Spring Forward Book Review

 I was excited to get back to this series since it was due back to the library soon and I had three books to read through. Spring Forward (Mystic Creek) by Catherine Anderson was the 4th book in the series. I had other books that were due back to the library that I needed to read first so this second half of the series was put on hold for a little bit.  I was excited to see who we were going to be meet in the small town of Mystic Creek now.

 

When a favorite customer on his delivery route needs a favor, Tanner Richards agrees to help without a second thought. The last thing he expects is to face off against the man’s spitfire granddaughter.
 
Crystal Malloy is near her breaking point. Her beloved grandfather constantly skirts the rules at the retirement center where he’s recovering from surgery. She’s caring for his escape artist dog, even if it means abandoning her salon customers, and she has no time for a romantic attraction to the handsome new stranger. 
 
After Tanner’s reassigned to Mystic Creek, Crystal can no longer ignore how much she misjudged the man’s good intentions. She has known too much sorrow to easily open her heart, but she can’t deny that Tanner and his children could gift her with a happiness beyond compare—if only she can forgive herself for the past and accept that she’s deserving of such a love.

Tanner Richards is living a life all about his family.  His wife is gone and he is raising his two children alone.  His mother is there to help but he feels like he puts too much on her and she isn't getting a chance to have her own life. Tanner left his accounting practice to move to a smaller town to have a better life for his kids.  He now works a delivery person and becomes friends with a lot of people along his route.  Although one of those friendships gets him into trouble.  He is asked to deliver a package to a friend who has left his home on Tanner's route to delivery to the Retirement Home that he is living in while recovering from surgery which is in a different town.  Tanner decided that he is going to do it and then ends up loosing his route and having to work longer hours. Tanner meets the granddaughter of his friend, Crystal Malloy, and is immediately drawn to her.  She is dealing with a lot trying to keep her business afloat and make sure that her grandfather is well taken care.  At the same time she is caring for her grandfather's difficult dog who keeps escaping.  The characters and the story are really good and make me want to keep reading to find out what happens.  I think that you will be surprised by all the ups and down in this book.  There were surprises around every turn of the page. I hope that you check out this book and the others in the Mystic Creek Series.