Susanna S. (quilt938) reviewed on 2/21/2009 + 125 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

1st in Grace Valley trilogy. I enjoyed this book and compare it to the Mitford series by Jan Karon only with more drama going on. There's a secret romance that spans all 3 books before concluding. I compare it to the Mitford books in that there's a community and a LOT of characters are introduced -sometimes it's hard to keep them straight! But the problems are really big sometimes and deal with abuse, death, secrets. The main character is a female doctor who has returned to the small town in the valley, amongst drug growers, to help her father as the town's/community's only doctor. She meets an undercover DEA agent and pursues a secret romance. This book was fairly light on the romance thought possibly a tad descriptive for those who pretty much stick with christian romance/Debbie Macomber type reads. I'm used to more graphic (though I do read Macomber!)so I felt it was a tad light on the romance and seemed to be more along the lines of women's fiction. Also the romance does not conclude so if you really care about that aspect you'll probably want to continue the trilogy, which luckily you can now do since they were reprinted(I had to hit ebay and just about every used site for the 3rd when I was reading these a year or so ago!) A nice trilogy and this and the last were probably my favorites of the 3.

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