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    The Road to Cardinal Valley
    The Road to Cardinal Valley
    The Road to Cardinal Valley
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Road to Cardinal Valley

    Written by Earlene Fowler

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

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    About this audiobook

    Beloved for her Benni Harper mysteries, best-selling author Earlene Fowler also won an Agatha Award for her standalone The Saddlemaker's Wife. In this heartfelt sequel, Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, with her brother Nash, hoping the fresh start will help him kick a debilitating drinking habit. And Ruby's not the only one with renewed hope, as saddlemaker Lucas McGavin redoubles his efforts to win her heart - even if Ruby is his brother's widow. Soon, all three learn that building a better future means first making peace with the past.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 22, 2013
    ISBN9781470337032
    The Road to Cardinal Valley

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    • 4/5
      Earlene Fowler, author of the popular Benni Harper series, here offers a stand-alone novel set in Cardinal, California in the present day. The book features various members and ex-members of the McGavin family who own a large ranch in the valley. Ruby, widow of son Cole, moves to Cardinal after spending almost a year in Nashville, TN caring for her alcoholic younger brother, Nash. Cole had kept his family a secret from Ruby during the brief time they were married before he killed himself by running his truck off the road, saying his family had all been killed in an accident. Ruby came from an extremely dysfunctional family. How Ruby finds her place in Cardinal society and tries to fix her family form the crux of the story. I had a hard time keeping all of the characters straight for the first half of the book and did not find that it held my interest all that well. However, it really picked up steam in the last third and left me wanting to read more to learn the resolution. Fowler fans will want to read it, but it might not be the best of her books to start with for new readers. On the other hand, perhaps others will find it more gripping than I did.
    • 3/5
      I'm a big fan of Earlene Fowler's quilt series and was excited to get her new book. Unfortunately, I had a really hard time staying interested in it and finally gave up.