Saturday, August 4, 2018

Hope Harbor

GIVEAWAY
HANNON, IRENE
HOPE HARBOR

Come home to Hope Harbor--where hearts heal . . . and love blooms. Tracy Campbell never wanted to leave Hope Harbor, Oregon, or the idyllic three-generation cranberry farm where she grew up. But life--and love--altered her plans. Now she's home again--with a floundering farm to run . . . a tragic secret . . . and a wounded heart. Romance is not on her agenda. Nor is it on Michael Hunter's. The visitor from Chicago has daunting secrets and devastating regrets of his own. But when Tracy recruits him to help with a project that is close to her heart, winds of change begin to sweep through Hope Harbor, bringing healing, hope, and love to countless lives--including their own.

My Review:

First published in 2015
This was a re-read for me and such an amazing book that I thought it would be worth re-posting my review and doing another giveaway...because y'all really need to read this book! (and this series).

So much more than a love story. In fact, I'd consider it the perfect example of the ultimate love story -- the one we each share with God. Honestly, I was moved to tears quite a few times during my reading experience. And even now, as I write this review I'm getting all teary eyed. How to convey why? Let me try to explain.

Told from multiple viewpoints, this is more than just Tracy and Michael's 'winds of change' story. Diverse characters, all harboring pain from regrets they can't seem to overcome, have important roles to play. Hannon does an incredible job of weaving their stories together, expertly building them into a crescendo of a climax that left me sobbing. The author's brilliance is evidenced by the way each character's story intersects. Story threads merge and blend and become something so much bigger than each individual triumph. I found it totally moving.

The inspirational thread is strong but not overbearing. It flows as a natural extension of characters who strive for relationship with their Heavenly Father. And there's this one character, Charley, who is pivotal to the whole plot though he really takes a backseat in the overall scheme of things. But I have my suspicions about Charley which has me grinning from ear to ear.

Hope Harbor dishes out hope and healing, not just to the characters within its pages, but to the readers on the outside looking in. Definitely one for the keeper shelf.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY

If you would like an opportunity to win a copy of Hope Harbor please leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you post a comment and add your email address, please use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in the address to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email please remember to put the title in the subject line so that it's easy for me to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Sunday August 5 2018. Offer open to international readers. Good luck!

23 comments:

  1. It sounds like I need to read this book. mauback55 at gmail dot com

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    1. Yes, you definitely do! Good luck, Melanie.

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  2. I love Irene Hannon's books! KAV, thank you for the great review and the chance to win a copy.
    psalm103and138atgmaildotcom

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  3. I have to check out her contemporary romances, as I had mentioned after recently reading your review of another excellent book of hers. Running far behind here.....Thanks!

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    1. This one is the first in the Hope Harbor series -- the one I reviewed a couple of weeks ago was the fourth (Pelican Point). They just keep getting better! I LOVE Hope Harbor and its unique citizens, human and otherwise. :-) I'm re-reading the whole series just because...and I don't do that very often. Hope you get a chance to sample some of Irene Hannon's contemporary romances soon. Good luck, CC.

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  4. Love when more than character is telling a story. cheetahthecat1986ATgmailDOTcom

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    1. And this one is so well done. Good luck, Kim.

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  5. I like that this story is told from different POVs. I find that that always makes for an interesting read. And that cover is so pretty.
    turtle6422(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. And there are so many interesting characters in this novel! Good luck, Jana Leah.

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  6. I never re-read books, but I think I could Irene's.....they are soooo good!

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    1. I don't either -- so many new books coming out all the time but sometimes you get a special book that is a thrill to read again.

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  7. Your review has me wanting to read this. Thank you for the chance.
    leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com

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  8. I really love reading books by Irene Hannon. I would love to add this to my collection.

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    1. She a keeper shelf author for sure. Good luck, Paula.

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  10. I love that cover!

    rosebudsinjune at gmail dot com

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  11. Sounds like a very emotional read. Include me, please, Kav!

    ckbarker at gmail dot com

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  12. Weirdly enough I love to Read Ugly Cry books.
    Thank you for sharing this with us and for the chance to win a copy 💟🐝🌼
    iamabho AT gmail DOT com

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  13. Good luck, Deborah, Cheryl and Linda.

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  14. Thanks for the review. I love Irene Hannon's books. This one sounds like a great one. Thanks for the chance to win.
    whthomas13 at yahoo dot com

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  15. I read this one a couple of years ago and loved it. It's really a heart-tugger.

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