This town has a curiously secretive " Angle of Hope" who steps up to meet people's needs just when they feel down. This light romance fosters a sense of community, friendships, and helping others that raises it above the average romance novel. The sense of community and togetherness had been lost during those tough years. BLACKBERRY SUMMER is the first book in the Hope's Crossing series by RaeAnne Thayne. The accident-and the string of robberies committed by teenagers that led up to it-is a message to the people of Hope’s Crossing. But with a mysterious “Angel of Hope” working to inspire the town, Riley and Claire will find themselves opening up to love and other possibilities by the end of an extraordinary summer…Ĭheck out the rest of the books in the Hope’s Crossing series:īut when the accident forces Claire to slow down and lean on others-especially Riley McKnight-she realizes, for the first time, that things need to change. The sense of community and togetherness had been lost during those tough years.

So what if she has no time for romance? At least, that’s what she tells herself, especially when her best friend’s sexy younger brother comes back to town as the new chief of police.īut when the accident forces Claire to slow down and lean on others-especially Riley McKnight-she realizes, for the first time, that things need to change. As a single mom and the owner of a successful bead shop, Claire leads a predictable life in Hope’s Crossing, Colorado. What she didn’t need was a tragic car accident. New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings readers another heartwarming story of community and romance in Blackberry Summer, the first book in the Hope’s Crossing series.Ĭlaire Bradford needed a wake-up call.

Blackberry summer by raeanne thayne