Falling Into Us by Denise Hunter: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions on my own. 

The Book

She only meant to drop off a letter. She found a family instead.

Gabby Donaldson's late mother left her with one final task: deliver a letter to her estranged mother. Once Gabby fulfills her mom's deathbed promise, she'll leave behind the grandmother she never knew and return to her carefully constructed life in the city. With a fulfilling career as a jewelry designer, she's convinced she doesn't need roots to feel whole.

But locating Rosemary proves more complicated than expected. And when journalist--and single dad--Mason Morrison offers help in exchange for telling her story, Gabby agrees. The arrangement seems simple enough: he gets the human-interest piece that could be his big break, and she gets to fulfill her mother's final wish.

What neither anticipates is how quickly professional boundaries blur. As Gabby is drawn into Mason's world--and the life he's built with his precocious twelve-year-old daughter--Gibson begins to feel less like a stopover and more like home.

Yet the past has a way of complicating the present. If Gabby uncovers the truth about her family, will it free her to move forward--or make leaving impossible? And when the story is finally written, will she return to the life she planned . . . or risk falling into one she never saw coming?

The Author 

Denise Hunter is the internationally-published bestselling author of more than forty novels, three of which have been adapted into Hallmark movies. She has appeared on the The 700 Club and been featured in Southern Living and Woman's World.

Denise writes heartwarming, small-town love stories, peopled with layered characters who have real-life issues. Her readers enjoy the vicarious thrill of falling in love and the promise of a happily-ever-after sigh as they savor the final pages of her books.

In 1996, inspired by the death of her grandfather, Denise began her first book, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she's been writing ever since. Her husband says he inspires all her romantic stories, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too!

When Denise isn't orchestrating love lives on the written page, she enjoys traveling, drinking chai lattes, hiking, and playing drums. Denise makes her home in Indiana where she and her husband raised three boys and are currently enjoying an empty nest and four beautiful grandchildren.

You can learn more about Denise through her website.

Book Review

Denise Hunter is one of those authors whose books are an auto-read for me. I know each time I pick one up that I am in for a romance that is going to take me through all the emotions... in the very best way possible. This one was certainly no exception. Mason and Gabby got off to a bit of a rough start, but as they work together to find the grandmother she has never met, it doesn't take long for sparks to fly. Both of these characters had experienced loss in their lives that had affected them greatly, him with his late wife and her with her mother, and I loved the sense of healing this story brought for both. With family secrets to be uncovered and unexpected twists, this story kept me intrigued to the end. It was a great blend of romance, a sense of family and a hint of mystery as well. If you're looking for a heartfelt romance that feels like coming home, this is certainly one to check out. 

Falling Into Us is a Christian romance with kisses only and no language. 


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