An army veteran
reconnects with his extended family and falls in love with a woman who tightly
guards her heart.
In The Family Gathering, third in
the Sullivan's
Crossing series by Robyn Carr,
Dakota Jones returns to the States following an abrupt discharge from the U.S.
Army after 17 years of service. Coming off a heartrending love affair with a
Muslim woman he met in the Middle East and several years of wanderlust, Dakota
hopes to reconnect with his family, who have settled in Timberlake, Colo.
Dakota is warmly welcomed by his adult siblings in the tight-knit mountain
town, and several local women take a shine to him. However, he is instantly
smitten with Sidney, a smart and beautiful local bartender who protects her
privacy and a broken heart of her own. The two are generous, caring souls--and
deeply devoted to their respective families. But what will it take for Sidney
to drop her guard and let Dakota in? His siblings, too, face challenges.
Cal--oldest and a successful lawyer--and his doctor wife, Maggie, are new
parents. Sierra--youngest and a recovering alcoholic--fosters an abandoned
child with her sensitive firefighter beau, Connie.
Meanwhile, Sedona--the second child, visiting Timberlake from Denver--faces a
harrowing mental health crisis. This harkens back to the scars of the Joneses'
shared, shame-filled childhoods: their eccentric father suffered from untreated
schizophrenia and their powerless mother was no help. A well-drawn cast and an
intricately woven, romantic plot make for another engaging Jones family saga
that will lure new readers to the series and keep already established fans
eager for the next installment.
The
Family Gathering by Robyn CarrMira, $26.99, Hardcover, 9780778330769, 352 pages
Publication Date: April 17, 2018
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NOTE: This review is a reprint and is being posted with the permission of Shelf Awareness. To read this review on Shelf Awareness: Reader's Edition (May 11, 2018), link HERE