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    The Newcomer
    The Newcomer
    The Newcomer
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    The Newcomer

    Written by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Narrated by Rachel Botchan

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    In 1737, Anna Konig and her fellow church members stagger off a small wooden ship after ten weeks at sea, eager to start a new life in the vibrant but raw Pennsylvania frontier. On the docks of Port Philadelphia waits bishop Jacob Bauer, founder of the settlement and father to ship carpenter Bairn. It's a time of new beginnings for the reunited Bauer family, and for Anna and Bairn's shipboard romance to blossom. But this perfect moment cannot last. As Bairn grasps the reality of what it means to be Amish in the New World--isolated, rigid with expectations, under the thumb of his domineering father--his enthusiasm evaporates. When a sea captain offers the chance to cross the ocean one more time, Bairn grabs it. Just one more crossing, he promises Anna. But will she wait for him? When Henrik Newman joins the church just as it makes its way to the frontier, Anna is torn. He seems to be everything Bairn is not--bold, devoted, and delighted to vie for her heart. And the most dramatic difference? He is here; Bairn is not. Far from the frontier, an unexpected turn of events weaves together the lives of Bairn, Anna, and Henrik. When a secret is revealed, which true love will emerge?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 31, 2017
    ISBN9781501946370
    The Newcomer
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    Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Suzanne Woods Fisher is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than forty books, including The Sweet Life, The Secret to Happiness, and Love on a Whim, as well as many beloved contemporary romance and Amish romance series. She is also the author of several nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Proverbs. She lives in California. Learn more at SuzanneWoodsFisher.com and follow Suzanne on Facebook @SuzanneWoodsFisherAuthor and X @SuzanneWFisher.

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    • 5/5
      This book did finish what I thought the last book in this series had not. I enjoyed it greatly!
    • 4/5
      it was ok. was kind of hard keeping my attention but I enjoyed it mostly
    • 3/5
      Deputy Mac has been sharing the trials of raising his kids as a single dad with single Mom Gina. She wants to move the relationship to the next level, but he's skittish, until the new doc in town starts dating her. A lot of other townfolk in the story, and a good read
    • 4/5
      Reading this series is sort of like watching a soap opera, serial television. The reader steps into Thunder Bay and immediately meets all the people in this small town and becomes connected to their lives.

      As much as this isn't my normal reading fare, I have to say I have enjoyed reading these books, with The Newcomer picking right up where the previous on left off. We have a first-hand look into the very real struggles of teenagers, responsible adults, irresponsible adults, town gossip and more. I really enjoyed this book, and look forward to the next in the series
    • 4/5
      This book has so much going on it keeps you on your toes. It has fun quick moving dialog and it definitely pulls you in. Not everything gets wrapped up in this book so a lot is left hanging. Definitely recommended reading.
    • 5/5
      What a great story with plenty of action that moves right along and deals with some serious emotional situations. Many different love interests work through realistic problems which come up in life. Longtime friends sheriff Mac and waitress Gina finally get together but still face family issues.
    • 4/5
      THE NEWCOMER is the final book I read in 2014, and with just a few hours before the new year starts, it’s my last review posted too! This is the second book in Robyn Carr’s Thunder Point series, set in a small town on the Oregon coast. This book is not a typical romance that only focuses on the main couple, Mac and Gina. Instead, it’s the continuing saga of Thunder Point’s residents that began in book one.This book was heavy on family drama, particularly with issues facing teenagers today. Talk about a heartrending, emotional roller coaster ride! I enjoy how Robin Carr’s writing style pulls me into the middle of things and makes me care so much about the characters. There was a lot going on in this book, but the story flowed smoothly and kept me hooked until the end. THE NEWCOMER was an enjoyable read for me, but be warned that romance does not take center stage, but it’s not glossed over either.Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book as I do most Robyn Carr novels but at times there was a little too much drama going on. I am looking forward to 'The Hero' and hoping some of the residents of this beautiful town have a more relaxed future.
    • 4/5
      This is an unusual romance in that it doesn't really focus all that much on the hero and heroine; instead, the focus is on the town in which they live. For those who have read The Wanderer, this book carries on the story of Sarah and Coop in interesting and unexpected ways. It also highlights the difficulties of two single parents trying to find romance amid a messy situation. I was taken aback by the chances to Downy's character given that he was such a good guy in the last book, and I also thought that the story of Mac's ex-wife was a little unresolved- hence the four stars rather than five. That said, an excellent addition to the Thunder Point canon, one that has whetted by appetite for the next installment.
    • 5/5
      Very good book. As always there is a depth to the characters and story that is different than most. They are real people dealing with the same issues the rest of do - tight budgets, teenage drama, finding time for your significant other.This one picks up a few months after The Wanderer ends. Mac and Gina are continuing to develop their relationship. It isn't easy to spend time together with as busy as their lives are. Just as things are looking up for them Mac's ex-wife comes to town. Ten years after she deserted the family she's back, claiming to want to make amends. Mac doesn't trust her and investigates what she's been doing since she left. Meanwhile, her appearance is creating some emotional problems for Mac's daughter Eve, which Mac deals with very well. He also makes sure that Gina has no insecurities about CJ's reappearance. Gina is dealing with some family issues of her own. Her daughter Ashley is suffering through a bad breakup with her boyfriend. Gina has to track down Ashley's father who she hasn't seen since before Ashley was born. Both Gina and Mac need to decide the future of their relationship.Cooper and Sarah are still enjoying each other's company. Coop never expected to be so content staying in one place but he's made a home for himself in Thunder Point. He has made friends and has what looks like it could be a permanent relationship with Sarah. He's an excellent mentor and role model for her brother Landon and other teens in the area. Partway through the book he gets thrown an unexpected curveball that turns into a life changing event. He has to decide how that change will impact his relationship with Sarah. At the same time things are changing for Sarah. She has always been independent and self-reliant, refusing to depend on anyone else for her needs. She has been her brother's guardian for ten years and is happy with the way he has settled down in Thunder Point. Her relationship with Cooper is going great even though she has been trying to keep her work and personal lives separate. When she gets news of a possible transfer she keeps it to herself as she worries and wonders about the effect it could have on all their lives. She is going to have to open up with both Coop and Landon soon as decisions will have to be made.There is plenty going on with other members of the town also as they are all connected throughout the book. Mac's Aunt Lou still has her own relationship going on as well as dealing with worry about her family when CJ returns. Her closeness with Eve is apparent when Eve goes to her with worries of her own. Lou also spends some time with an old adversary as they work together with Gina's mother. We meet Spencer and Austin, through Cooper, and they end up playing a part in Thunder Point's future.One of the best storylines is Ashley's. In the first book her romance with Downey is sweet as he gets ready to head off to college. He's been a big part of her life for the last couple years. He has watched out for her, protected his younger brother and was a large part of solving a mystery in the first book. But going off to college has changed him and not for the better. When he breaks things off with Ashley in a very cruel manner she doesn't take it well. Add in problems with a jealous new girlfriend, sexting and bullying and Ashley ends up in a very bad place emotionally. I loved seeing the realism of the way the issues were dealt with. It was good to see Ashley come out the other side much stronger. I also loved her developing friendship with Downey's brother Frank. He goes a long way toward healing her self esteem and opening her eyes to a better future. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.
    • 5/5
      The Newcomer was another thoroughly enjoyable read from Robyn Carr's new Thunder Point series. I only have one small complaint which I'll get out of the way right here at the start. I wish that the cover blurber had found a better way to synopsize these first two books in the series. Readers are left with the impression that The Wanderer is Cooper and Sarah's story, while The Newcomer is Mac and Gina's story, but this really wasn't the case at all. Both books are more like serial dramas with ensemble casts, and both sets of couples play about equal roles in each book. Robyn Carr's Virgin River series had plenty of side plots, but for the most part, did have a “main” hero and heroine which each book focused on, so this is kind of different for me as a romance reader. I had felt like The Wanderer ended rather abruptly, with Cooper and Sarah's romance having more of an HFN rather than an HEA feel, and Mac and Gina's romance had already heated up well beyond friendship by the end of that book too. With that being the case, I guess it wasn't too surprising that both these couples shared the stage again in The Newcomer, working to overcome additional difficulties and growing their love. In all honesty, this didn't diminish my overall enjoyment of the novel, as evidenced by my 5-star rating. Still, I can't help having a preference for one couple being the main focus and hope that future books will lean more in that direction, or at the very least, that the blurbs will be clearer about the content. At the end of The Wanderer, Sarah and Cooper had gotten their “I love yous” out of the way, but there was no clear path for their future. Due to a cheating ex-husband and a bitter divorce, Sarah was a commitment phobic, and basically still is when The Newcomer opens. Their relationship is solid, but when Sarah gets advance warning from her boss that a transfer to a Coast Guard command position somewhere on the east coast is coming down the pipeline in the next few months, she completely keeps it to herself. She spends a lot of time brooding and worrying, while trying to decide whether to accept the promotion or resign her commission for the sake of her brother, Landon, and her growing relationship with Cooper. Cooper and Landon see the change in her mood but are helpless to do anything about it, because she won't open up to them. A part of me understood that she'd been making these types of decisions alone all her adult life, but another part of me couldn't help wishing she would trust Cooper enough to share the burden. As evidenced by how things turned out in the end when she finally did tell him, he could have helped her and made her feel more secure. At the same time, Cooper receives an urgent phone call from the husband of an ex-girlfriend, asking him to come right away to the bedside of his dying wife. When he arrives, the woman makes a shocking confession which turns Cooper's world upside down, but ultimately, he adjusts beautifully to the changes in his life that this unexpected development brings. Again, my only small complaint in all this was Sarah. When Cooper started the same brooding act that she'd been giving him, she eventually insists that he tell her what's going on, which I thought was a little hypocritical on her part. In the end, everything worked out pretty nicely, although the decision about Sarah's transfer was left up in the air. I expect that to be resolved in the next book, and overall was still happy with where things wrapped up for them. It felt like a more solid HEA this time.As I mentioned earlier, Mac and Gina's relationship had already heated up quite a bit in The Wanderer, so most of what happens with them in this book has to do with family issues. Mac's ex-wife shows up in Thunder Point out of the blue after ten years, claiming to want to reconnect with her children, but Mac's not buying it. He and his kids weather through a torturous family meeting with Cee Jay, who turns out to be quite the piece of work. When the children react badly to her sudden reappearance, she blames Mac for turning them against her, even though he's always been extremely careful not to badmouth her in front of them. When her real reasons for being there finally surface, it didn't surprise me at all. Gina has her own worries and struggles to deal with when her teenage daughter, Ashley, suffers a mental breakdown. In spite of their respective problems, Mac and Gina manage to carve out a little alone time, which was quite romantic, but best of all was how things wrapped up for them. I even got a little teary-eyed right at the end.Some of the most prominent secondary story lines were for the teen characters. Sarah's brother, Landon, and Mac's daughter, Eve, who've been in a fairly long-term relationship have a little scare, so there's plenty of discussion of teen pregnancy and safe sex. However, there is also lots of angst when Ashley is thrown into a deep depression after her now-college-freshman boyfriend breaks up with her and his new girlfriend does something cruel and spiteful. Ashley has a very difficult time coping with all of the drama, but ends up finding a surprising ally who treats her with the respect she deserves. I'm happy to say that she comes out the other end better for having gone through this trying experience, and she becomes a very mature young lady. She also finally gets to meet her biological dad. The other prominent secondary plot revolves around Spencer, the widower of Cooper's ex-girlfriend. He's a great guy, but I can't say too much more about him without giving away some spoilers. Suffice it to say that he's moving to Thunder Point and becomes the hero of the next book in the series, The Hero, due for release in August 2013.Robyn Carr has always written emotional stories, but this one seemed a little more so than usual. In fact, the first half or so was almost depressing. Before I even made it to that halfway point, two characters had died. Granted they were both minor characters, so the connection wasn't as great as it would have been with a main character, but it was still a downer. Add to that Ashley's depression and the turmoil Mac's ex caused, and the first part of the story was pretty heavy. I wasn't overly bothered by it though, because oftentimes, going through challenges like this can make the resolution and happy times sweeter. In many ways this was definitely the case, and the second half of the book was still serious and emotional at times, but not in the same way. I'd say that all the characters who suffered trials experienced a measure of happiness in the end, some more so than others. This is what I read these types of stories for, and Robyn Carr certainly didn't disappoint. The Newcomer maybe wasn't exactly what I was expecting based on the blurb alone, but it was still a lovely read full of understated romance, drama, and passion. I challenge any fan of small-town romance not to fall in love with Thunder Point too. This beachfront community has a relaxed atmosphere that has become a character unto itself much like Virgin River did. I can't wait to go back for another visit when The Hero is released.Note: I received a copy of this book from the author's publicist via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 5/5
      Following the lives of people in Thunder Point, this book leads us to an enchanted town with wonderful people, with day to day worries, troubles and dreams...Thunder Point, like Virgin River, is the place to be to spend a wonderful time.
    • 4/5
      Robyn Carr's The Newcomer follows the ups and downs in the lives of several inter-connected families. The newcomer is beach bar owner Cooper, who is trying to find his place in the lives of the townspeople as well as his girlfriend, Sarah, and her brother, Landon. When his past makes a shocking interjection into his present, this becomes even more challenging. At the same time, Sarah is struggling with some changes of her own as she struggles to give Landon every opportunity in life. Landon's girlfriend, Eve, is dealing with some serious issues of her own. Her father is the Deputy Sheriff. Her mother suddenly reappears 10 years after abandoning the family, just when her father has finally found love again with Gina. Meanwhile, Gina, whose daughter, Ashley, is Eve's best friend, is dealing with a crisis of her own after Ashley's first love breaks her heart. All of their stories overlap, and they are a testament to the power of love and family to overcome any obstacle.This is not the type of novel that I typically read. To me, it feels like a print soap opera, and I'm not much of a soap opera fan. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It wasn't hard to get caught up in the characters' lives. I especially identified with Gina as I have a teen daughter who has recently undergone a similar mental health crisis. Being from a small town myself, I could definitely relate to how everyone's lives intersected so frequently, and also how tragedy and celebration bring people together. By the end I was really rooting them all on.There were really only two things that somewhat annoyed me. It was only on page 250 that we finally find out who the title refers to. I guess I probably should have figured it out by then, but since Cooper has been in town for a while and has a business, I really didn't consider him a newcomer at all. I'm not sure that title completely fits the book, if that makes sense. Also, there were some things that were really repetitive. For example, I lost count of how many times the reader is told, in nearly the exact same words, that Carrie, Gina's mother, who owns a catering company, has a contract with Cooper to supply his bar's food.
    • 4/5
      4 STARSI like A Thunder Point series. This book follows Wanderer with the same characters and a few new ones. I want to keep reading and learning what happens next? Their are a lot of changes that happens in the characters lives, some good and some bad. It is not a story of one couple meeting and falling in love, but a few relationships are continuing. The plot of the story is complicated. Deputy sheriff Mac his ex-wife shows up in town after leaving him and their three kids 10 years ago without a word since. She walks into the café where Gina was working. Gina has problems of her own with her daughter. Sarah has to decide some tough choices coming up with her career, she has to decide what would be best for her and Landon. Cooper loves his new life running the bar and having Sarah in his life. He gets thrown some changes that he did not see coming.The cast of characters are all different ages and stages of life. Some character that I was iffy about in Wanderer now I pity for awhile I hated him. Their are a few new characters that I really like and admire. Can't wait to see more of them. Other new characters I hope we have seen the last of them. Their are a lot of twists and turns and don't want to say too much and ruin some of the fun of discovery of story lines.Cooper has always been ready to move on but he has set down some really nice roots. He is living above the bar now. He has made himself part of the community.I picked up the book and did not want to put it down till I was through and then I wished it had not ended I want to read more about thunder Point. I did read the description of book 3 and can't wait till it comes out. Robyn builds a nice community of characters that you want to keep coming back to. Their were a few love scenes that I skipped over.I was given this ebook to read and asked to give honest review of it by Netgalley.06/25/2013 PUB Harlequin Imprint Harlequin MIRA 368 pages ISBN:0778314529
    • 4/5
      The Newcomer by Robyn CarrLove catching up with Landon and his mom, Sarah the rescue helicopter pilot and her love interest Cooper who runs a local beach bar after his friend left it to him. Sarah is concerned about her future and her brother as she's informed about some news from work.Ashley is involved with Downey who is at college and she shows up to figure out why he doesn't call or text her anymore. Her mom, Gina tries to console her when she returns and the local cop is there-her moms love interest, Mac. Ashley goes to counseling to helpher overcome her pain...Love what the townsfolk did for Rawley when his dad passed away and all the things Cooper did=so admirable.Mac has raised his 3 kids along with his sister's help and now his ex is back in town wanting to visit=but CJ gave up all rights...Love how problems are dealt with that relate to the internet-so up to date...So hard to hear what all the kids are going through...but I like the solutions that are working.Kept looking for the newcomer-thinking it was Cooper but he was new in the last book. There are many nice surprises and a lot of worries for many that sometimes don't get worked out..The saga continues...I received this book from Net Galley and Harlequin MIRA in exchange for my honest review.