Truth and Solace by Jana Richards

 The truth could destroy them. Or set them free.

 About the Book:  Maggie Lindquist left Solace Lake determined never to return. Circumstances have pulled her back and she’s helping to restore her family’s dilapidated fishing lodge. When she agreed to the plan. she didn’t expect to have to work side by side with the man who abandoned her ten years earlier. She didn’t expect to like him or want him ever again. But can she trust him as she once did?

Luke Carlsson rushes home to tend to his ailing mother. Her lengthy illness means he needs to stay, at least temporarily. And to stay, he needs to work. Solace Lake Lodge offers him a job and an opportunity to work with the woman he’s never stopped loving. But the restoration is unleashing secrets hidden for decades and no one is left unscathed. Especially not Maggie and Luke, whose love needs to be resilient enough to forgive, and strong enough to build a future together.

 Our Review: Secrets—past and present—which have cast a strong flavor throughout the Solace Lake series are finally revealed to all they have held captive. While the main point of endless family love and endurance always figure into this story, end of life issues also take a role and are handled with care and compassion. Jana Richards capacity for drawing out emotions is boundless.

 Based on a scale of 1-5, Truth and Solace earns a 7.

 Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews