GRR Reviews At First Light (Mount Kiernon Book 1) by Suzanne Paschke

At First Light ended with a cliffhanger, and it's already almost 400 pages by itself. The intro was so long I wondered if it will ever get to the point. The end didn't help either.

Cheryl Prescott, after escaping her abusive husband and inheriting a fortune, assumed a new name and drove around the country in search of a place to settle down. After her car broke down in the small town of Mt. Kiernon, and decided this place is where she belonged. Cheryl, now known as Sarah, came to know the local mechanic Jamie. Feeling a connection with the town, she chose to settle there, bought a house, and opened a new cafe, and allowed Jamie to court her. But will love survive when her past threatened to undo all she achieved?

The wooing was slow, the connection unexplained, the townfolks pretty flat. Only the gentle push-pull is okay, but MERELY okay. Overall, it's just okay, And the cliffhanger, despite the novel already gone beyond 350 pages,  dropped it below 3 stars.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman with secrets settled in a small town, and was courted by the mechanic, then her past came back to haunt her...

Tropes: different worlds, small town, disguise, family secrets, evil ex, cliffhanger

Overall Rating:  2/5