Two Bloggers, One Series ~ Sweet Laurel Falls (Hope's Crossing #3)

 

Welcome back to Hope's Crossing! This is a contemporary romance that I Feel needs to be read in order so that you can get the full extent of the drama. 😊 Once you see what I have to say go on over to Booker T's Farm and see what Barb thought! 

Spring should bring renewal, but Maura McKnight-Parker cannot escape the past. Still reeling from the loss of one daughter, the former free spirit is thrown for a loop by the return of her older daughter, Sage, and the reappearance of her first love, Sage's father. Jackson Lange never knew his daughter—never even knew that he'd left the love of his life pregnant when he fled their small town—but he has never forgotten Maura.

Now they are all back, but Sage has her own secret, one that will test the fragile bonds of a reunited family. Thrown together by circumstances and dedicated to those they love, Maura and Jackson must learn to move forward and let go of the mistakes of their past for the bright future that awaits them and their friends in Hope's Crossing.

So in this third book it starts out at Christmas as Maura deal's with the first one without her youngest daughter and her oldest coming home from College. She is trying to make things feel like Christmas but emotions tumble out when Sade returns but with the father she didn't know about in toe. So it seems like it's a case of like father like daughter as Sade wants to be an architect and the father she never knew happened to be giving a lecture at her college. It didn't take long for a short chat between the two to figure out things. 

Let the drama begin as Maura who is dealing with a lot already must deal with Jackson, her childhood sweetheart who is happy to find out he has a daughter but not so happy with Maura for never telling him. So now they are both bouncing around old feelings while dealing with a lot of other emotions too. 

Jackson swore he would never come back to Hope's Crossing because of things his father did in regards to his mother, but now he is back and having to face his father. There are a lot of other side things happening, such as a new puppy, finding out who the angel of Hope's Crossing is and more. 

Overall, I did enjoy this but I think I am just not a huge fan of the I didn't tell him about his child thing. Sade is in college, I can't believe Maura still hadn't told her who her father was, just because she was holding a grudge. It just tempered my enjoyment of the story some times. I do think my favorite character in this was Harry the grumpy father of Jackson. 

I do think the series overall is great and if you like small town settings you will enjoy the series.

4 stars