Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Gallery Books, 2014
Pages: 544
Rating: Do Not Recommend
Synopsis: Barbara Delinsky brings back Poppy Blake, from her stunning New York Times bestseller Lake News, in this deeply moving novel of life's second chances and the accidents of fate that can set us free....
Lake Henry, New Hampshire, is buzzing over the annual maple syrup harvest--as well as the shocking revelation that longtime resident Heather Malone has been led away by the FBI, which claims the devoted stepmother and businesswoman fled the scene of a fatal accident in California years before. Poppy Blake, her best friend, is determined to prove Heather's innocence, while facing past mistakes of her own: she has never overcome her guilt from the snowmobile accident that killed her partner and left her paralyzed. Playing an unlikely role in both women's lives is investigative journalist Griffin Hughes, whose attraction to Poppy keeps him coming back to Lake Henry, even though he is secretly responsible for drawing the law closer to Heather. To redeem himself, Griffin sets out to solve the mystery surrounding Heather and becomes the key to freeing Poppy from her own regrets and showing her a rich new future.
Review: I'm used to getting sucked into Barbara Delinsky's novels from the first page, and that just didn't happen with this particular book. I stuck with it because I do like this author, but I don't know that I really ever became immersed in, or a part of, Lake Henry.
It wasn't awful so I feel bad giving it a "Do Not Recommend" rating, but there are so many better stories out there, even by this author.
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