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I love this series. I love how each book spotlights one of the men and pairs each of them with a strong woman. I especially love the characters who are central to each of the stories - Addie Pearl and my absolute favorite, Bailey - all of our lives would be richer with those two in them. I do have a word of warning, however. Do not read the last few chapters on a commuter train if you have a tendency to cry at particularly emotional scenes. I totally recommend this and all of the Blue Hollow Falls novels.


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Lavender Blue Blue Hollow Falls Donna Kauffman 9781420145496 Books Reviews

It seems this is the third book in the Blue Hollow Falls series about an small mountain town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I had not read either of the previous books so I can honestly say this is a standalone. However, I will also admit that there is good possibility that I will go back and read the first 2. Hannah and three other friends have bought an old house in Blue Hollow Falls and are opening a lavender store with a tea room. These four women have become friends because they have all lost someone close to them and met in a grief counseling group. Each has come to terms with their loss (mostly) and now are living together and starting this venture. The Romance revolves around Hannah and Will, a stonemason who is repairing their old house. This book’s theme of loss is consistent throughout the book and what makes it a good and meaningful read. Hannah and Will realize they have both suffered loss, and between them, they develop a loving relationship. Will has a teenage son who plays a prominent role in this book, and between Jake and his friend, Bailey, I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent with them. A nice contemporary read that has all the feels. The “heat quotient” was mild to moderate, so if you love a good small town story, and I am a sucker for them, this is a very good read!
Since Wilson McCall appeared in the first book of this series, I have been dying to know his story. He obviously had some major stuff going on, but he definitely wasn't talking about it. Then he had an unexpectedly emotional reaction to Jake's learning to play the fiddle in Bluestone and Vine. That just broke my heart for Will, and I was thrilled for him to get his HEA.
The path to that HEA is very emotional. I didn't even try to count the number of times I had to wipe tears from my eyes in order to keep reading. Given the synopsis, that wasn't a big surprise. The surprise was how uplifting the discussions of loss were -- but in a realistic way, not a patronizing way. Everyone is this book has lost at least one important person, and they all have ideas about dealing with loss to bring to the table. If I had to pick a central message for this book, it would be that those of us who are still living have to find ways to honor and remember those we have lost while we live the best way we know how. Having just lost my mother last year, this resonated with me.
Hannah is a new character in the series, and I enjoyed getting to know her. She is very grounded and in touch with herself. She is also very thoughtful and compassionate. I loved her. She is exactly the kind of woman I would love to go to dinner with or hang out with.
I also really loved the friends Hannah brought with her into Blue Hollow Falls. Those women are hilarious, and I hope they are getting stories soon. I love this series, and the characters that populate it. I can't recommend it highly enough.
We return to Blue Hollow Falls for the third book in the series; Lavender Blue. Donna finally gives the readers widower Will McCall’s story, this is a guy who has intrigued from the beginning, and the author has kept the information release in regard to him and his son Jake, at more of a slow trickle rather than a steady flow. Which essentially means I have been itching to read this book since before it was even written!

"It’s hard… Asking for help."

I knew before starting that Lavender Blue would be an emotional read. The one thing you do get to know about Will if you have read the previous books in the series, is that apart from his apparent love for his son, this is a man that keeps his emotions about everything firmly on lockdown. Not one to waste breath on words either, so if one word will suffice as an answer you won’t find him spilling unnecessary sentences if the conversation doesn’t require it.

They were not going to be wallowers. They were going to be warriors… Life warriors.

Hannah Montgomery, and her friends Vivi, Avery and Chey are new to the area, having bought a rundown farmhouse and the surrounding lavender fields, the four women are looking for a fresh start, opening new businesses and moving on with their lives. The one thing that binds them all – Grief, each of them has suffered loss, and they have built the foundations of their friendship by giving each other the strength they need when they are struggling with their losses. Something that also draws Hannah to Will, and vice versa.

His one baby step forward today had turned into a full on marathon and he wasn’t quite sure how he felt about any of it…

Although a romance, this is also a story about learning to live with loss, and move on from grief. Hannah you could almost say has embraced hers, while Will has locked it away in a box, and refused to deal with it. But it’s starting to now have an effect on his relationship with his son, and seeing how Hannah deals with her loss gives him hope and the push that he needs to open up and try to deal with the loss of his wife all those years ago. This can always be a tricky subject in relation to writing a romance where a dead spouse plays a part, but I think because the author touched upon Will’s guilt for having feelings for another woman other than his wife, it wasn’t overplayed, I think the length of time passed also helped in that regard as well, because although the grief for him is still fresh the loss of his relationship isn’t.

The whole thing had felt healthy, natural, and very real…

Not the fluffiest of reads, but then I wasn’t expecting it to be, Jake added the light to Will’s dark, and Hannah’s openness made it easier to digest the loss she was dealing with too. The romance isn’t heavy in this one, but when it came, it was touching, sweet, emotional and Will was everything I expected him to be in regards to how he treated Hannah.

"Sometimes three really is the perfect size crowd…"

According to Lavender & Mistletoe is the next book due for release from the series, which is in September, I am hoping that we do get to return to Blue Hollow Falls before then though, because this is a series I am coming to love more and more with each new addition to it.
Great story of lost and grieving and how everyone handles it differently and how some have found ways to help others thru their grief and finding love.
I think I have read all of Ms. Kaufman's books and enjoyed then. But this book did not live up to expectations. Good characters but it took too many words to tell the story.
This was a great addition to the Blue Hollow Falls series! I've been waiting for this story since we were introduced to Will and his son, Jake in the first book of the series. Donna Kauffman, you delivered a wonderful tale filled with love, friendship and humor. I absolutely loved this book!!
I love this series. I love how each book spotlights one of the men and pairs each of them with a strong woman. I especially love the characters who are central to each of the stories - Addie Pearl and my absolute favorite, Bailey - all of our lives would be richer with those two in them. I do have a word of warning, however. Do not read the last few chapters on a commuter train if you have a tendency to cry at particularly emotional scenes. I totally recommend this and all of the Blue Hollow Falls novels.