zach is divorced from a wife he never loved with 2 children he is trying hard to form a relationship with while his past holds him back. River escaping to her new life thanks to Quincy.
Top reviews from other countries
- AnielaReviewed in Germany on March 13, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful reading!
Loved this book and the first one in the series! Such beautifully drawn characters and emotionally satisfying scenes. And such wisdom as well, it‘s absolutely fabulous and I can highly rexommend it.
- LindalooKamReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Absolutely loved this book.
Loved the storyline between Zach and River. Loved the connection between them both.
Oliver and Trevor were just adorable.
Loving this series. Beautiful friendships that last forever is unique.
Looking forward to reading Archer and Jennas story now.
- TrayReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2022
3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant
I nearly gave up which would be a shame as this could've have been a good read. It's just didn't seem to grip me.