Author: Barbara Josselsohn
Series: Lake Summers #1
Published by: Forever on Dec. 14, 2021
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Source: Forever
Book Rating: 8/10
Lilac House has always been a source of comfort for Anna Harris. Though things will never be the same since her husband’s death, she knows the cottage, nestled in Lake Summers in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, will be the perfect place for her and her two children to build a new life.
The house is just as beautiful as Anna remembers, and soon she’s caught up in the rhythm of small-town life, helping her Aunt Hope run the little shop on Main Street and beginning to finally feel like herself again. Then she meets Aidan. Handsome, strong and quiet, he also knows what it’s like to lose someone. In each other they recognize something they’ve both been missing…and a spark of undeniable attraction.
But Aidan’s past holds a different set of complications. He’s hiding a secret about why he came to Lake Summers. And just as the Lilac House starts to feel like home, Anna learns something devastating about her husband’s death that will make her question everything she’s always known to be true.
Review:
Heartwarming, sweet, and uplifting!
The Lilac House is a heartfelt, tender story set in the idyllic Lake Summers that takes you into the life of Anna, a young mother of two juggling to come to grips with losing the love of her life, raising her children alone, and one last trip to the summer house to put the all the memories finally to rest, and Aidan, a young widower himself who has recently moved to this small, cosy town to keep his son and himself under the radar and away from the troubles waiting for him back in his hometown.
The prose is light and hopeful. The characters are lonely, helpful, and considerate. And the plot is a reflective, engaging tale about life, loss, love, marriage, parenthood, family, friendship, attraction, grief, happiness, community, self-discovery, mental illness, taking chances, new beginnings, and small-town living.
Overall, The Lilac House is a sentimental, charming, optimistic tale by Josselsohn that is definitely a lovely start to the Lake Summer series with its endearing characters and heartening storyline.
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Thank you to Forever & Grand Central Publishing for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Great review Zoe!
I wanted to do a review for her book The Lily Garden but missed that chance on that blog tour. I did a Q and A instead https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com/2021/07/02/author-qa-the-lily-garden-by-barbara-joselsohn-barbarajoss-chicklitcentral-bookouture-booksontour/