Introduction

Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor—oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father. But he’s also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. No woman in Deep Haven dares come near.

New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn’t know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity’s death. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family she’s always longed for. And once she gets past Darek’s tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife’s case.

Caught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decide if he can set aside the past for a future with Ivy—a future more and more at risk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resort and Deep Haven itself.

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1. Take a Chance on Me opens with a letter Ingrid writes to her oldest son, Darek, expressing her concerns and prayers for him. Do you think Ingrid should have given Darek the letter—or that she should at some point in the future? Why or why not? How do you work through your prayers or worries, whether for others or for yourself? 2. In her letter, Ingrid tells Darek, “You never seemed to question the beliefs your father and I taught you. Perhaps that is what unsettled me the most, because without questioning, I wondered how there could be true understanding.” Do you agree that beliefs need to be tested, questioned, to be fully understood? How do you see each of the main characters—Darek, Ivy, Jensen, and Claire—questioning their beliefs over the course of the story? What are the results? 3. As “the most ineligible eligible bachelor in town,” Darek frequently wishes he could start over without the baggage of his past. What circumstances keep him from moving on? Have you ever wished for a new start? Darek sees a relationship with Ivy, a woman unburdened by his history, as the key to his second chance; what would you imagine for your own life? A new job, a move to a new place, a new relationship?

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