Haven Lake

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New from the author of Beach Plum Island... A natural-born storyteller presents agripping story about grief, anger, and the healing power of love. Sydney Bishop hasn't returned to Haven Lake, her idyllic childhood home, since a pair of shocking, tragic deaths shattered her family when she was only sixteen. Now a child psychologist engaged to marry a successful surgeon, Sydney has worked hard to build a relationship with Dylan, her fiance's teenage son, so she feels nothing but empathy when he runs away-until she discovers that his hitchhiking journey has led him to Haven Lake and her mother Hannah's sheep farm. Sydney returns to Haven Lake for the first time in twenty years to coax the boy home. Against her daughter's wishes, Hannah offers to take Dylan in until he's ready to reveal his own troubling secrets.Now, for Dylan's sake as well as their own, Sydney and Hannah must confront the devastating events that tore them apart and answer the questions that still haunt their family-and the suspicious surrounding community-about what really caused two people to die on their farm those many years ago. CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED

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Robinson handles numerous plot threads deftly, alternating between her characters with finesse. Fans of Barbara Delinsky and Diane Chamberlain will enjoy this moving family drama. Booklist

A thoughtful, well-written novel that examines the bonds of family and loyalty in the midst of tragedy. . .The relationships in this story are multifaceted and deep, and readers are continually engaged as the layers are revealed. This is a poignant novel that leaves readers thinking. Four Stars.RT Book Reviews


Praise for Holly Robinsons Novels

Who and what make us who we really are In Robinsons luminous novel of buried secrets, she explores how the past can jump-start the future, how motherhood can be more than genetics, and why finding yourself sometimes depends on discovering the truth in others.Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow

Holly Robinson is a natural-born storyteller and her tale of three mismatched sisters and the lost brother they search for will keep you turning those pages as she quietly but deftly breaks your heart. I loved every single one of her characters and you will too; here is a novel to savor and share.Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of You Were Meant for Me

A story about love, loss, secrets, and finding out where were really supposed to be in our lives.Maddie Dawson, Author of The Stuff That Never Happened

[An] absorbing, big-hearted novel.Elizabeth Graver, author ofThe End of the Point

Robinson masterfully paints the portrait of a damaged family in the quake of a tragedy...This novel is a thoughtful exploration of the fragility, and the tenacity, of the ties that bind.T. Greenwood, author of Bodies of Water

Author Bio

Holly Robinson is an award-winning journalist whose work has frequently appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, and Huffington Post.She is the author of Beach Plum Island,The Wishing Hill, andamemoir,The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter.