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Painting Blue Water
Katherine Ross, a struggling artist-turned-successful-businesswoman, has a life many would envy. At only thirty-one years old, Katherine runs one of the top luxury real-estate firms in Manhattan, and she lives in a fabulous loft with her dreamy husband. That is, of course, until her marriage comes to a screeching halt, forcing Katherine to face the truths she’s been burying deep within her heart. She hasn’t been happy for a long time. And her life, while glamorous, is not the life she ever wanted. Fighting through the fog of her confusion and pain, Katherine makes the daring, or possibly insane, choice to start over somewhere new. She leaves her business, her friends, and the city behind, while she ventures alone to the mountains in hopes of rediscovering her artistic roots in a place surrounded by beauty, peace, and quiet. In the quaint town of Bluewater Lake, Katherine finds just what she is looking for—abundant natural beauty, almost too much quiet, and a collection of colorful locals. As she adapts to the slow pace of small town life, Katherine befriends the remarkable inn proprietor, Mr. Trust, and his granddaughter Ginger, a former starlet and scandal-ridden Manhattan socialite. Katherine even begins to build an exciting, albeit rocky, relationship with the ruggedly handsome, yet mysterious and standoffish, Will. And with time, Katherine discovers her passion for painting once again. But life in Bluewater isn’t as simple as it may seem, and when her art career suddenly begins to take off in this unlikely setting, Katherine finds herself torn between two worlds. Does she pursue her lifelong dream and become the world-famous artist she always wanted to be? Or does she open her heart to the possibility of new dreams and a life she never imagined?
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1 book6 followersPainting Blue Water is the debut novel for Leigh Fossan. A creative soul at heart, Leigh grew up with a paintbrush in her hand, and went on to study the arts in Florence, Italy. While abroad, Leigh was one of the few recipients of the Coluccio Salutati Award for Creative Writing. Today, Leigh is a professional artist and her paintings are collected around the world. She lives in Colorado with her artist husband, and their young daughter, who wants to be a scientist.
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October 27, 2018
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As a kid, she’d fallen in love with the mountains. She found them gloriously exotic—colossal piles of earth and trees reaching higher than the empire state building. She had imagined that the dinosaurs must be buried beneath them. That, of course, was the only way to explain their massive size.
Oh my God, are you going to turn into one of those mountain people who don’t shave their legs or armpits and who, like, hunt for their food?!
Scattered thoughts would dance in her head and team up with the heartburn, teasing her. She felt like she was on a long trip and forgot to pack something very important or like she was nearing the end of a crucial semester at school only to realize she had missed several classes and would fail her exams.
My Review:
Painting Blue Water was a slowly developed character-driven story of healing and personal growth. It was lavishly detailed with vibrant and evocatively described scenes that smoothly scrolled through my cranium as if my gray matter were a movie screen. The main character of Katherine was an anxious little bird with a trunk load of personal insecurities, an inability to speak up for herself, and an acid stomach as a bonus. Wishing to start her life anew and leave her humiliating failure of a marriage behind, she uproots herself across the country to a beautiful vacation spot that was a happy memory from her childhood, with the intent to hopefully find herself again and reawaken her love of painting. I have no artistic abilities whatsoever and envied Katherine’s talents, but more so, I coveted her ability to completely lose herself in her art. The cast of characters was large, endearing, and small-town quirky, but my favorite was not the main character of Katherine but Eli Trust, the spry and precious octogenarian inn owner. I adored him.
As a kid, she’d fallen in love with the mountains. She found them gloriously exotic—colossal piles of earth and trees reaching higher than the empire state building. She had imagined that the dinosaurs must be buried beneath them. That, of course, was the only way to explain their massive size.
Oh my God, are you going to turn into one of those mountain people who don’t shave their legs or armpits and who, like, hunt for their food?!
Scattered thoughts would dance in her head and team up with the heartburn, teasing her. She felt like she was on a long trip and forgot to pack something very important or like she was nearing the end of a crucial semester at school only to realize she had missed several classes and would fail her exams.
My Review:
Painting Blue Water was a slowly developed character-driven story of healing and personal growth. It was lavishly detailed with vibrant and evocatively described scenes that smoothly scrolled through my cranium as if my gray matter were a movie screen. The main character of Katherine was an anxious little bird with a trunk load of personal insecurities, an inability to speak up for herself, and an acid stomach as a bonus. Wishing to start her life anew and leave her humiliating failure of a marriage behind, she uproots herself across the country to a beautiful vacation spot that was a happy memory from her childhood, with the intent to hopefully find herself again and reawaken her love of painting. I have no artistic abilities whatsoever and envied Katherine’s talents, but more so, I coveted her ability to completely lose herself in her art. The cast of characters was large, endearing, and small-town quirky, but my favorite was not the main character of Katherine but Eli Trust, the spry and precious octogenarian inn owner. I adored him.
October 31, 2018
PAINTING BLUE WATER by Leigh Fossan, like its cover, is a work of pure art and I was immersed in this captivating tale from beginning to end.
Katherine Ross has a lucrative and successful career, a wonderful home in Manhattan, and a charming husband that most people adore, but as is often the case, looks can be deceiving. When her husband walks out on her, Katherine is forced to really take a look at her life and the shell it had become - a very unhappy relationship, a job that she enjoyed but one that had never been her dream, and a workaholic lifestyle that was the opposite of what she ever wanted. Determined to take back control, Katherine decides to leave everything she knows and move to Bluewater Lake, a quaint and beautiful town where she has fond childhood memories with her family. As Katherine begins to settle down and meet the residents of this quirky and welcoming town, she begins to paint again which had always been so special to her, and she even starts to feel something special with a certain handsome, albeit aloof, man. But can the rugged and breathtaking scenery help Katherine figure out who she really is and what she wants in her future or will the lure of her old life call her back to the city?
While I enjoyed the storyline, the drama, and the romance in PAINTING BLUE WATER by Leigh Fossan, it is the author's description of setting which really catapults this story into something more - the colours, the atmosphere, the picture that she paints is superb and really connects you to the story in a different way from other books. I adored all of the characters but I have to say there is a certain sprightly old age pensioner who thoroughly wormed his way into my heart and added that something extra to the community of Bluewater Lake.
Dealing with plenty of complex emotions and feelings of self-worth and self-belief, PAINTING BLUE WATER by Leigh Fossan has many layers to it and I highly recommend it to all contemporary fiction fans. I look forward to reading what comes next from this new author.
*I voluntarily reviewed this book from the tour organiser
Katherine Ross has a lucrative and successful career, a wonderful home in Manhattan, and a charming husband that most people adore, but as is often the case, looks can be deceiving. When her husband walks out on her, Katherine is forced to really take a look at her life and the shell it had become - a very unhappy relationship, a job that she enjoyed but one that had never been her dream, and a workaholic lifestyle that was the opposite of what she ever wanted. Determined to take back control, Katherine decides to leave everything she knows and move to Bluewater Lake, a quaint and beautiful town where she has fond childhood memories with her family. As Katherine begins to settle down and meet the residents of this quirky and welcoming town, she begins to paint again which had always been so special to her, and she even starts to feel something special with a certain handsome, albeit aloof, man. But can the rugged and breathtaking scenery help Katherine figure out who she really is and what she wants in her future or will the lure of her old life call her back to the city?
While I enjoyed the storyline, the drama, and the romance in PAINTING BLUE WATER by Leigh Fossan, it is the author's description of setting which really catapults this story into something more - the colours, the atmosphere, the picture that she paints is superb and really connects you to the story in a different way from other books. I adored all of the characters but I have to say there is a certain sprightly old age pensioner who thoroughly wormed his way into my heart and added that something extra to the community of Bluewater Lake.
Dealing with plenty of complex emotions and feelings of self-worth and self-belief, PAINTING BLUE WATER by Leigh Fossan has many layers to it and I highly recommend it to all contemporary fiction fans. I look forward to reading what comes next from this new author.
*I voluntarily reviewed this book from the tour organiser
October 21, 2018
This has such a gorgeous cover!! This is a book about moving on, starting over and embracing change. Katharine loses her marriage and decides she needs a change. She gets rid of everything and moves from New York to Colorado, where she finds her painting and love again. Along with some wonderful friends who are more like family.
November 1, 2018
From the cover, title and the blurb to the fact that this is the author's debut novel... I know I had to read it and I know I would love this book. And I was right! Leigh Fossan present us her first book with beauty in her writing style and strong and important subjects that are discussed and presented in this plot.
We have Katherine the main character... as we follow her life and learn about her past and dream we see that she has been hurt in the past and she's dealing with a lot of personal problems. So, she goes to Bluewater for a fresh start and a place to heal and grow. In this beautiful town Katherine meets a lot of people that also have past and have come there to escape or deal with that past.
This book has so amazing from all the characters and their interactions and all their stories that enriches the overall storyline, to the descriptions. Those interactions were fun to read about, you could met the characters and feel empathy or be curious. And it was great to see the development of the plot with the growth of the characters and their relationships. And Bluewater is a small-town, which meant I could relate to the dynamic, since I live in a small-town, it's something that is close to my heart.
Now... let me tell you about those descriptions. They gave the book a sense of reality. I could visualize and (almost) feel everything. They gave the setting of this novel truth and reality, they made us connect with the place and time. Besides, the author's abilities with the use of words gave made the description seemed like a beautiful and picturesque painting, which was perfect because of Katherine's connection with art.
I don't know much about art, unless we are talking about writing, but I enjoy admiring a painting or sculpture. And there is a connection to it, like I said before, and that was something I liked in the book too. Anyway, it was an aspect in the book that made it possible to really know Katherine, because she puts herself in her art and that's just beautiful.
It was an emotional book. It was about personal growth and change, about self-worth and self-belief, it was about a new start. It had romance and drama that gave the book a some good pillars to the plot and for the subjects to be talked about. The flow of the story was good and it captivated my attention from start to finish, so in an overall view, I loved the book.
From the romance to the dram, from the beautiful, colorful and captivating descriptions, to the atmosphere in this book... every single aspect that made this book special is a reason why Painting Blue Water is a book that I recommend.
[I want to thank Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources, and Leigh for the eCopy of this book and for allowing me to join in the fun and by being a part of the blog tour with my honest review of the book.]
We have Katherine the main character... as we follow her life and learn about her past and dream we see that she has been hurt in the past and she's dealing with a lot of personal problems. So, she goes to Bluewater for a fresh start and a place to heal and grow. In this beautiful town Katherine meets a lot of people that also have past and have come there to escape or deal with that past.
This book has so amazing from all the characters and their interactions and all their stories that enriches the overall storyline, to the descriptions. Those interactions were fun to read about, you could met the characters and feel empathy or be curious. And it was great to see the development of the plot with the growth of the characters and their relationships. And Bluewater is a small-town, which meant I could relate to the dynamic, since I live in a small-town, it's something that is close to my heart.
Now... let me tell you about those descriptions. They gave the book a sense of reality. I could visualize and (almost) feel everything. They gave the setting of this novel truth and reality, they made us connect with the place and time. Besides, the author's abilities with the use of words gave made the description seemed like a beautiful and picturesque painting, which was perfect because of Katherine's connection with art.
I don't know much about art, unless we are talking about writing, but I enjoy admiring a painting or sculpture. And there is a connection to it, like I said before, and that was something I liked in the book too. Anyway, it was an aspect in the book that made it possible to really know Katherine, because she puts herself in her art and that's just beautiful.
It was an emotional book. It was about personal growth and change, about self-worth and self-belief, it was about a new start. It had romance and drama that gave the book a some good pillars to the plot and for the subjects to be talked about. The flow of the story was good and it captivated my attention from start to finish, so in an overall view, I loved the book.
From the romance to the dram, from the beautiful, colorful and captivating descriptions, to the atmosphere in this book... every single aspect that made this book special is a reason why Painting Blue Water is a book that I recommend.
[I want to thank Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources, and Leigh for the eCopy of this book and for allowing me to join in the fun and by being a part of the blog tour with my honest review of the book.]
July 12, 2018
Painting Blue Water is a captivating and beautifully crafted novel. I instantly fell in love with the characters: the contemplative and artistic protagonist, Katherine; the grandfatherly Mr. Trust; the spunky BFF, Andi; the solemn and endearing love interest, Will, and everyone in between. These well-developed, realistic, and lovable characters truly made this book for me.
And, the artistic precision that Fossan employs to accurately paint a picture in the minds of her readers is remarkable. Fossan, being an artist herself, beautifully crafts deliciously color-saturated scenes. At times, I felt more like I was watching a film versus reading a novel. That’s how noteworthy Fossan’s use of color, sound, and setting development are. I felt as though I was standing right next to Bluewater Lake, breathing in the fresh Colorado mountain air, the breeze swirling through my hair, the sun beating down on my face. Fossan truly transports you to the town of Bluewater Lake with her vivid imagery.
As other reviewers have mentioned, I absolutely agree that it is a novel about a woman finding her true self – the “self” she always hoped to be, but had never quite realized. It’s about second chances and taking a leap of faith (or insanity) and seeing where she winds up. And, with this premise, it inspires a kind of hope in the reader that it’s never too late to start over and that it is never too late to chase after your dreams, however crazy they may seem.
It’s hard to believe Painting Blue Water is Fossan’s debut novel! I am very much so looking forward to reading more of her works in the future.
And, the artistic precision that Fossan employs to accurately paint a picture in the minds of her readers is remarkable. Fossan, being an artist herself, beautifully crafts deliciously color-saturated scenes. At times, I felt more like I was watching a film versus reading a novel. That’s how noteworthy Fossan’s use of color, sound, and setting development are. I felt as though I was standing right next to Bluewater Lake, breathing in the fresh Colorado mountain air, the breeze swirling through my hair, the sun beating down on my face. Fossan truly transports you to the town of Bluewater Lake with her vivid imagery.
As other reviewers have mentioned, I absolutely agree that it is a novel about a woman finding her true self – the “self” she always hoped to be, but had never quite realized. It’s about second chances and taking a leap of faith (or insanity) and seeing where she winds up. And, with this premise, it inspires a kind of hope in the reader that it’s never too late to start over and that it is never too late to chase after your dreams, however crazy they may seem.
It’s hard to believe Painting Blue Water is Fossan’s debut novel! I am very much so looking forward to reading more of her works in the future.
October 22, 2018
Painting Blue Water is a debut novel by Leigh Fossan. I'm going to start this review by saying, she has talent. She has better writing skills than some seasoned authors that I love. However, her weaknesses lie in her plot and character development.
This story opens with Katherine finally being left by her abusive husband and her feeling more than a little lost in her life. She finally decides to do what she's always dreamed of doing, leaves New York for a small town in Colorado called Bluewater Lake. The descriptions of everything in this book are beautiful. Perfect. Picturesque. But the love story built between Katherine and Will is superficial. They had few encounters. Few conversations. Few reasons developed to even believe they could be in love.
The artistic side of this story is wonderful. Perhaps that character development and romance was more difficult to build due to the story being written in third person. But whatever it was, I think another story by this author will be even better due to her shear writing ability alone.
This story opens with Katherine finally being left by her abusive husband and her feeling more than a little lost in her life. She finally decides to do what she's always dreamed of doing, leaves New York for a small town in Colorado called Bluewater Lake. The descriptions of everything in this book are beautiful. Perfect. Picturesque. But the love story built between Katherine and Will is superficial. They had few encounters. Few conversations. Few reasons developed to even believe they could be in love.
The artistic side of this story is wonderful. Perhaps that character development and romance was more difficult to build due to the story being written in third person. But whatever it was, I think another story by this author will be even better due to her shear writing ability alone.
October 30, 2018
*I received a free ARC of this book with thanks to the author and Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources blog tours. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
Painting Blue Water is wish fulfillment of the highest order.
Everyone in the novel is beautiful, kind and the very best at what they do: the best chef, artist, composer, actress or dress designer. Paintings going straight to the big museums like The Tate or The Met; music scores providing the backing track to the next big Spielberg film.
The settings too are lushly perfect, whether it is the urban bustle of the big city, or the rural splendour of the mountains and lakes. The writing is rich in colour, sounds, art, music, scents and yummy sounding food.
The main plotline features Katherine (our lovable artistic protagonist) losing her marriage and walking away from the life she had built in order to make a fresh, completely different start. There is romance a-plenty as, not just the main character, but some of her friends, finds a soulmate, with some stumbling over past baggage along the way. The relationship conflicts felt natural and reasonable, and the side characters are endearing, especially Mr Trust!
More wish fulfilment comes in the resolution of the story arc between Katherine and Michael. I don’t do spoilers so I will just leave that one there, and you’ll know what I mean when you get there!
Overall this was a lovely, lovely story. It read like one of those warm, comfy dreams where you win the lottery and the Man Booker, and Jason Momoa whisks you away to a cabin in the woods with Prosecco on tap, and… well, you get the idea! Like a hug and a cuppa on a cold day; your favourite comfort food, or a book you’ve read so many times you know it by heart, this novel will give you a happy glow that will last even after you’ve turned the last page.
Returning her attention to the painting from an appropriate distance, she imagined the sounds surrounding Monet as he worked on it.
A comforting quiet.
Not the uneasy quiet when something is wrong, or when a storm (literal or metaphorical) is about to strike, but the kind of quiet where all is well, and excessive sound is simply unnecessary. In her mind, the quiet of this valley was only occasionally interrupted by the song of a small bird or by the wind jostling the leaves of the trees, and those who listened very carefully might be lucky enough to hear the graceful roll of the stream dancing over smooth rocks, carrying the icy cold water from the mountain majesties above.
Katherine closed her eyes. Her life had become a distracted life full of noise. Not all of the noise was bad, but it simply never ceased. She feared one day she might wake up an old woman, still drowning in noise and searching for happiness.
She opened her eyes and smiled at her new favourite painting. Suddenly, she knew exactly what she needed to do.
– Leigh Fossan, Painting Blue Water
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
Painting Blue Water is wish fulfillment of the highest order.
Everyone in the novel is beautiful, kind and the very best at what they do: the best chef, artist, composer, actress or dress designer. Paintings going straight to the big museums like The Tate or The Met; music scores providing the backing track to the next big Spielberg film.
The settings too are lushly perfect, whether it is the urban bustle of the big city, or the rural splendour of the mountains and lakes. The writing is rich in colour, sounds, art, music, scents and yummy sounding food.
The main plotline features Katherine (our lovable artistic protagonist) losing her marriage and walking away from the life she had built in order to make a fresh, completely different start. There is romance a-plenty as, not just the main character, but some of her friends, finds a soulmate, with some stumbling over past baggage along the way. The relationship conflicts felt natural and reasonable, and the side characters are endearing, especially Mr Trust!
More wish fulfilment comes in the resolution of the story arc between Katherine and Michael. I don’t do spoilers so I will just leave that one there, and you’ll know what I mean when you get there!
Overall this was a lovely, lovely story. It read like one of those warm, comfy dreams where you win the lottery and the Man Booker, and Jason Momoa whisks you away to a cabin in the woods with Prosecco on tap, and… well, you get the idea! Like a hug and a cuppa on a cold day; your favourite comfort food, or a book you’ve read so many times you know it by heart, this novel will give you a happy glow that will last even after you’ve turned the last page.
Returning her attention to the painting from an appropriate distance, she imagined the sounds surrounding Monet as he worked on it.
A comforting quiet.
Not the uneasy quiet when something is wrong, or when a storm (literal or metaphorical) is about to strike, but the kind of quiet where all is well, and excessive sound is simply unnecessary. In her mind, the quiet of this valley was only occasionally interrupted by the song of a small bird or by the wind jostling the leaves of the trees, and those who listened very carefully might be lucky enough to hear the graceful roll of the stream dancing over smooth rocks, carrying the icy cold water from the mountain majesties above.
Katherine closed her eyes. Her life had become a distracted life full of noise. Not all of the noise was bad, but it simply never ceased. She feared one day she might wake up an old woman, still drowning in noise and searching for happiness.
She opened her eyes and smiled at her new favourite painting. Suddenly, she knew exactly what she needed to do.
– Leigh Fossan, Painting Blue Water
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
June 30, 2018
At the root of this novel, Painting Blue Water, is about the journey of one woman rediscovering herself. Katherine Ross tried to live the perfect New Yorker lifestyle; she had the prominent job, the handsome husband and a full social life. But inside she was miserable.
When fate intervenes and her husband files for a divorce, she is forced to face the decisions she has made in her life that brought her to this point. Most importantly, she gave up painting which was her entire life until her husband, at the time, convinced her to give it up.
Now that her life has been upended, she makes the brash decision to move to Blue Water to rekindle her love for nature and painting.
Fossan draws on her own innate talents as an artist to convey harmonious imagery as Katherine Ross paints the majestic scenery of her new home. Through her rekindled love of art, she not only finds herself again, but awakens a love she never thought she'd find with another person.
Each character that Fossan intertwines into this story has their own flaws that are magnified and eventually overcome through shared experiences and the fostering of growth.
My favorite supporting character was the starlet turned cafe owner, Ginger Trust. She immediately becomes Katherine's friend in Blue Water and is there to support her through her personal trials and eventual breakthrough.
I can't say enough about this book being an immediate sensual classic that will last ages. It encapsulates the grit of our common trials in life that we face in relationships and trying to establish our own self identity. Fossan is a magnificent author and this book speaks for itself.
I hope that you will read this book and tell many others about it.
When fate intervenes and her husband files for a divorce, she is forced to face the decisions she has made in her life that brought her to this point. Most importantly, she gave up painting which was her entire life until her husband, at the time, convinced her to give it up.
Now that her life has been upended, she makes the brash decision to move to Blue Water to rekindle her love for nature and painting.
Fossan draws on her own innate talents as an artist to convey harmonious imagery as Katherine Ross paints the majestic scenery of her new home. Through her rekindled love of art, she not only finds herself again, but awakens a love she never thought she'd find with another person.
Each character that Fossan intertwines into this story has their own flaws that are magnified and eventually overcome through shared experiences and the fostering of growth.
My favorite supporting character was the starlet turned cafe owner, Ginger Trust. She immediately becomes Katherine's friend in Blue Water and is there to support her through her personal trials and eventual breakthrough.
I can't say enough about this book being an immediate sensual classic that will last ages. It encapsulates the grit of our common trials in life that we face in relationships and trying to establish our own self identity. Fossan is a magnificent author and this book speaks for itself.
I hope that you will read this book and tell many others about it.
October 29, 2018
When Michael Kristoff told his wife, Katharine he was leaving her for someone else, it was a shock but not unexpected. With divorce papers following soon after her husband's departure, Katharine, a successful businesswoman decides it's time to re-evaluate her life in Manhattan after visiting her favourite place in New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shocking her friend and business partner, she moves to Bluewater Lake, Colorado; a place she visited as a child. On arrival, she instantly feels at home, surrounded by warm, friendly town-folk. Her new surroundings inspire her to begin painting again and along with it brings a resounding new release of life...
Mesmerizing. The narrative comes alive when the author describes Bluewater Lake. It is no surprise to learn Ms Fossan is an accomplished artist too. Capturing her love of art in the words she uses to describe Katharine's new surroundings and the landscape which ignites her passion for painting. I enjoyed visualising the dramatic scenery as Katharine makes peace with her past and meets someone as creative as herself. The vibrancy of natures colours shining through to create a warm, loving atmosphere for anyone who lives in this beautiful haven or just passing through.
While the plot is predictable, the strength of the writing comes from the protagonists and the secondary characters the author created along with a wonderful small town cosiness where you can relate to the people who live there. The ensemble of residents in this breathtakingly pretty town compliment the tentative relationship between Katharine and Will.
The words within this novel mirror the beautiful cover and as a début novel, Painting Blue Water is a captivating and heartfelt story about the power of friendships and taking control over your destiny to live life by your own rules.
***arc generously received courtesy of the publisher via Rachel's Random Resources***
Mesmerizing. The narrative comes alive when the author describes Bluewater Lake. It is no surprise to learn Ms Fossan is an accomplished artist too. Capturing her love of art in the words she uses to describe Katharine's new surroundings and the landscape which ignites her passion for painting. I enjoyed visualising the dramatic scenery as Katharine makes peace with her past and meets someone as creative as herself. The vibrancy of natures colours shining through to create a warm, loving atmosphere for anyone who lives in this beautiful haven or just passing through.
While the plot is predictable, the strength of the writing comes from the protagonists and the secondary characters the author created along with a wonderful small town cosiness where you can relate to the people who live there. The ensemble of residents in this breathtakingly pretty town compliment the tentative relationship between Katharine and Will.
The words within this novel mirror the beautiful cover and as a début novel, Painting Blue Water is a captivating and heartfelt story about the power of friendships and taking control over your destiny to live life by your own rules.
***arc generously received courtesy of the publisher via Rachel's Random Resources***
October 29, 2018
This is a beautifully crafted story about re-thinking life's choices and starting over. How many of us can say that they would choose to leave everything behind and start over somewhere else? It takes courage to actually go in search of a lost dream...
Leigh Fossan's writing is stunningly picturesque and realistic. Her descriptions enable the reader to envision the scenery and be transported to Blue Water Lake. The characters are lovable, funny and well-developed. The plot is captivating and kept me enthralled the whole way through.
It's a perfect read if you have a few hours to spare and would like to get lost in a romantic story about loss, love, friends, and hope - with a touch of inspiration.
I received a copy of this book as part of the blog tour, in exchange for an honest review.
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Leigh Fossan's writing is stunningly picturesque and realistic. Her descriptions enable the reader to envision the scenery and be transported to Blue Water Lake. The characters are lovable, funny and well-developed. The plot is captivating and kept me enthralled the whole way through.
It's a perfect read if you have a few hours to spare and would like to get lost in a romantic story about loss, love, friends, and hope - with a touch of inspiration.
I received a copy of this book as part of the blog tour, in exchange for an honest review.
TrendySimpleLife.blogspot.com
October 20, 2018
It was nice to take a serious reading break. The book flowed well, and the characters were loveable. It hurt to see so much pressure on male assurance.
June 27, 2018
This was the perfect summer beach read and I finished the book in less than two days. Truly captivating and lovable characters that make you think about what happiness truly means and how to find balance in life between the big city and the quiet, beauty of Colorado that everybody can relate to. I loved every minute and can't wait for more from this author.
October 8, 2023
What a wonderful story. Somewhat predictable but a sweet escape and quick read!! I really enjoyed it.
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