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Book Review of Up at Butternut Lake (Butternut Lake, Bk 1)

Up at Butternut Lake (Butternut Lake, Bk 1)
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A wonderful summer read! This is the book you would take with you on vacation. It brings out all the nostalgia of summer. A log cabin, a lake, a boat, a thunderstorm or two and a romance. I am more of a mystery read person, but this book really grabbed me and didn't let up till the end.

The main character Allie, has lost her husband in Afghanistan, from running up on an IED. She has a young son and decides to move away from the home her son has ever known to a cabin by the lake that belongs to her deceased grandfather, a place called Butternut Lake. She comes to Butternut to get away from people, places and things. Longing for privacy and peace, but that is the last thing she gets.

The book is full of situations a lot of people face in life. One thing Allie has to learn is whether to hide away and let the world go on without her or should she leave the past behind and face the world, learn to live again.
I highly recommend this book. Just a real to life, honest to goodness great read!