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An Accidental Woman
Lake Henry, New Hampshire, is buzzing over the annual maple syrup harvest ... as well as the shocking revelation that long-time resident Heather Malone has been led away by the FBI, which claims the devoted stepmother and businesswoman fled the scene of a fatal accident in California years before. Poppy Blake, her best friend, is determined to prove Heather's innocence, while facing past mistakes of her own: she has never overcome her guilt from the snowmobile accident that killed her partner and left her paralyzed. Playing an unlikely role in both women's lives is investigative journalist Griffin Hughes, whose attraction to Poppy keeps him coming back to Lake Henry, even though he is secretly responsible for drawing the law closer to Heather. To redeem himself, Griffin sets out to solve the mystery surrounding Heather's predicament and becomes the key to freeing Poppy from her own regrets and showing her a rich new future.
501 pages, Trade Paperback
First published July 16, 2002
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About the author
Barbara Delinsky
307 books4,356 followersI was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. I took piano lessons and flute lessons. I took ballroom dancing lessons. I went to summer camp through my fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of my stories), then spent my sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served me better than all of my other high school courses combined). I earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. My husband was just starting law school. We needed the money.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
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December 2, 2008
I had never read Barbara Delinsky before finding this novel at the library. It had been recommended to me by one of the moms of the disabled kids I work with. I read it while home recovering from a bug- cuddled up on the couch, sipping my peppermint tea. So when a friend offered this copy to me to read and "pass on", I took her up on it to do just that, minus the read part!
There is a certain type of book that fills a niche in my life for when I want to be reading, but not working too hard at it. This was one of those "rainy day" kind of books. Simple, but thoughtful- not overly taxing on my brain or attention, but more than a simple love story. Apparently this is a revisiting of characters in another Delinsky novel, but it was able to stand alone for me.
A couple of things caught my attention and appreciation. I liked the author's attention to alerting the reader to some of the needs of a disabled person. I worked with disabled kids for years, and can tell you that things like wheelchair pushups (lifting yourself up off the seat of the wheelchair to help prevent pressure sores) are a very real way of life. I also liked learning about harvesting maple syrup- something we don't often do in South Carolina!
BTW- My mother read it, liked it, forgot she read it, re-read it, and still liked it (though it reminded her of another story...) : )
There is a certain type of book that fills a niche in my life for when I want to be reading, but not working too hard at it. This was one of those "rainy day" kind of books. Simple, but thoughtful- not overly taxing on my brain or attention, but more than a simple love story. Apparently this is a revisiting of characters in another Delinsky novel, but it was able to stand alone for me.
A couple of things caught my attention and appreciation. I liked the author's attention to alerting the reader to some of the needs of a disabled person. I worked with disabled kids for years, and can tell you that things like wheelchair pushups (lifting yourself up off the seat of the wheelchair to help prevent pressure sores) are a very real way of life. I also liked learning about harvesting maple syrup- something we don't often do in South Carolina!
BTW- My mother read it, liked it, forgot she read it, re-read it, and still liked it (though it reminded her of another story...) : )
July 24, 2010
This was a fairly well constructed book, but a bit too tame to be my cup of tea. We have a sweet love story of Poppy, who is a paraplegic due to an accident that left another dead, for which she had not forgiven herself. A writer fell for her, and Delinsky distracts us with a legal thriller subplot as their story unfolds.
I felt the subplot detracted from the theme of forgiveness, but I did like the description in that subplot of how maple sugar is now made. (I got the basics reading Little House in the Big Woods). The chemistry remains the same, but modern agriculture, sugarbush management, and the new technology for collecting sap are described.
I also liked Delinsky's device of having the hero acquire a blind cat who adopts the heroine. The cat's acceptance of its disability and its fearlessness in exploring its new environment and trying new things are used by the author to teach Poppy an object lesson, which I thought was great.
Also, Delinsky gave the subplot almost as much attention as the main plot, at times I wasn't sure which was primary. Another weakness of the book is that one needs to have read Lake News first. The secondary characters are introduced, described, and fully fleshed out in that book, in this one they are merely mentioned. We are not given enough to understand their motives in An Accidental Woman.
It seems as if the entire book and Lake News were one large book, and some editor chopped them into two. For best enjoyment, read them consecutively.
I felt the subplot detracted from the theme of forgiveness, but I did like the description in that subplot of how maple sugar is now made. (I got the basics reading Little House in the Big Woods). The chemistry remains the same, but modern agriculture, sugarbush management, and the new technology for collecting sap are described.
I also liked Delinsky's device of having the hero acquire a blind cat who adopts the heroine. The cat's acceptance of its disability and its fearlessness in exploring its new environment and trying new things are used by the author to teach Poppy an object lesson, which I thought was great.
Also, Delinsky gave the subplot almost as much attention as the main plot, at times I wasn't sure which was primary. Another weakness of the book is that one needs to have read Lake News first. The secondary characters are introduced, described, and fully fleshed out in that book, in this one they are merely mentioned. We are not given enough to understand their motives in An Accidental Woman.
It seems as if the entire book and Lake News were one large book, and some editor chopped them into two. For best enjoyment, read them consecutively.
July 6, 2017
The book jacket sounded interesting... though I had a suspicion the novel itself would read like a Lifetime Movie. I wasn't wrong in my assumption. Disabled girl needs love. Town Angel has secret identity & past. Small town must come together. Yep. Pretty standard formula. However, if you're looking for an easy one dimensional read in the formula of said Lifetime Movie, this book is for you! Or if you want to zip through a generic story with mediocre writing at best, while on a quick break from the heavy thought provoking novels you usually enjoy-- then this might work too.
November 19, 2007
In the middle of the night, the FBI appear at Heather Malone's home with an arrest warrant claiming she is actually a woman named Lisa Matlock. Lisa Matlock is wanted for a 15 year old murder.
The town of Lake Henry is shocked. Nice, gentle Heather could not possibly be this woman that they are talking about. But as people begin to question the assertions of the FBI, they also begin to question themselves. Nobody really knows much about Heather's life before she appeared in Lake Henry 14 years ago. Not Micah, the man that she's been living with for the past several years and with whom she's made a life and built a business. Not Poppy, the woman who counts herself as Heather's best friend.
...
This book is actually two stories in one. The main story is really Poppy & Griffin's love story. The secondary story is Heather's plight. As much as I liked this book (and I really did enjoy reading it) I only gave it three stars for several reasons:
1) Poppy and Griffin's story is a welcome continuation of what was begun in Delinsky's earlier story set in Lake Henry, "Lake News." As such it is gratifying to catch up with Poppy again and see that she gets her guy. But, as nice as it is to see these two get together, their story wasn't as compelling as Heather's story. And because it wasn't as compelling, I became a little impatient at their passages because I couldn't wait to get back and see what new revelations there were about Heather.
2) For all that Heather was a major catalyst to the story, that is all that she remained. She had no voice in this book. She was, for all intents and purposes, mute. She refused to talk about her past, and even when she did finally give Poppy a crumb, it was just three words and she mouthed it silently. I am sure that that was a conscious decision on Delinsky's part to keep Heather silent, so that we learned about her from other people. This worked really well for Delinsky in "Coast Road" where her heroine is in a coma and her family reflects on her life so that the only way the reader sees this pivotal character is through other characters eyes. Although I liked that technique in "Coast Road" I didn't like it so much here. I wanted the hear Heather.
3) Call me a sucker for the Hollywood ending, but I wanted more closure. Heather's story was such a good one with a boffo surprise and a great ending. But that was it. It ended. I wanted follow-up, I wanted closure. I still have questions about what happened after all is revealed...
I love Barbara Delinsky. She is really one of the best writers of contemporary, character driven fiction out there. And she's at her best when she's looking at the effect one person has on a whole community, as she did in "The Passions of Chelsea Kane." This was book was a good story. I think it would have been a great book if the Heather story had been the main focus and the Poppy story had been the secondary.
The town of Lake Henry is shocked. Nice, gentle Heather could not possibly be this woman that they are talking about. But as people begin to question the assertions of the FBI, they also begin to question themselves. Nobody really knows much about Heather's life before she appeared in Lake Henry 14 years ago. Not Micah, the man that she's been living with for the past several years and with whom she's made a life and built a business. Not Poppy, the woman who counts herself as Heather's best friend.
...
This book is actually two stories in one. The main story is really Poppy & Griffin's love story. The secondary story is Heather's plight. As much as I liked this book (and I really did enjoy reading it) I only gave it three stars for several reasons:
1) Poppy and Griffin's story is a welcome continuation of what was begun in Delinsky's earlier story set in Lake Henry, "Lake News." As such it is gratifying to catch up with Poppy again and see that she gets her guy. But, as nice as it is to see these two get together, their story wasn't as compelling as Heather's story. And because it wasn't as compelling, I became a little impatient at their passages because I couldn't wait to get back and see what new revelations there were about Heather.
2) For all that Heather was a major catalyst to the story, that is all that she remained. She had no voice in this book. She was, for all intents and purposes, mute. She refused to talk about her past, and even when she did finally give Poppy a crumb, it was just three words and she mouthed it silently. I am sure that that was a conscious decision on Delinsky's part to keep Heather silent, so that we learned about her from other people. This worked really well for Delinsky in "Coast Road" where her heroine is in a coma and her family reflects on her life so that the only way the reader sees this pivotal character is through other characters eyes. Although I liked that technique in "Coast Road" I didn't like it so much here. I wanted the hear Heather.
3) Call me a sucker for the Hollywood ending, but I wanted more closure. Heather's story was such a good one with a boffo surprise and a great ending. But that was it. It ended. I wanted follow-up, I wanted closure. I still have questions about what happened after all is revealed...
I love Barbara Delinsky. She is really one of the best writers of contemporary, character driven fiction out there. And she's at her best when she's looking at the effect one person has on a whole community, as she did in "The Passions of Chelsea Kane." This was book was a good story. I think it would have been a great book if the Heather story had been the main focus and the Poppy story had been the secondary.
May 1, 2014
One minute Michah, Heather and the girls are living a quiet life in Lake Henry getting ready for maple sugar season. The next, FBI are taking Heather away saying she is really someone named Lisa and she is wanted for murder. What??? Her friends Poppy and Griffin take it upon themselves to find the truth . And why won't Heather speak. Does she want to stay in prison. So many questions. So many secrets. Such a good, good read!!!!
December 19, 2022
not sure what it is with Barbara Delinsky lately, but every one of her books i pick up turns out to be very very good. insightful story, good characters, good lessons, easy to read, hard to put down, nice closure. i used to think maybe she was more fluff, so maybe my perspective in books has changed. not sure, but totally enjoyed this story and learned more than i needed to about maple sugar! nice pleasant read.
July 9, 2018
There was nothing wrong with this book but I just didn’t like it as well as some of the others. I was fascinated by how difficult the maple syrup business is. I loved the small town atmosphere of neighbor helping neighbor. The rest of the story seemed contrived.
April 26, 2020
Is it the coronavirus or something else? Maybe I am getting soft in my old age?
I loved this book. the characters and their motivations were well described. The setting made you see the location. The mystery was very believable. I had trouble putting it down.
It is set in an idyllic small town in upstate New Hampshire. It is early spring and Micah and Heather are preparing to process the Maple sap into syrup, when the FBI shows up with a warrant for Heather's arrest! Heather had been in town for 11 years, she fit in perfectly. She had been there when Poppy had a snowmobile accident which left her a paraplegic and her boyfriend dead. no one could see this coming...
I loved this book. the characters and their motivations were well described. The setting made you see the location. The mystery was very believable. I had trouble putting it down.
It is set in an idyllic small town in upstate New Hampshire. It is early spring and Micah and Heather are preparing to process the Maple sap into syrup, when the FBI shows up with a warrant for Heather's arrest! Heather had been in town for 11 years, she fit in perfectly. She had been there when Poppy had a snowmobile accident which left her a paraplegic and her boyfriend dead. no one could see this coming...
May 12, 2021
Forgiveness. That is what this read is about. There is pain. There is sadness. There is love. There is family. There are friends. Delinsky delivers a read that contains all of these things and a blind cat with a wonderful and loving personality. As the story unfolds there are many wonderful characters within a small town that knows how to stick together and support each other. Nice feel good read with a few bumps along the way.
April 27, 2010
Out of the many books I've read 'An Accidental Woman' is my favourite. Perhaps it's because I can relate to the main character. You can still understand the book without reading 'Lake News' but I would suggest you read both. I had read that 'Looking for Peton's Place was supposed to be Barbara's best novel. I still have to read it to find out.
January 31, 2009
Feel good story, set in the safe small rural community I'd love to find.
September 13, 2016
DNF @ p.g. 132
too slow paced for me. contemporary romance not my cup of tea :/
too slow paced for me. contemporary romance not my cup of tea :/
October 12, 2016
Gripping read, from start to finish!
June 17, 2022
I really enjoyed the community involved in this book and the one before, Lake News. I loved how they took care of their own, were wary of outsiders, but could be convinced to accept newcomers who wanted to be part of the "family." Both books dealt with a very sore subject with me: injustice. People falsely accused are victims of people with money, power, and loud mouths. I'm glad that the good people in these stories were able to overcome the voice of evil!
June 18, 2020
I’ve read a lot of terrible books recently, but this one might be the absolute worst.
March 9, 2023
Great read
This story is about how out of the blue life can throw you an obstacle of love, or tragedy and how we deal with it all. We find that dealing with the obstacle may bring other people into our lives to help us deal with the outcome. We are shown the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly we all have in ourselves. We realize that we are not weak when we let others in to help us, better yet, we find out how strong we are or can become.
This story is about how out of the blue life can throw you an obstacle of love, or tragedy and how we deal with it all. We find that dealing with the obstacle may bring other people into our lives to help us deal with the outcome. We are shown the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly we all have in ourselves. We realize that we are not weak when we let others in to help us, better yet, we find out how strong we are or can become.
January 31, 2012
Ah, typical Barbara Delinsky! Her books are such comfort reads to me, I always know that I'm going to enjoy the story no matter what the subject matter is. It's the way that she writes the development of her characters and their relationships with each other. I didn't connect with Micah quite as much as I did Poppy and Griffin, but I think this is because I wasn't entirely convinced by the way he rejected Heather from keeping secrets from him and then accepted her back so easily. Heather didn't have much character development of her own but was more of a catalyst for the events than how she dealt with her past. I wish there had been more about Cassie, as there seemed to be a lot of potential for a story about her and her husband their issues with her working too much. Perhaps some of this was covered in the previous book, Lake News, which I've yet to read as I'd forgotten that the books were linked. My only real complaint about this book would have to be that the Camille situation seemed to be revealed at the utmost convenient moment in the plot and that Thea took to Poppy a bit too easily, but perhaps that was natural for a teenage girl who is inquisitive about her past. Overall, another excellent saga from Barbara Delinsky. Whenever I read one of her books I wonder why I waited so long to read it! I must have at least ten of her books on my bookshelves so I'll have make an effort to read more of them this year. Perhaps one a month? 8/10
November 27, 2020
This book has been sitting on my shelf for years. I had never read the author before, and I was pleasantly surprised; I enjoy her writing style. The book was very descriptive, so I could easily picture the characters and even setting. I also enjoyed how there were a couple storylines going on at the same time. It’s very different than the books I normally read that focus on a main character. I rather like this style; it’s kind of like a TV drama where you are keeping track of different characters and their lives. I did have a little trouble picturing Poppy. I kept wanting to see her as one thing, not as a small, yet powerful force. I finally started picturing someone I know who is the same size with the same hairstyle and it helped me keep her image in check. I didn’t like her character so much at the start, but her growth and change was impressive and made for a sweet story. I hope to read more from this author. I was a little surprised at some of the bad reviews. I got the feeling that some female readers were expecting a steamier love story. Me, I enjoyed the mystery of Heather’s life, the sweetness of the relationship that developed between Griffin and Poppy, the two little girls, dealing with what happened, and what was described as a cute, picturesque little winter town where everyone knows each other and helps out their neighbors. It was pretty realistic and a nice change of pace.
June 30, 2017
When a book has characters named Poppy, Missy, Star, Cassie, Heather, Micah, and Griffin, it’s a safe bet that the plot is not meant to be literarily inspiring or substantive. A young woman who has ingratiated herself into a rural New England community is suddenly arrested by the FBI on suspicion of various capital crimes. As the community gradually acknowledges that it knew nothing of the woman’s past, doubt surrounding her previously believed flawless character arise and tension builds- or at least that seems to have been the author’s goal.
Billed as “tightly knit” and compelling, the book is neither. In fact it is a poorly edited romance that includes a protracted tutorial on maple sugar processing with an all-too predictable happily ever after ending. Truly trite, this novel is not worth readers' time.
Billed as “tightly knit” and compelling, the book is neither. In fact it is a poorly edited romance that includes a protracted tutorial on maple sugar processing with an all-too predictable happily ever after ending. Truly trite, this novel is not worth readers' time.
July 20, 2008
I thought the hero of the piece was nicely drawn. However, despite Ms. Delinski's avowal that she'd spent a lot of time researching life in a chair, as well as actually (gasp!) talking to wheeler women, the heroine (?) comes off as a big whiner.
It comes as no surprise that:
1) It's hard to use a wheelchair in the snow.
2) If you're a wheeler, you can bet that not even your best friends will live in a place accessible to you.
At least Delinski avoids the horrible cliche of the heroine walking again with no mobility aids.
What's truly odd about this book is that the first character we meet is charged with murder, thrown into jail, and the author spends very little of time dealing with that. And the jailbird's husband is hopelessly hard and obsessed with his work.
It comes as no surprise that:
1) It's hard to use a wheelchair in the snow.
2) If you're a wheeler, you can bet that not even your best friends will live in a place accessible to you.
At least Delinski avoids the horrible cliche of the heroine walking again with no mobility aids.
What's truly odd about this book is that the first character we meet is charged with murder, thrown into jail, and the author spends very little of time dealing with that. And the jailbird's husband is hopelessly hard and obsessed with his work.
March 24, 2015
Boring book! I get very frustrated and dissappointed when I read such a boring book. I have to try hard to grasp the storyline of this book. And I gave up....I just flipped through the pages until I reach the part why Heather is not telling Micah & her friends who she really is and what has happened to her. After knowing this, I can easily pitch the rest of the story together and close the book. End of story! No offence, I love Barbara Delinsky's books. This is not her first book that I have read. But this story is too draggy and too much information on the sugarbush trade and Poppy's cat. The synopsis sounds interesting, so I picked up this book in the first place. Well, anyway, I get to move on to another book now........
September 10, 2008
This book is a sequel to Lake News. Both feature "Lake Henry" NH, which seems to be a mix of Squam Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee, with the first novel set in summer, and this one in winter. While the plot is not terribly complex--innocent(?) woman accused for crimes from the past, truth outs--I simply love the setting and the characters. Ice fishing and snowmobiling? Check. Maple Sugaring? Check. Snowy conditions on the lake? Check. Feisty protagonist? Check. Imagining myself at the Winni-Derby...priceless.
January 10, 2009
One of the few books by Delinsky that I didn't care for too much. The characters were those from Lake News and it was too predictable and everyone ended up happy. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood for it, (as I've said before, usually that is why I read some of these, because I know things will turn out right), but this just seemed forced. The characters didn't need a second story, they were finished after the first book.
February 14, 2017
I'm afraid she lost me when Micah is standing in the sugarbush knowing he has two beautiful daughters that love everything about his business and he's lamenting for a son he doesn't have that could truly take over the business someday..and then continues his lame thought stream..even if the daughters marry..the son in laws could never truly understand the family connection to his business. duh! Teach Your daughters..they will be quite capable!!! Is this author always so sexist?
October 15, 2012
I read the first 20 pages and encountered a paralyzed character named “Poppy”, and thought “oh no, I’ve read a book before with this character and I didn’t like her”. I’d forgotten about the book Lake News, which I'd read and felt neutral about. This story took place in the same town. Sounds stupid, but I couldn’t cope with another book that included the irritating Poppy.
November 3, 2012
A woman is arrested for the murder of her boyfriend and the town realizes that they know nothing of her past. Her current lover runs a “sugar bush” operation and he and Heather’s friends work to find the truth. Chick lit fluff really but good for those times when you want a simple feel good kind of story with a happy ending.
June 9, 2008
This book started out well with an interesting story, but it fizzled pretty quickly. The dialog—including the inner dialog—was awful, and I didn’t have much interest in the main characters, none of whom were particularly believable.
May 16, 2009
Our of the blue a woman is arrested for a murder that took place many years ago. It gets kind of predictable.
June 11, 2015
This book did not seem as good as other Barbara Delinsky books I have read. Slow and repetitious at times.
July 12, 2014
"sappy" boring story with a lot of loose ends
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