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Adventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson's mind when she moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life, she's struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith.

For new Moses Lake game warden Mart McClendon, finding a sense of purpose in life isn't an issue. He took the job to get out of southwest Texas and the constant reminders of a tragedy for which he can't forgive himself.

But when a little girl is seen with the town recluse, Mart and Andrea are drawn together in the search for her identity. The little girl offers them both a new chance at redemption and hope--and may bring them closer than either ever planned. ( )

I don't know where I got the recommendation to read this book. I liked Before We were Yours. But after reading the masterpiece of Everybody's Fool, its tough going. Slow. And I keep eyeing the stack of books from the library. But, I've committed up to page 150 and should finish it.

Okay ending. Predictable. ( )

A book that seemed like a true story, instead of a work of fiction. The characters and the town seemed very real. About people who had some tough problems to overcome and about how you shouldn't judge a person by their cover, because down deep, they could be doing the best they can with what they have. (I also liked the way the author took each chapter and gave you Andrea Henderson's side of the story and then in the next chapter you got Mart McClendon's view of things.)

Andrea has just moved to the sleepy little town of Moses Lake, Texas, to try to begin life over again with her 14 year old son after her husband left her for another woman. Game Warden Mart is also fairly new to the town, moving to try to forget a tragedy that occurred in his life with the loss of his brother and nephew. These two people will slowly end up working together when a mysterious little girl is seen with the town recluse. What is the background of this little girl and is she truly safe where she is living?

You will really get to know these folks and feel like you are in the town with them, cheering them on. I was fully in to this story and thought the author did a great job of ending this story and helped to resolve some difficult situations in these people's lives. ( )

Lisa Wingate is always good for an enjoyable read, and she doesn't disappoint with this romance that throws in a few elements of suspense. Andrea--a recently divorced mother who has moved beck to Moses lake to work as a Social Worker and live in her parents lake house with her son Dustin meets Mart--the local game warden who has some painful past secrets that he doesn't want to confront, at least not when the book starts. As Andrea and Mart get to know each other--they meet after Dustin gets picked up by Matt for horsing around with the wrong crowd out on the lake--they are intrigued by the mysterious appearances of a young girl who appears to be with the local recluse.
I enjoyed the community of Larkspur Cove, the suspense of what was going on with the little girl, and some aspects of Andrea and Mart and their relationship. The story was told in alternating points of view between the two of them. I felt that the author could have gone a little deeper with their characters (or maybe they were just being shallow in their own thoughts and avoiding their own issues). Andrea was dealing with a recent divorce where her husband (a minister) left her for another woman and Mart's beloved nephew had passed away in an accident that he blamed himself for. This set them up to be characters that needed a lot of emotional healing (which made me question the wisdom of them getting involved with each other) and while there is some growth and healing it was not gone into in depth. For fans of romance and romantic suspense who don't get into analyzing it too much this would be a wonderful read. ( )