This is the first book in "The Men of Halfway House" series and covers how that house began. Matt Doner just finished doing a five year stint in prison for insider trading when he decides to take the money his late aunt left him and renovate a dilapidated building into a place where recently paroled men can start a new life. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the skills needed nor the money to pay a team of workers to fix the place so he advertises for a handyman willing to work for less. Luckily for him, Julian Capeletti has those skills and is desperate enough to take the job. Over the course of a year, the reader is taken through the transformation of the house and the men, both of whom have issues with trust and suffer from deep wounds inflicted by family.
I really liked this book and its main characters. Matt and Julian come from extremely different backgrounds but find affection and acceptance with each other. The story was very well written and difficult to put down, so I can't wait to read the rest in the series. 202 pages.
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