Harvest Moon by Denise Hunter

 Harvest Moon is book 3 in the Riverbend series by Denise Hunter. I could not wait to read Gavin's story when we were introduced to him in the first book in which he played a major part. In the first book he is a divorced man dating Katie. I wasn't too heartbroken that Katie chose Gavin's brother over him because I knew that he just had to get back with his wife. There was so much unresolved in that story. Laurel and Gavin dissolved their marriage after their three year old son died accidentally. In this story Gavin and Laurel must come together after a married couple they both knew died in an airplane crash. The couple has a two-year daughter. In their will the couple had name both Gavin and Laurel to raise their child if something happened to them. I loved how Laurel and Gavin put aside their differences to do what was best for the child. I loved it that they each admitted to their part in the demise of the marriage. Seems they both had daddy issues. Her daddy abandoned her when she was young and his father was just an abusive drunk. And I loved the happy ending! I'm a little sad that this is more than likely the last book in this series. Denise Hunter is my favorite Christian romance writer and I look forward to reading anything she writes in the future.

I received a complimentary copy of this e-book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury

The Baxters story is a prequel to all the other 30 plus novels Karen Kingsbury has written on the Baxter family. This is a good book to read to refresh your memory on the early days of the Baxter or for the new reader who may not want to read every single novel. In this book we see Kari getting married. Her mother, Elizabeth has reservations and rightly so. If you read the first book in the series you will find out why. Kari marries Tim Taylor when deep down she is still in love with her first love Ryan but she will not admit it. She broke up with him because she thinks he cheated on her. The story also focuses on Ashley Baxter who has come back from Parish pregnant by a married man. I loved how most of her fa
mily particularly her parents supported her and did not judge her. That's the way families should work.

Thanks for the publisher and Netgalley for providing me a digital copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.