Mulberry Hollow

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HUNTER, DENISE

MULBERRY HOLLOW

When a handsome handyman faces a medical emergency on the Appalachian trail, his sudden appearance in town challenges an ambitious doctor's plan to remain single for life.

Avery Robinson decided to be a physician after helplessly watching her other lose a battle with a terrible disease. Now at risk of developing the same illness, Avery guards her heart from love. She's driven to protect her loved ones as a workaholic doctor in the tiny mountain town of Riverbend Gap, North Carolina.

Contractor Wes Garrett is hiking the Appalachian trail, in memory of the man who died saving his life, when an illness racks his body. After an agonizing fifteen-mile hike to Avery's clinic, he collapses on her doorstep. He recovers to find himself in debt again -- but this time to a beautiful doctor.

When he decides to help her renovate a rundown carriage house, the obstacles to their attraction sprout like weeds -- starting with the woman waiting for Wes at the end of the trail. Will he be able to relinquish the debt he owes his best friend? And will Avery find the courage to risk everything for love?

This second book in Denise Hunter's popular Riverbend series explores what it might be like to live fearlessly and free. 

My Review:

Happy, achy sigh. Denise Hunter has such a wonderful/terrible way of messing with my heart when she writes a romance. I always come away feeling slightly discombobulated and giddy with relief because sometimes her happily ever afters don't seem achievable. :-)

While this is the second book in the Riverbend series it can easily be read as a standalone. I know because I chickened out of reading book one (love triangle involving brothers) but I was able to jump in here without any problem (and so much less angst! lol)

Love the way the romance develops. It feels like we have all the time in the world even though both Avery and Wes are on a tight timeline. From that harrowing first meet to the gradual shift from doctor/patient to friends to...what never can be....I was completely invested and on tenterhooks. And for those of you who know I am love triangle phobic, this one isn't quite that so it's all good. It comes close, but not really -- and that's all I can say without spoilers so you'll just have to read Mulberry Hollow to figure out what I mean.

Both Avery and Wes have personal demons to wrestle with before they can be open to a lasting relationship -- and those demons are monsters! Hunter really captures the emotional turmoil that provides the stumbling blocks to these two following through on their feelings. My heart is still bruised from all the pummelling.

A faith-filled inspirational romance with lots of heart.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for a paperback or ebook copy -- winner's choice

If you would like a chance to win a copy of  Mulberry Hollow, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday August 13 2022 . Offer open to International Readers. Good luck