Vancouver family mediator Kate O’Day adores her work in couple’s reconciliation, despite her own tragic history with relationships. If her current beau wasn’t getting too close for comfort, her life would be perfect.
With winter holidays fast approaching, Can Kate’s expertise and sensitivity save the latest young couple on the brink of divorce? She desperately needs this, her fiftieth case, to secure a prestigious career award.
She’s looking forward to the case, until her client’s lawyer walks in, and turns her world upside-down.
Kate’s unrequited college love Simon Sharpe brings back memories both bitter and sweet, triggering her traumatic past. Too bad he’s a married man raising a little girl with his glamorous but damaged wife, the woman he chose over Kate fifteen years ago.
Working alongside Simon to steer their feuding clients towards reconciliation is the hardest thing Kate’s ever done. Every encounter opens old wounds she thought long healed.
When the case takes a disastrous turn for the worse, Kate must choose between protecting her career, the only thing that’s made her feel whole, and the relationship that tore her apart.
Will Kate risk everything she’s built for the one thing she always wanted most? Or is she headed for disaster and heartbreak?
Be Mine This Time was previously published as Reconcilable Differences.
REVIEWS & PRAISE
“This is a highly engaging story about a mediator who finds herself unwittingly – and unwillingly – working alongside an ex-lover as she tries to help a young married couple avoid divorce. The character’s are interesting, and the scenes and emotions are so well-described I found myself hyperventilating along with the main character at times! Women’s fiction at its best. Glad to see this is the first book in a series!”
DL Barker, Author of Mother Teresa’s Advice for Jilted Lovers
“I was looking for a new book to read. I wasn’t looking for one that I would have to finish so quickly though. I got so wrapped up in the characters and their stories that I could not put it down.”
D.B. Whybrew
“Good romance… What a wonderful, sweet romance. Kate’s history is so real, you’ll be able to feel her happiness and her pain. Simon is so sweet and patient. I’ll not tell you more, just grab this book and enjoy!”
R. Hickman
“Great read! I could not put this book down! Normally not my kind of story, but once I started reading it, I was HOOKED.”
Andrew Charles, Author of The Banks of the Lake: The Banks Family Saga
“What a journey! This book is so rich with insightful material that I felt like I was sitting at a therapist’s session. Great book with a different methodology that contains a very concise view of the way couples can heal themselves and their relationship. This all is inserted into a good plot to make it a much richer storyline.”
Amazon Customer, 5 Star Reviewer
“I enjoyed this book as it has a really enjoyable story that just pulls you in and you can’t put it down. I loved the characters, Simon & Kate, who are well written and likeable and have great chemistry and interaction. They really kept me engrossed in their story. This is an Entertaining, Emotional, Must Read Second Chance Romance that I would definitely recommend to anyone.”
K. Galloway, Amazon 5 star review
“Clarke Scott manages to give us a modern day career woman who is talented, capable and strong, yet allows her to explore the wounds of her past and all the emotions and insecurity that these bring up. It’s wonderful to watch this heroine blossom as she pushes herself to confront the skeletons in the closet in order to grow and heal a little more, and move closer to the love that she deserves.”
Michel Fogal, Author of the West Coast Boys series
