Having
retired from the Chicago Police Department, Harry Bentley was lying low
with only one thing looming from his past: He’d blown the whistle
on a gang of rogue cops and was awaiting the day when Internal Affairs
would call him to testify and help put their leader, Lieutenant Matty
Fagan, behind bars.
His cover was working as a simple doorman in a highrise luxury apartment
building on Chicago’s lakefront. And then Gabby Fairbanks and her
husband, Philip, moved into the building’s penthouse. Gabby brought
home a dumpy old bag lady, got a job at the Manna House Women’s Shelter,
found her life falling apart, and managed somehow to entangle Harry Bentley
in the whole affair when she was faced with the dilemma of Where
Do I Go? (Neta's parallel novel to this story.) But there was
an upside. Through Gabby, Harry meets the classy Estelle Williams, a volunteer
at the shelter, and envisions a second chance at romance.
Harry also gets involved with the Yada Yada brothers—Josh Baxter
and his father Denny, Peter Douglas, Carl Hickman, Ben Garfield—who
provide a new circle of friends to replace his old CPD cohorts. But when
Harry discovers he has a grandson he didn’t know about, will he find
the faith to take on the boy as a “second chance” to be the
father he’d failed to be to his own son—even when the boy creates
new dangers in Harry’s fight against corruption, and may derail his
“second chance” at love?
Janelle Clare Schneider,
author and devoted Yada Yada Prayer Group fan says, “Harry Bentley's
Second Chance beautifully captures the flavor and style of the Yada
Yada books, yet gives a different perspective on these ladies we've come
to love. Though Harry's story alone is engrossing, it was an added layer
of delight to follow his journey as he met and came to know each of the
ladies and their husbands. I hope there are many more Yada Yada Brothers
novels to come!”
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Winner
of the 2009 IPA
Silver Medal Award for
Best Regional Fiction
