The Mill River Redemption

The Mill River Redemption by Darcie Chan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Darcie Chan has written a wonderful novel again. She has returned to her cozy little town of Mill River, Vermont, to catch up with some of the locals that were introduced in the first book, The Mill River Recluse and to hear Josie DiSanti's story. Don't worry if you haven't read the first book, you won't be lost when reading Redemption.

Josie DiSanti is a young mother of two little girls Rose and Emily. After losing her husband, their home to a fire, Josie calls her mother's older sister Ivy. Neither Ivy nor Josie know each other to well, but Ivy is the only family that Josie has, and Ivy who has never been married or had children of her own, takes Josie and the girls in without hesitation.

Josie, with Ivy's help raises the girls on her own, while also providing for them as a real estate broker. Josie loves her girls and is determine to keep her promise to her late husband Tony. The girls are more than sister's, they are each other's support, protector, friend and most importantly, they love each other. Then one day tragedy happens and the girls become estranged from one another. Josie is caught in the middle of this and tries everything she can to get the girls to come together again.

When Josie passes away, both girls find themselves back in Mill River for their mother's wake. Neither one talking to the other one after ten years. Josie attorney, informs the girls that their mother has left both of them an inheritance, but in order for them to get it, they both have to move back to Mill River for two months, live next door to each other in the houses that Josie has provided for them, and work together to figure out the clues that are left for them that will lead them to their inheritance. Neither girls want to live next to each other let alone move back to Mill River to be reminded of that awful day that pushed to sister apart.

Like the first book, this one did not let me down. If your a fan of Maeve Binchy or Karen White, then you'll soon become a fan of Darcie Chan, who is able to draw you into her little town of Mill River. So grab a cup of coffe or hot tea, pull up a chair and meet the incredible people from Mill River, Vermont. Who knows, you might make a friend or two.

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