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One Mountain Away

One Mountain Away, August 2012
by Emilie Richards

Harlequin
Featuring: Charlotte Hale
400 pages
ISBN: 0778313557
EAN: 9780778313557
Kindle: B00835TGLI
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"Facing a terminal illness forces Charlotte Hale to re-evaluate her life."

Fresh Fiction Review

One Mountain Away
Emilie Richards

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted August 12, 2012

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Emilie Richards has always had the ability to grab a reader's emotions and ONE MOUNTAIN AWAY definitely meets that standard. Charlotte Hale came from the mountains to Asheville as a young woman bent on making a life for herself. She planned her life meticulously and except for a few deviations carried out that plan. Her utter surety that she knew what was right for everyone around her alienated her husband and her daughter. She has a formidable reputation in business and at her church. Yet, she has very few friends. When she is diagnosed with an acute leukemia and the treatment puts her life at risk, Charlotte is encouraged to put her thoughts and feelings on paper. As she reluctantly starts keeping a journal, she sees that her life has taken a path that she didn't expect. Charlotte will start to reach out to those she left behind and to others with the goal of helping people out of situations similar to that which she grew up in. Keep a box of tissues handy when you read ONE MOUNTAIN AWAY. It is an emotional roller coaster as Charlotte explores everything that led her to where she is today and then evaluates what she can do to try and change the future of those she loves. There are moments of laughter, moments of tears and moments of empathy as we watch the characters alter their lives. ONE MOUNTAIN AWAY is an exceptional read but one that needs to be taken slowly or the emotion will be overwhelming.

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SUMMARY

With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, savvy real-estate developer. Her reputation is rock-solid...but her life is empty. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realizes that her ambition has almost destroyed her chance at happiness. So Charlotte vows to make amends, not simply with her considerable wealth, but by offering a hand instead of a handout. Putting in hours and energy instead of putting in an appearance. Opening her home and heart instead of her wallet. With each wrenching, exhilarating decision, Charlotte finds that climbing a new mountain-one built on friendship, love and forgiveness-will teach her what it truly means to build a legacy.


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