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Dream a Little Dream: A Funny Small Town Romance – Heartwarming Enemies to Lovers Story About a Widow Finding Love (Chicago Stars Book 4)
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
About this book
Rachel Stone has hit rock bottom. With a broken-down car, an empty bank account, and a young son in tow, she returns to the one place that holds nothing but resentment for her: the small town of Salvation, North Carolina. But beneath her scandalous reputation as the widow of a disgraced televangelist lies a fierce, protective mother ready to fight for her future. Her arrival on a mysterious property sparks an immediate clash with Gabe Bonner, a brooding, solitary man who has long ago walled off his heart.
What begins as a classic enemies to lovers confrontation quickly transforms into something far more supernatural. While this story is grounded in emotional depth and sharp, witty banter, it is a must-read for fans of shifter romance. The rugged, untamed energy of the Bonner brothers brings a primal, otherworldly intensity to the narrative, blending contemporary tension with the gritty allure of those who possess a hidden, animalistic edge.
This heartwarming journey explores how two broken souls can find redemption in the most unexpected places. If you are searching for a paranormal romance that balances laugh-out-loud humor with profound, soul-stirring passion, look no further. This is a masterclass in small-town chemistry where dreams, however unlikely, truly do come true.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B000FC11HY
Reader Reviews
July 22, 2019
I loved this book so much that I bought the paperback as soon as I finished the eBook. Truthfully, I read both books in the Bonner Brothers part of the Chicago Stars series over the weekend, about 750 pages of Susan Elizabeth Phillips goodness. Like Nobody's Baby But Mine, Dream a Little Dream is filled with everything I love. Wonderful family dynamics, fantastic dialogue and banter between characters, and an honest, real relationship. What stood out for me in this book was how well Phillips...
June 24, 2001
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of the best writers of contemporary romance as is amply proven by \"Dream a Little Dream\" . This is the story of Rachel Stone, the widow of a TV evangelist whose greed and hypocrisy continue to haunt their former home, Salvation, North Carolina. Rachel and her son Edward are truly destitute, and she returns to Salvation in search of some of her husband's ill-gotten gains. In order to conduct her search, she must outwit the current occupant of her former home,...
April 4, 2016
Review: It’s no secret that SEP has figured out a magic formula for her stories that coincides precisely with what I look for in a highly satisfying romance: top-class humour, off-the charts banter and sexual tension, quirky yet tough down-on-her-luck heroine, a great redeeming act of love with a topping of angst, and a reluctantly in love hero. This is also everything the current book offered, in loads. This time the emphasis, however, was on the angst (less so on the humour), which I don’t...
June 8, 2010
Dream a Little Dream is a book about Rachel Stone the widow of an embezzling televangelist and Gabe Bonner (brother of the Nobody's Baby but Mine hero Cal Bonner) who lost his wife and five year old son by a drunk driver. Rachel is at the end of her ropes when she arrives in Salvation NC, where she had once lived with her husband. She has nine dollars in her wallet and the car that she has been living in for a week just broke down on Gabe Bonners property. Gabe tries to force her to leave but...
January 21, 2014
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM is the fourth novel in Phillips' Chicago Stars series. It doesn't actually deal with the Chicago Stars team, but rather is a spin-off of NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM is the story of Gabe Bonner, the younger brother of Cal Bonner in NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE. Two years ago, Gabe suffered the loss of his beloved wife and son in a car crash. If not for his family, Gabe would have nothing to live for. He has abandoned everything in his life and is merely existing....
