Autumn Skies

 

I write this with a headache from not enough sleep and too many tears, both because of this book, the final book in the Bluebell Inn series.  Autumn Skies continues the story of Molly, Levi, and Grace who together own and run the Bluebell Inn.  Molly met her husband, Adam, before the Inn even opened.  Levi met his fiancee, Mia, when she came for her honeymoon without a husband to share the suite.  Now, Molly is at the front desk when Wyatt Jennings shows up to check in.  

Wyatt has been put on administrative leave for a month from his job as a Secret Service agent.  His attention hasn't been on his job and that could be dangerous to the people he is detailed to protect as well as hazardous to himself.  

There is a bit of predictability to this book, from the beginning the reader understands that Wyatt and Grace will be romantic protagonists.  But there is a bit more that is given away before the denouement--Wyatt and Grace have more connections than just an attraction.  Wyatt is the son of the governor who once owned the Inn as a summer home, so both Grace and Wyatt spent some time growing up there.  There is another connection between them that brings them together in a way that they never saw coming.  

I truly loved the characters in this book.  Denise Hunter has tied up every loose end in the series, made the Inn and its surroundings come to life, and brought the individuals populating the pages of the book to life.  They are true to life beings with foibles and and faults, as well as traits befitting the term "good people."  The plot, while holding elements of predictability, has a constant pace and enough intrigue to keep the reader involved all the way to the end of the book.  This is not only a five star book with two thumbs up and a suite at the Inn, but it is also a read worth the time to read.  

Thomas Nelson and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review.  All opinions expressed are my own.