A friend spotted this romance novel at the library and
checked it out for me since it involved both a northern lake cottage and two
sisters, close but very different. It
reminded her of my family situation and I’ll let you guess which sister is the
control freak and which is the free spirit! It was a pleasant read and predictable in the
happily-ever-after manner of this genre, but well-written and with some
depth. I enjoyed it a lot. Practical and dependable Win, widowed at a
very young age, has retired to the family summer home on Butternut Lake to
teach at the local school and recover from the loss of her husband. Beautiful Poppy, just about homeless,
jobless, and with hardly any money to her name, shows up unexpectedly on Win’s
doorstep, driven there by a random stranger she has just met and imposed upon
for a ride. There is also a recently divorced
father of three children who has returned to Butternut Lake to gentrify and run
the local bait shop. But the reasons for
Poppy’s inability to settle down in life are darker than just a devil-may-care
personality. She begins to come to grips
with an assault as a teenager. As
expected, in the end, things work out. The book is one of a series set on Butternut
Lake and I can see packing another title for a summer vacation read. 336 pp.
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