Inn at Last Chance by Hope Ramsay

******  6stars                      This is one Amazing Book.

I think it is the best book Hope Ramsay has ever written and they are all very good.

So to the meat of this review.

This is Jenny's story.  A story of a woman coming into her own.

Making decisions to achieve her own goals and find her own peace and contentment.

Oh and Love......

Jenny has always put others needs above her own.

A first love that led her on and physical awakened her only to find out he was married.

 A hypercritical mother she nursed thru multiple sclerosis.

A Math Teacher by profession, Jenny's hidden yearning is to own her own Inn

 cooking and caring for people.

 Jenny buys an old rundown house just outside of Last Chance and brings it back to life.


Gabe is a tortured writer experiencing writers block.

He is also a man who spent his childhood summers with his Grandparents at that very house.

A house that witnessed the tragedy that took Gabe's older brother Luke's life.

He feels drawn to the house, and maneuvers Jenny into letting him stay there

before it officially opens so he can settle in and write his next book.

The story gallops along, and the twists and turns are interesting and eventful and kept me guessing.

I kept having to remind myself to breathe.

Bravo Hope Ramsay!

Thank-You for the opportunity to review this book.

Cheers

Hope Ramsay, Inspiration

Monday, April 21, 2014

Hope Ramsay, Thank You for the Inspiration

I was on Twitter today checking out my favourite authors to see what's new.  Hope Ramsay posted a link for her new book.  I felt a frisson of excitement.  I could, I would do this.  I could hear Yoda say "Do or Do Not There Is No Try".
I am a longtime battler of depression and I had a particularly difficult winter.  The darkness of winter in the Northern Hemisphere imposes an added level of severity to the depression I fight.
This year I also had personal losses and Grief to struggle thru..
I have a cousin, her daughter has survived some very trying times. A husband who fought ALS  and lost his battle after 2 years.  She hit a roadblock this winter and was unable to move forward.  When she called me in tears unable to cope, I invited her to my home some 2 thousand miles away from her home to comfort, support and share with her the coping strategies I have developed over years of battling depression.
My Cousin's Husband sent the 3 of us to Maui for 2 weeks to help us help ourselves and heal some of the open wounds.
The Sunshine and warm weather gave me a jump start on my cycle of  coping with the setbacks the darkness imposes.
Soooo back to Hope Ramsay's inspiration.  I read as a survival tool. I had started this book blog and then life and depression shut me down for a while.
I am going to read her book and revive this book blog.
I am hopeful the structure and accountability this will attach to my reading therapy will propel me to a new level of functioning.
Watch Out World I'm-a-comin' for ya!
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