The truth could destroy them. Or set them free.
Wild Women Authors focus on Truth and Solace – Book 3 of the Love at Solace Lake series by By Jana Richards
Maggie Lindquist left Solace Lake
determined never to return. Circumstances have pulled her back and she’s
helping to restore her family’s dilapidated fishing lodge. When she agreed to
the plan, she didn’t expect to have to work side by side with the man who
abandoned her ten years earlier. She didn’t expect to like him or want him ever
again. But can she trust him as she once did?
Luke Carlsson rushes home to tend to his
ailing mother. Her lengthy illness means he needs to stay, at least
temporarily. And to stay, he needs to work. Solace Lake Lodge offers him a job
and an opportunity to work with the woman he’s never stopped loving.
But the restoration is unleashing secrets
hidden for decades and no one is left unscathed. Especially not Maggie and
Luke, whose love needs to be resilient enough to forgive, and strong enough to
build a future together.
Luke gave the wrench a quarter turn to tighten the drainpipe before crawling out from beneath his grandmother’s kitchen sink. He turned the cold-water faucet on full and bent to see if the drain was still leaking. A steady stream of water told him he hadn’t fixed the problem.
He
turned off the tap. “Damn.”
“I
told you I could call the plumber. He lives right down the street.”
“I
can do this, Grandma.”
“I’m
sure you can,” Phyllis said with a nod. “But you don’t have to. You didn’t need
to clean out my garage either. This busy work of yours isn’t going to change
anything. Nothing will.”
He
wriggled his shoulders into the tight confines of the wet sink cabinet once
more. “I can’t sit around.”
“Your
mother says you haven’t been to see her in a couple of days.”
The
wrench slipped and clanked against the copper pipe. He had no answer for her.
The truth was he’d been hiding, either at the lodge or with chores at his
grandmother’s house. He couldn’t make himself go to her.
“I
know it hurts. I know you feel powerless because I feel that way myself. And
I’m angry, angrier than I’ve ever been in my life. I’m so angry that Abby is
leaving me that I want to spit. I want to hit someone. I want to break
something. It’s not supposed to be this way.”
Luke’s
heart thumped painfully in his chest. He didn’t want to hear about his
grandmother’s pain. His own grief tore at him like a wild animal, consuming him
piece by piece. He couldn’t deal with her grief as well. He fitted the wrench
carefully on the pipe once more.
“But
you know what, Luke? Every day I put on my big girl panties, and I suck it up to walk the two blocks to my
daughter’s house. I help her wash her hair
or take a bath, and I make tea and chat.
Whatever she needs. But I always make sure I share a laugh with her. Because
right now, it’s not about me and my suffering. It’s about Abby.”
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