Cora has inherited a broken down house that was once a bed and breakfast. The kicker is that she has to live in this house for one year and fix it up. Once the year is completed, she will own the house out-right and all expenses will be reimbursed. She remembers the house well as she spent quite a bit of her young years living there, but something happened that estranged her mother from her grandmother.
With a cast of characters filling out the story in this book, Cora learns what she needed to know about her mother and her mother's family. Each character seems to hold a piece of the puzzle Cora is trying to put together that makes up the tapestry of her life.
Holly Varni has taken some hidden circumstances and built a cohesive novel that grabs the reader's attention from the very first page. She has written about small town America, where each small town has its own colorful people. Every character in the book is a welcome addition to a well-rounded friend group.
On Moonberry Lake is a great read for a couple of lazy afternoons. It is engaging, compelling, surprising, and altogether interesting. I give it five stars, two thumbs up, and a restored B&B on a peaceful lake.
Revell Publishing provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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