Season of Wonder Book Review

I had this new release on reserve and it came in.  Season of Wonder (Haven Point) by RaeAnne Thayne was another book that came up on my reserve shelf that I knew nothing about.  It was a great book that finally made it to the top of my stack so I was excited to read it.

It’s a long way from New York to Idaho…but could they have found a home at last?

Dani Capelli has never truly belonged anywhere. And from her earliest days as a foster child in Queens, she would have been lost if it weren’t for her love of animals. Until high school, when she fell hard for the wrong boy, and found herself pregnant—and married—by graduation. Two daughters later, Dani realized her mistake and filed for divorce, and with the help of scholarships and loans—and a lot of macaroni and cheese dinners—she enrolled in vet school. Things were finally looking up…until her ex-husband became her late husband, in the most notorious way possible.

Now Dani and her daughters need an out-of-town pass more than ever. So when the retiring Haven Point veterinarian offers her a chance to settle in the small Idaho town and take over his practice, she jumps at it. But adjusting to the charming mountain community isn’t easy; thirteen-year-old Silver begins acting out while six-year-old Mia is growing too attached to Haven Point and everything in it, especially their next-door-neighbor, Deputy Sheriff Ruben Morales. And Dani can’t blame her. Ruben is everything she’s secretly wanted—and everything she can’t bear to risk loving…and losing.

As the holidays draw near, their shared concern for Dani’s daughters brings them closer together, giving Ruben the chance to show this big-city woman just how magical Christmas in Haven Point can be...and that the promise of a home at last is very real in the most wondrous season of the year…

Dani Capelli is making a new life in a new town as a vet with her two children.  She often spends time by herself at home and not fitting into the new town because she is hiding her past.  She meets her new neighbor when Deputy Ruben Morales brings her daughter, Silver, home after she vandalizes a few houses and his boat.  She had spent all this time trying to stay under the radar and then her daughter messes it all up.  It was great to see the family pull together and clean up the two houses and the boat.  Dani's young daughter, Mia, grows quickly on Ruben during the cleaning.  Ruben asks the family to help with his Christmas surprise where he is sneaking gifts to a family that is down on their luck.  There are more holiday events that are bringing these families together and you have to pick up the book to find out what happens.  I know that this family quickly finds a place in my heart because of the great heart of the  Capelli children and I know they will warm your heart too.  I hope that you check out this book and others in the series.  I know that you will enjoy it as much as I have.