Love Shadows

Shores of Indian Lake #1

by Catherine Lanigan

Love, twice in a lifetime There are five stages of grief, and Luke Bosworth is stuck on anger. Unable to move on after his wife's death, he's struggling to make ends meet and be a good father to his childrena fight he's afraid he's losing. But then Sarah Jensen crashes into his life. Dealing with the loss of her mother, Sarah is a kindred spirit in grief. And even though he doesn't always agree with her actions, she renews hope for Luke and his kids. Suddenly he's making plans for the future again. But can he take the risk of falling in love a second time? Fiction Fiction, Harlequin

Genres: Contemporary Romance

201 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Catherine Lanigan is the bestselling author of over thirty published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, as well as over half a dozen anthologies, including “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dream”, “Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul”, “Chocolate for a Woman’s Heart”, Chocolate for a Woman’s Spirit”. Ms. Lanigan’s novels have been translated into over a dozen languages including German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Ms. Lanigan’s novels are also available on audio-cassette, CD and on electronic format. A prolific writer, she is always writing wonderful stories. She has several titles only available in ebook format on Amazon.com Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel, The Christmas Star, won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine for December, 2002, and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from ForeWord Magazine as well as Book of the Year Romance from Reader’s Preference. In March, 2006 Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention and the second in Lanigan’s Angel Watch series of books, was published by HCI, the Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher.

Reviews

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luke Bosworth is consumed by the clutches of grief after losing his young wife two years ago. He prefers to stay stuck in the past where memories of Jenny remain constant; he’s neglecting his two small children as a result, and can’t get his anger issues in check which could cost him his job if he doesn’t get help. So he does, and while doing so he’s reacquainted with the annoying woman with the out of control dog who he seems to keep running into. Sarah Jensen is also trying to overcome the grief that’s caused her to lose her focus and drive; and although she’s grappling with feelings of inadequacy and loneliness, she can help Luke’s children in so many ways if he’d stop being so overly-protective and prideful. She has her mind set on a monumental project that involves Luke’s children, but all she ever gets from him is anger, rage and negative feedback. The man needs serious help. But as it turns out, Luke is also a multifaceted person with many talents, including an ability to discern the motives and emotions of others, as Sarah soon learns during one of their grief-counseling therapy sessions. Both Sarah and Luke have issues that aren’t obvious to themselves, so why are they so apparent to each other?
I loved this book! It gave me all the feels. It was a tender, emotional story with an excellent cast of characters that continue to linger in my mind. I always enjoy reading Catherine Lanigan’s books. Her depth of knowledge and wisdom shines through in them. You can sense her life experience from the various objects, places, and expressions of human emotions and advice that’s written. There’s substance within its pages, and not superficial fluff. The contents gives me pause for reflection. I appreciate when there’s an obvious maturity level existent in a book because not only do I enjoy the story, but I learn new things as well.
Overall, Love Shadows was a great read that exceeded my expectations. At times it seemed borderline Inspy fiction, IMO, with the religious backdrop and views, so I’m giving you a heads up on that aspect of it. Nevertheless, I highly recommend it and look forward to reading more books in the series.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grief. Dealing with the loss of a loved one is big theme here.
I liked all the detailed descriptions of the flowers and scenery. Great characters.
Too much angst from the hero; it got 2 B a bit much.
Rushed ending.

[Zoha Khalid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Shadows is one book that made me kept thinking about the characters in depth especially Larry Bosworth. Larry Bosworth was mired in a deep pity of anger tar that stuck to every fabric of his being. He was tortured and was deeply within himself. When he spoke of his dead wife Jenny, his innermost fears blurted out. Like Sarah, I was drawn to his tenderness and depth of compassion. He was truly an enigma of anger and gentleness. He was earnest in his desire to put his grief behind him. He had built an emotional blockade around himself, cutting himself off from the pain others might inflict while keeping his torture private and personal. He was no ordinary man. He was a man of more contradictions. There were attributes of kindness, caring, good humor and thoughtfulness in Luke Bosworth. 


I was eager to find out whether Luke proposes Sarah in the end. And yes he did proposed her. I really liked the book. 

[Ingemar Bjornson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of my time

I can’t believe after all the stupid and unrealistic twists and turns and unnecessary wordiness for a story that could have been written with half the prose they managed to end the story in half a page. I had written down the names of all the books in this series but I can assure you I will not be reading any of the others.

[Lissy Peace · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great start to a new series. I look forward to hearing more about this community and the various people we've meet in the first book, On the Shores of Indian Lakes. Catherine is back to her expertise of writing great adventurous romance. Grab you copy today.

[Janice Sisemore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book , kept me interested from the first page to the last page. Sarah grieving over her moms passing and Luke is still grieving his wife passing from a couple years ago. Luke had a couple of children he is trying to raise on his own. Read the book, you will love it.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Shores of Indian Lake

[Samantha]

Review coming soon...