Lost and Found Family

by Leigh Riker

Is their loss too much to overcome?

It's been a year since her son died, and Emma Mallory can't forgive herself. She's dealing with her loss the only way she knows how--throwing herself into work. But spending all her time growing her business takes her further and further away from her husband.

Christian is finding his own way through the grief. He's determined that whatever happens, he won't lose his wife, too. If he can just remind Emma what they had, and could have again, he might be able to bring her back. Even forgive her. If not, they might lose each other for good...

384 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2016

About the author

USA Today bestselling author Leigh Riker can't imagine anything better than having a good romance novel to read--unless it is to write one! When not writing or thinking about writing, this award-winning author also likes to garden, play the piano, travel and try to learn Spanish. At home in the Southwest with her husband/hero, she is at work (of course) on a new novel.

Please visit her at leighriker.com, on FaceBook at LeighRikerBooks, or on Twitter @lbrwriter.

Reviews

[Kate Vale · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a child dies, hope is sometimes lost as well. And a marriage. That's what faces Emma Mallory and her husband, Christian. Lesser for his daughter by his first marriage and the grandparents of little Owen, whose loss influes what happens to these flawed and hurting characters.

Will the parents lose each other, too? Their jobs? Their sanity? As the story progresses, hints of hope gradually emerge, but could easily be extinguished when the horse implicated in Owen's death becomes a danger to Emma, too.

[Crystal Hammack · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is heartwrenching. I haven't lost a child but the emotions depicted by the characters were so realistic that I could feel the pain. The characters are all going through their own process of healing as they deal with their loss and guilt. Communication was lacking in the beginning, and finally what helped each through. I couldn't not read it in one day.

[Lissy Peace]

Lost and Found Family is a story about a family that has suffered the loss of a young child. It's not a spoiler alert because it's in the prologue. A little boy has an accident with a beloved horse and no one really knows what happened because there wasn't an adult there to see what happened. This brings guilt and unknown shame to everyone that was responsible for the little boy. Unfortunately, the grandparents, who had also suffered the loss of a child, weren't quite able to reach out and help their son and daughter-in-law. The couple tries to find their way back and each tackles the death differently but it puts an enormous strain on the relationship. There are some wonderful touching moments throughout the book and you really cheer for the young couple to find their way back to each other.

[Harlequin Books]

"Riker handles the death of a child with gentle hands by focusing on healing and making readers understand that there is hope and forgiveness at the end of the tunnel" (4 stars @ RT Book Reviews).