In Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where good people, powerful emotions, great humor and a healthy dose of common sense are the key ingredients to a happy life. Sullivan’s Crossing brings out the best in people. It’s a place you’ll want to visit again and again.Dr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado. It is a … again.
Dr. Leigh Culver loves practicing medicine in Timberlake, Colorado. It is a much-needed change of pace from her stressful life in Chicago. The only drawback is she misses her aunt Helen, the woman who raised her. But it’s time that Leigh has her independence, and she hopes the beauty of the Colorado wilderness will entice her aunt to visit often.
Helen Culver is an independent woman who lovingly raised her sister’s orphaned child. Now, with Leigh grown, it’s time for her to live life for herself. The retired teacher has become a successful mystery writer who loves to travel and intends to never experience winter again.
When Helen visits Leigh, she is surprised to find her niece still needs her, especially when it comes to sorting out her love life. But the biggest surprise comes when Leigh takes Helen out to Sullivan’s Crossing and Helen finds herself falling for the place and one special person. Helen and Leigh will each have to decide if they can open themselves up to love neither expected to find and seize the opportunity to live their best lives.
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Leigh Culver is a 34-year old doctor who left a successful city career in search of a higher quality of life in Timberlake, Colorado running the town clinic. It’s been a year and she’s settled in, now a part of the community. When widower and pub owner Rob Shandon shows up with one of his injured teenage sons in tow, it’s the beginning of a relationship that neither had anticipated nor like any other experienced before. Leigh was raised by her aunt Helen, a retired teacher and best-selling author, who’s now come for an extended visit and is spending lots of time on the porch at Sullivan’s Crossing with Sully, the owner of the campsite and store.
No one writes small town fiction like Carr. I know when I begin one of her books it’s going to be so satisfying and this one is no exception. This story doesn’t have lots of drama or one big moment, more like lots of interesting, heartwarming and sometimes challenging moments and events chronicling the natural evolution of two relationships. Interwoven in their romances are real life events that help you (and the characters) learn so much about them. Leigh and Rob’s romance was just lovely and I enjoyed how they worked through issues, even when they faced a pretty huge hurdle. Helen’s relationship with Sully was quite a surprise and I loved having a senior romance featured so prominently and not as a minor secondary storyline. They had their own considerations, issues and obstacles.
Obviously I loved this story for all the reasons already outlined. The strong sense of community and the extended family members from previous stories helped make this an exceptional reading experience. The characters are well designed and authentic, people you can imagine knowing and wanting to have as friends. It was great being back at Sullivan’s Crossing.
(I received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review)
Leigh has moved to Timberlake, Colorado to get away from the rat race of a Chicago ER. She has set up a small town practice and has settled in nicely. When love finally finds her, she is not as ready as she thinks!
Leigh is a hard working doctor and she has no intentions of getting involved in relationship. She has been burned before and she is just NOT INTERESTED. But life has a way of changing on you. She meets Rob. Leigh fights this relationship but their connection is just too strong. And to be honest…he is the perfect guy for her. These two (of course) make it work and make it work well!
I have read some serious books lately. I needed a good “fluff” book, or as some people call them “palate cleanser” books. Robyn Carr is one of my favorite go to authors for “fluff”. I have been a huge fan of Robyn Carr for years. She always creates the best characters inside some of the best towns. My favorite character in this book is Sully. Sully and Leigh’s Aunt Helen end up together. There could not be a more perfect pair on this earth than these two. I hope the next Sullivan’s Crossing book includes these two!
I received this novel from Harlequin-Mira via Netgalley for a honest review.
Excellent read! This is the story of family, whatever form that takes, second chances, moving on, taking risks, finding love! An excellent read. Robyn Carr tells a great story, and this series is among her best (although I haven’t read any of her books or series that I haven’t loved!) Highly recommenced!
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It was a great book!
I loved her Virgin River series.
The Sullivan Crossing series does not disappoint as well.
3 couples are about to embark on a new journey.
The author always give us characters that are so relatable.
You can’t help to wish that Sullivan cross did exist so that you could also live there.
It has all the ingredients that you need for a great book!
I can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Excellent addition to Robyn Carr booklist
I am a huge Robyn Carr fan. I’ve read all of her books (and she has written quite a number of them). Her Virgin River series is probably my favorite (and soon to be a series on Netflix in 2019 from what I understand). But her Sullivan’s Crossing series based in the Colorado Rockies is great fun too.
THE BEST OF US actually features three separate romances and I loved all of them, especially the two sets of non-teenage lovers. It’s amazing how as I get older I appreciate tales about love affairs with the participants over the age of 30 (and even over the age of 60). When you’re young you don’t want to imagine older people – like your PARENTS for example – still having a sex life. But guess what, they do.
I liked the characters, the setting, and the different storylines. Great, fun story.
I received this book from MIRA-Harper Collins through Edelweiss in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.
I cannot tell you how sweet it is to read about Sully finding romance. While he’s an older gentleman and has had many experiences in his life, he’s also been quite sheltered living in a rural area of Colorado. That gives his part of this story a somewhat innocent feel. I appreciate that Sully and Aunt Helen are so different yet seem to fit together like puzzle pieces.
Leigh and Rob also have a sort of innocence about them at first. Sure, they’re grown adults, but neither of them have had anything more than one long/serious relationship their whole life. But once they allow themselves to admit they want to try to date, the fireworks are there. Leigh has allowed a bad relationship experience when she was young color her social/dating life ever since. In part because she had never found the right guy for her, but also because she no longer trusted her judgment. As the relationship between Leigh and Rob heats up and get serious faster than either of them anticipated, she trusts that judgment less and less. This causes her to act in ways that really had me irritated with her, even getting to the point of disliking her attitude and her decision-making skills. I was afraid Aunt Helen would end up enabling her. The confrontation Leigh and Aunt Helen eventually have is probably the most emotionally taxing part of this whole book to me.
Speaking of emotionally taxing…the relationship between Rob’s son, Finn, and his girlfriend Maia is wrought with emotions. Not only did I feel for the couple and understand their actions, I could also understand Rob’s fear of where it was all going to lead. As much as he agrees that Maia is a wonderful girl, he still can’t help but want to make sure his son is not biting off more than he can chew. Or more than he’ll want to chew in the future.
I feel as if this series still has more story to tell. In other ways I feel like it’s come to a natural conclusion. If there is more story there, I’ll be here to read it!
** I received an ARC of this book courtesy of the Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in my review are my own and given freely. **
This review can also be found at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/the-best-of-us-arc-review/