Lovers Knot Book Review

I was excited to get back to this fun series.  Lover's Knot (A Shenandoah Album Novel) by Emilie Richards was the third book in the series.  All of the books have been about quilting and have given amazing stories that were unfolded with the quilt and this was an amazing story.

In the rich, evocative prose that earned high praise for WEDDING RING and ENDLESS CHAIN, Emilie Richards crafts the third tale in the Shenandoah Album series, resonant with the power of love and family ties

Confused about her troubled marriage, Kendra Taylor needs time to sort out her feelings. Retreating to an abandoned cabin left to her husband, Isaac, by the maternal grandmother he never knew, she is quickly welcomed into the rural community of Toms Brook. She soon becomes curious about a beautiful heirloom quilt and the past Isaac has always refused to explore. The unusual quilt clearly has a story to tell, and Kendra hopes that helping her husband connect with his roots may also help him reconnect with her.

At first Isaac's reluctant visits to the cabin only underscore the difficulties in their marriage. But as circumstances force them to piece together a new relationship, Isaac discovers that the history of a family he never knew may hold the key to his future.  As a passionate story of strength, loss and desperation unfolds, the secrets of the quilt are revealed and the threads of an unraveling marriage are secured.

I hadn't read the other books as recently but picking up this book as quickly brought me back to the small town and all of the great characters.  Kendra was living the DC area and dealing with a sickness.  She went to the pharmacy and they didn't have her medicine so she asked her husband to pick it up.  He was working and couldn't make it so she went when she was really sick.  In the process, she was car jacked and hurt very badly.  She recovered and decided that she needed a change to recover fully outside the city.  I understand that need to change the atmosphere to feel better.  It was hard for her husband because he was left in the city and feeling very guilty that his wife was hurt.  Kendra decides to renovate their vacation home and make it more livable.  It is amazing to watch what happens when she becomes part of the community and makes friends.  It is great to unravel the family mysteries in the family quilt but you have to pick up the book to find out what happens.