Hope's Crossing has come to an end. It's been a great series, and I have enjoyed reading it with Barb. After checking out what I thought head on over to Booker T's Farm and see what Barb thought.
Return to Hope’s Crossing this Christmas in New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne’s latest heartwarming story of matchmaking at the holidays!
Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her father’s firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker. The former pro baseball player is still healing from the physical and emotional scars after a plane crash left him a wheelchair-using single dad, and he’s determined not to let anyone breach his emotional defenses. Sage knows her work on Mason’s new home in Hope’s Crossing is her best work yet, and she won’t let her grumpy client prevent her from showcasing her work personally.
With Sage’s gift for taking broken things and making them better, the matchmaking talent of the quirky locals and a generous sprinkling of Christmas cheer, Mason doesn’t stand a chance against the power of this magical holiday season.
My Thoughts:
So, I am guessing that when this series originally ended in 2016 there was a couple of side characters that were teenagers that everyone wanted to see a story from and so RaeAnne Thayne came back to Hope's Crossing and gave them that story in 2022 and that is what we have here. So, it's kind of different that the others but still has that cozy feel you get from one of her books.
So the author put to romances in one story and gave it the POV treatment. So, we get different POV's and they alternate between Sage and Mason who are the main story and then we get Taryn who is struggling with wanting a romance with the guy who has been her best friend since they were teens.
So, in Hope's Crossing we know that Sage was the eldest daughter of one of the characters from a previous book and she has gone through a few things and I hate to give things away in case someone wants to read this series. She has gone to college and is not an architect and is working on a project in Hope's Crossing for a ex-baseball player, Mason. Mason was in an accident that killed his wife and he is in a wheelchair and has moved to Hope's Crossing with his young daughter looking for a fresh start.
Sage's passion is making homes for those that have any type of disability because of something that happened to her friend Tayrn back when they were younger. So, she loved putting together this home for Mason, but he doesn't want her to showcase his place on your channel (can't remember if it was like YouTube or something else). They bump heads over it a time or two and have some great banter and their romance was pretty good though at times I wanted to smack Mason.
Then there is Taryn who after an accident that happens in book one which I won't go into she has had a rough go of things, relearning a lot of things, walking, and even her speech at times. She was friends with Charlie, but after the accident they really became good friends and he has a heavy burden he carries because of the accident that still bothers him now. Taryn has been in love with Charlie for a long time and she feels like this is her last chance to change his mind about them or she will have to try and move on. I really wanted to smack Charlie a lot...lol.
Anyway, the two stories go together really well and I liked how the author went back and gave us follow up stories for Sage and Taryn as we get to know them well throughout the series.
4.25 stars
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