Reviews: Chasing the Clouds Away (6)
“Can a Rich Man Marry a Poor Woman?”
(Hardback)
Chase Furst is impatiently waiting to pay for his newspaper so he can board his flight. However, a woman in front of him is chatting with the cashier which frustrates him. Finally, he asks for the number of the cashier’s supervisor so he can complain. She calmly gives it to him. The cashier and the woman are both surprised at his anger. Next, Chase learns that his flight has been delayed. To make matters worse, the woman chatting with the cashier sits opposite him saying she has been upgraded to first class. When they finally board, he is dismayed to find the woman sitting next to him. Oh, great.
Chase’s father has grown impatient with him to find a girlfriend and settle down so he has chosen someone for him - Astrid. One day, Chase will take over the Furst financial empire.
He tries to ignore the woman sitting next to him, Maisy, but then he blurts that he is going to make funeral arrangements for his mother. Maisy is shocked and sympathetic, but he says she was never a mother to him. Upon arrival, he learns his car has been cancelled and Maisy insists on driving him to the funeral home. When he offers to pay her, she refused and tells him to simply pay it forward one day.
Maisy had been training to be a nurse when she had to drop out to work at the family’s company, Gallagher Jewels after the sudden death of her father. The whole family is struggling to pay the bills and keep everyone going.
Back in Chicago, Chase is looking for ways he can pay it forward and the little things that he does gives him much pleasure. But he can’t stop thinking about Maisy and he wants to get to know her. Can he connect with her and could they possibly have a future together?
I liked this story but I have to admit that Maisy’s adamant refusal to let Chase help her and her family was way overdone. Pride is fine but not when you "cut your nose off to spite your face." But a nice book and one I’m sure readers will enjoy.
Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
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Chasing the Clouds Away
Fiction, General Fiction
Debbie Macomber (author)
Hardback Published on: 28/04/2026
Price: £22.99
