Carrie is a widow who is struggling to find her place in the world. Her life is being turned upside down now that her brother is getting married to one of the most incorrigible women Carrie has encountered. One day, she decides that she's had enough and moves to town. Now she's going to have to find a way to support herself. She's expected to marry a local bookseller, but when he marries a woman he hardly knows, Carrie is on her own again. Except a horse tamer has caught her eye...
Griff came from a prominent Southern family. Since the war has ended, he has broken ties with his family and lived his life as a free spirit. He stops in Hickory Ridge to collect a debt, but ends up feeling more connected to the small town than he ever could have imagined. He contemplates a different life, but what of his dreams to start a ranch in Australia?
This was a pretty good book, but it had a lot more depressing moments in it than I was expecting. It wasn't so much that it bothered my overall enjoyment, but I got to the point where I was wondering what could go wrong next. I guess you have to have ashes to make beauty from though, huh? I felt that the characters could have been a little more developed. I wished there had been more key interactions between Carrie and Griff. I would get to the end of a chapter looking for more continuation, but more times than not, there had been several days or weeks pass.
Overall, I did like the book, although I wasn't fond of her sister-in-law, even at the end. The final book in the series, Every Perfect Gift, is waiting on my Kindle and is about Sophie, a character we met in the first book. These are easily read alone and/or out of order without feeling like you've missed something. Good Book!
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