The new Gossamer Falls series has a great cast of characters introduced here in Never Fall Again. I loved the way Cal’s family took Landry and Eliza in as their own. They were brought in and shown love and care unlike anything they had ever experienced.
Landry and Cal both had emotional trauma from their pasts. Landry’s first marriage was not a good one and as her back story was slowly revealed, it was clear that she had suffered for many years both before and during that short marriage. Cal had a different sort of emotional baggage and had determined years ago to never fall for a woman with a child due to his prior experience. This man had a big heart, though, and even as he and Landry set out to be just friends, he was definitely falling for her. I loved the moment that he realized he had already fallen and was all in for making a future with Landry. It was so sweet.
There is suspense in this novel and it especially ramps up toward the end of the book. I even had a gasp out loud moment during one suspenseful scene. But what was especially beautiful about this novel was the relationships that Landry and Eliza developed with not only Cal, but with his whole family. There was also some romantic tension between a few of the side characters, which should make for future interesting stories.
I listened to the audio book version of this novel. The narrator is the same voice for the previous stories and I enjoyed listening to the audio book.
(4.5 stars)
ABOUT THE BOOK
Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. As the artist-in-residence, and with her pottery prized by The Haven’s guests, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently. She wants to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home to grow up in and hires former Marine Callum Shaw to handle the construction.
Cal grew up in Gossamer Falls and always knew he would someday join his family’s business. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. Landry is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. Landry has a daughter and a past. Cal has been down that road before and barely survived when the woman he loved left, taking her two sons with her. He can’t bear to lose like that again.
Before construction on the house can begin, Landry’s pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire. It soon becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger–but because of whom? But, after losing one relationship, he is hesitant to try again.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lynn H. Blackburn is the award-winning author of Unknown Threat, Malicious Intent, and Under Fire, as well as the Dive Team Investigations series. She loves writing swoon-worthy southern suspense because her childhood fantasy was to become a spy, but her grown-up reality is that she’s a huge chicken and would have been caught on her first mission. She prefers to live vicariously through her characters by putting them into terrifying situations while she’s sitting at home in her pajamas! She lives in Simpsonville, South Carolina, with her true love, Brian, and their three children.
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