Take a Chance On Me Book Review

I reserved a few more books at the library which I need to stop doing because my pile of books to read is huge!  But the first two in the series that I read and reviewed the third came in so I was eager to start reading Take a Chance on Me (Christiansen Family Series) by Susan May Warren.  I started off slow and then couldn't put it down.  I ended up staying up one night until 3 am reading it.  I was going to stay up a little longer to finish it but I talked myself out of it!!

This book follows Darek Christiansen through his life as the oldest of the large Christiansen family in their Evergreen Lake resort.  He lost his wife, Felicity, in a tragic accident but the truth is that it is the best thing that could have happened to him because it woke him up to his love for his son, Tiger.  His whole life changed the moment he lost her because he also lost all of his friends at the same time.  He became bitter and hard to be around and had to stand in as a replacement for his brother at the Deep Haven Bachelor Auction where the new assistant county attorney, Ivy Madison, bid on him.  She didn't know who he was but only knew that the room got quiet when he was on stage.  It was the beginning of Ivy's life in Deep Haven and she works to get past Darek's rough exterior to find a great person with a great family.  Since she grew up as an orphan, she really enjoyed the feeling of family at Evergreen Resort.  This book had a lot of things going on with Darek and all of his family and friends but you are going to have to pick it up to see all of the choices that Darek makes with the approaching wildfires and how he protects his family and town.

I loved it!!!  It was a page turner and I stayed up all together to late one night just to read it.  It made it really hard to put down but I finally did so that I could make sure that I got enough sleep....finishing the book the next day.  I was super excited that I have the other book in the series so that I don't have to wait.  I hope that you check out this book at your local library or bookstore and see if you love this family too!!