Home to Solace Lake

 Sometimes going home is the hardest thing to do.

About the Book: 

After Jerry Fields buried his mother twenty-two years ago, he cut all ties to the small town in Minnesota where he grew up. He swore he’d never return. But when his biological father, a man who never acknowledged him, leaves Jerry his entire estate, curiosity has him returning to Minnewasta. Why did Earl Rogers will him everything he owned when during his lifetime he didn’t give Jerry a minute of his time?

Denise Rogers wants to save the business that her deceased husband loved so much. But when her father-in-law Earl leaves all his property to his illegitimate son, saving the business gets much more complicated. Denise is determined to buy the property from Jerry Fields to keep it from being demolished and turned into condos. She wants to continue to run the business as a marine repair shop, knowing it's what her husband would have wanted. But events throw her plans into disarray, and she has to give up on her dream. Until Jerry offers to work with her over the summer to help her buy the property.

Jerry can’t stomach the idea of putting his half-brother’s widow out of a job and a home, so he decides to stay in Minnewasta to help her. At the end of the summer, Denise will purchase the property from him, and they’ll go their separate ways. But as they work together, their feelings for each other deepen into love, and they uncover long-held secrets that force Jerry to question everything he thought he knew about his parents. Can Jerry overcome past hurts and fears for a chance at love?

 

Our Review: It takes an honorable person to admit their mistakes, make amends, then work to ensure those mistakes don’t happen again. Jerry Fields and Denise Rogers are two honorable, honest people. Once again, author Jana Richards brings a vividness and honesty to her characters and story lines. All of us have made mistakes—some by accident, some by design—then regretted it. This prequel to the Love at Solace Lake series shows once again Richards’ talents for creating the human picture, then making it a fun read. Well done!  

 

Based on a scale of 1-5, Home to Solace Lake merits a 6.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews