Rissa Mathews' world was the skies and she loved to fly,
but the traumatic death of her husband in a car accident
and its devastating impact on her young teenage daughter
had her world spiraling out of control. Out of a job, in
debt, living in a small cabin in her cousin Maura's ranch
in North Star, Montana, with her fourteen year old
daughter, Skylar, who had turned gothic black and was in
trouble at her new school, could things get much worse.
Oh, yes, the flashing red lights of the police car behind
her indicated it just did.
Good thing the handsome Sheriff Jonas Taggert let her off
with a warning, as he would soon need to beg a big favour
from her. A single father since his wife had run off on
him, he wasn't sure how to handle his young teenage
daughter's blossoming into a young woman. So, he asks Rissa
to go and check on Caroline while she is buying her first
bra to make sure everything worked out okay for her. While
that was nicely managed, Rissa had much greater
difficulties when he warned her to keep Skylar away from
Caroline as she was considered to be a bad influence and
constantly in trouble at school. Yet, Rissa saw the
growing friendship between the two girls as the only
lifeline that was saving Skylar from the lingering impact
of her father's death and her total personality change. As
their daughters' world helped pull them into a growing
friendship and love for each other, could Jonas ever give
Rissa the green light when he was so prejudiced against
Skylar?
Kay Stockham has really hit her stride in developing this
riveting story of love, single parents and family
relationships. All her characters are realistically
depicted with deep motivations that both draw and repel
the people they so desperately want to love. It is a
fascinating read and the various subplots are masterfully
interwoven to add tension and hint at deeper wounds that
only love can surface and heal. Enjoy this heartwarming
and gusty story!
North Star, Montana, sure isn't the big city. And that's
fine with Rissa Mathews—but not with her daughter. Fourteen-
year-old Skylar refuses to fit in. To Rissa's relief,
though, Skylar finally makes a friend, Caroline, the
daughter of Sheriff Jonas Taggert.
But Jonas isn't completely happy about the newest additions
to his town. Truth is, the mother he likes; the daughter he
may have to arrest. Which means his second chance at a
family could be over before it begins.
Life as a single parent can be stormy—whether you're a mom
or a dad—but thanks to Jonas, Rissa might be seeing blue
skies again.
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