About the Book
Learning To Love…Again
Idyllic Goose Harbor, Michigan, offers a
fresh start for broken-hearted Paige Windom. In addition to securing a
teaching job at the high school, she'll fulfill her dream of helping
at-risk teens in a nearby inner-city mentoring program. But Caleb Beck, a
handsome yet overprotective widower and the center's founder, doesn't
want Paige anywhere near the place. He's afraid she'll get hurt—just
like his late wife. Paige knows she can do a lot of good—for the kids
and Caleb himself. If only she can show him how to let go of his fear,
maybe they'll both find a way to reopen their wounded hearts.
Goose Harbor: Love is in big supply on the shores of Lake Michigan.
This book was released in August 2014
This was a loved library book that was reviewed
My Review
“The Widower's Second Chance” by
Jessica Keller is the first book in her “Goose
Harbor”
series and it was a wonderful start to the series. I really hope
that the future books are settled around Amy, Maggie and Shelby.
Those three young ladies really touched me even as the simple secondary
characters that they were.
This
is a story that deals with guilt and past hurts, hurts so deep that
they are almost crushing of the spirit. These hurts are different
for both Paige and Caleb and it is how they both react to those hurts
that makes these two so interesting.
Though each have been hurt in different ways, there is one common
thing they have which is the fear to trust and that fear holds
them back in so many ways.
It
is not often that I actually quote from the book, but there was a statement made that was so
beautiful that the image that was created, created such a warmth
within myself, that it will stick with me for sometime. The statement can be found on page 222, “[...] I
like to picture God as my dance partner leading me in all sorts of
new and fun steps. Sometimes I mess it up, but He's right there to
catch me in the midst of those stumbles.” I have always known God
is there for me, no matter what I do, but to think of this life as
one big dance with the greatest dance partner who will always catch
me when I fall is just another wonderful reminder that I am always
caught when I fall.
Paige
is a woman who frankly is a mess in the opening scene and that was so
refreshing for too many times the heroine or hero is well past the
point where they are that kind of a mess, but not this time. To watch her to work
through that pain to the point where she is at the end of the story
was so beautiful for she was a work in progress the entire story and
some of that progress was done subtly while some progress was forced out in the
open.
Caleb
is a man who is carrying the world on his shoulders it seems like and
because of that people treat him a certain way, that bothered him but
he wasn't sure how to change it. Caleb also was a typical stubborn
character for he didn't want to listen to those around him even when
what was said needed to be said until things got to the point where he was about to loose so much. Regardless of his flaws this is a
man who was so caring and only wanted to help and protect those who
he cares about.
There
is conflict within the story but in the end the conflict was actually
a benefit more than just helping Paige and Caleb to realize they are
meant for each other, but the conflicts (yes there are a couple going
on) are used to improve the characters and strengthen them. Truly
the story with all that was going on, was not overwhelming with just
interesting enough to keep me turning the page to see what was going
to happen.
I
hope all who read this book enjoy it as much as I did.
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