Savanna has to get her kids away from the small town that won't forgive her for the horrifying acts her husband committed. She decides to go to the old house her grandmother left her and meets her next door neighbor, Gavin. Gavin has a past he has fought hard to overcome too. Together Savanna and Gavin learn to trust again and learn that second chances are possible. Excellent book!

The Silver Springs series revolves around a family connected to a school for "wayward" boys in California. The head of the school is a woman who adopted several boys - each one is the MC in the books. This book features Gavin who graduated from the school and became the handyman, etc for the campus which leaves him evenings for playing and singing in local bars. He's talented and his dream is to make music his future career.
Savanna is his new neighbor. She's just moved into the fixer-upper next door with her two young children. Her almost ex-husband is back in Utah in jail - a suspect in a serial crime spree. She was clueless when it came to his history and now just waits for the divorce papers to be signed so she can close the door on her past.
The two become friends quickly and that relationship progresses even more quickly. But more roadblocks pop up in the form of her ex mother-in-law and his ex-girlfriend. Can Gavin and Savanna work through everything to get to a HEA? You'll have to read to find out. I enjoyed it even though it wrapped up surprisingly quickly. At this point I expect that in a Contemporary Romance. Fans of Brenda Novak and the Silver Springs series are sure to enjoy it as well. *Book provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.

What do you do when your seemingly boring, normal life is turned upside down? Savanna's husband has been arrested, her and their children have been driven from town and are seeking solace at an abandoned family property in Silver Springs.

Gavin grew up at New Horizons Boys Ranch. Now he works maintenance there while waiting to be discovered as a country singer. His house is on a usually boring dead end road. Suddenly his life will be turned around beginning with the moving van barreling toward the washed out bridge just past his driveway.

Novak always writes stories with broken characters. They heal each other while fixing themselves. Sometimes a little dysfunction goes a long way to reset priorities and teach what really matters.

This took a bit to get into. But had to finish it. Lots of romance and a bit of mystery.

Right Where We Belong brought me right back to Silver Springs, where I followed the complicated romance between Savanna and Gavin. There was quite a bit of suspense surrounding them, and that wasn't the only thing working against them.

Gavin is my new book boyfriend!! Love this series!! Want to move to Silver Springs!!

I work as a criminal defense paralegal and one thing that most people don't think about when considering the criminal justice system is the family of the accused (or guilty). Whether the accused is convicted or not, whether he (or she) committed the crime, the family pays a price, whether it is simply the cost of attorney fees or whether it is the loss of the loved ones presence or community censure because of the crime.

Savanna had not been thrilled with her marriage but she did her best to hold things together, for the sake of the kids. While she initially wanted to believe the police had arrested the wrong man, the more she learned and the more she thought, the more she realized it was doubtful they had.

They lived in a small town and she was finding herself and her children to be outcasts, even though her husband had not yet been tried, so she took the children and moved to some property she inherited in another state. This is the story of her trying to rebuild her life and the life of her children.

For the most part, I liked the story. However, I found the climax scene to be very unrealistic.

The thread that ties this story to others is a home/school for unwanted children, which is where Gavin grew up. The story contains brief mentions of characters from prior books, but it can easily be read as a stand-alone.

I'd like to thank the publisher for making a review copy available via NetGalley. Grade B.

4 stars! I really enjoyed this!

It starts off with Savanna being confronted in a supermarket by a victim of her husband. Her husband is on trial on multiple rape charges. No-one can understand how she didn’t know anything. She moves to Silver Springs to get away from all of the gossip and hassle. There she meets her new neighbour Gavin, sparks fly from the beginning.

I actually found the storyline interesting. The fact her husband was a serial rapist, the fact she believed him at first until the evidence got to be too much. Right from the beginning you find yourself sympathising with her. I found I kept putting myself in her shoes and thinking there would be no doubt I would believe my husband innocent of these type of crimes. In hindsight for her though she realised there were signs, she just didn’t know they were.

Gavin was an interesting character. Considering his past etc I expected him to be way more messed up and he was surprisingly normal. I also kept imagining him as the actor Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost) which seeing as he is hot I can live with :-)

This is a romance with a splash of mystery thrown in. In this she tries to help the police with convicting her husband and then there was the love story with Gavin.
There was also a conniving ex which makes things a little more interesting.

The story and the characters were very well written. They were interesting enough to keep me engaged. I think I found the mystery part one of the most interesting. I do love me a good crime thriller romance though :-)

I found this a lot more enjoyable than the previous. It’s a nice easy uncomplicated read. Definitely recommend.
Brenda Novak is a brilliant author. My only real disappointment is that none of the characters from previous books have made a re-appearance so far.

Right Where We Belong is a story that needs to be on everyone's kindle this fall. Filled with hope and overcoming demons of the past, readers are going to devour this emotional read in one sitting.

I adored this book. I read it in one sitting because I was invested in these characters lives and I couldn't be more pleased with how their story has turned out. I am eagerly awaiting a new book from Novak based solely on this beautiful read.

This is book 4 in the Silver Springs series but could stand on its own. Savanna Grays world has been rocked when her husband is arrested for attacking multiple women. People in town are not kind to her. They can't understand how she could be totally clueless about what her husband was doing. She makes the choice to leave town and go to Silver Springs, Ca. Her Father, Mother and brother had been killed in a boating accident just months before her husbands arrest. Her Father had purchased a home that had once belonged to the family with plans to renovate it. Savannah arrives and finds the house is worse shape than she expected. Her neighbor Gavin Turner steps in to help. He is interested in Savannah, tho she is reluctant to trust a man.

This is a good contemporary romance with a bit of mystery thrown into the mix. Savannahs children will tug at your heart strings. As usual in a romance there were factors that complicated the relationship, on both sides. I liked the character of Savannah and Gavin. Gavin was portrayed as an honorable man, but he allowed himself to be manipulated more than I liked. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

This is the 4th book in the Silver Spring series. In this story Savanna is devastated after finding out her husband was arrested for raping women. Everywhere she turned in the small town in Utah she is accosted by people who thinks she should have known what her husband did. After not being able to handle the grasp of community she moves to Silver Springs in her family beat up home. As she gets there the first night she's introduce to her neighbor Gavin who lets her know the bridge that connects her to her house is washed away from the last rainfall. So starts the relationship. Gavin goes about doing alot of fixing around her home to make it livable she tells him upfront she is not interested in a romance. Though she says this Savanna becomes the first to make to move of wanting more than just friendship. Gavin is also dealing with a personal issue which has him thorn about pursuing Savanna or letting her go. Though it was not a along period of time before they got together just seeing how both characters where searching for better in their life and wanting to triumph after many trials. We also se Savanna doing some detective work to keep her husband from coming out of jail. Lovely addition to the series and look forward to the next title. Review will be found on Goodreads and Amazon.

Brenda Novak's book "Right where We Belong" Is the story of a strong woman who has found herself married into a Crazy family. I felt the characters where well developed and the story kept me involved and interested to the last page. I really enjoyed the suspense Brenda Novak put into the book.

This is a great story, I enjoyed reading it. Everyone says "beach read" but I feel like this was a great "fall read"!

No matter how many times I have watched the terrible acts that people commit, whether it is an episode of Criminal Minds or Forensic Files, I never really thought about the criminal having a family. The unique look at the impact to a the Grays' family, after the father was arrested, made this an interesting read. Savanna is an incredible character; her strength during even her weakness moments was aspiring. Gavin is a lovable character; he lives in the moment without allowing anything to break his stride. These two, plus the kids, make for a prefect little family. But lets not forget the secondary characters...they were all just a important to this tale.

Favorite scene: The banter during the bridge reconstruction; that humorous scene made me giggle.

You can always count on Brenda Novak to write a compelling book that makes you want to keep reading regardless of your other responsibilities. I was so happy to be settled down with another of her books and immediately felt hooked. This is far more than your average romance.

As someone who makes a hobby out of reading true crime books, the threads of that theme that I found in this fiction book satisfied me far more than a basic boy meets girl romance. Still, as a romance, this is fantastic. The steam level was perfect. The sex scenes weren't overdone and didn't feel pointless, the sparks between the main characters were genuine and they were the kind of people that it isn't hard to like. The relationship didn't feel forced and I thought their personalities meshed really well. Plus, the kids tugged at my heartstrings. I may or may not have shed a few tears during this...

I loved the way the author interwove the stories from Savanna's married life and her suspicions about her husband into the plot, using them to create tension for the current love affair in the story. This is a wonderful book and was full of unexpected twists and turns. There were times during reading this that I was holding my breath waiting to see what would happen next.

This is one of the best romance books that I have had the pleasure of reading all year long and I happily recommend it to others, particularly anyone that is looking for a suspenseful romance. Also, I want to move to Silver Springs, California now, too.

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, provided through Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Another great read by Brenda Novak. She never disappoints her readers

A sweet romance that pairs two people who have been beset by tragic circumstances..

Brenda Novak has wow'ed me once again with Right Where We Belong!! Savanna and Gavin both touched my heart right off the bat and I LOVED how organically they develop their friendship (and more). It was going to take a really special guy to ever get through the walls Savanna put around her heart after her ex-husband, but I was keeping my fingers crossed Gavin was the guy for the job!! My favorite part about Ms. Novak's novels is that I know I will get an amazing plot with a lot of depth! From the synopsis alone, I knew their would be some heavy parts, but I think this novel perfectly balances the pain with beauty. What I did not expect was all of the suspense throughout, I felt that added so much to the storyline!!! Right Where We Belong is a 4.5 star read about strength, determination, transformation and most importantly love. I highly encourage everyone to read this novel!!

3.5 stars

Right Where We Belong is a light contemporary romance, and kept me engaged until the end. After Savanna's husband gets arrested, she decides to take refuge in Silver Spring. There her parents left her an old house that needs major renovations. She wants to start over with her two children and decides that Silver Springs fits the bill. When she arrives she meets her only neighbor, Gavin. I really loved how Gavin and Savanna met, and how their relationship developed. Gavin was such a nice guy that loves to help out people. He is a great support to Savanna, and they both feel a strong attraction to each other. Savanna, is hesitant because she just got out of her marriage and doesn't feel ready for a new relationship. And when Gavin is hit with a news, that can change his life, he decides to put some distance between Savanna and him.

This book was a nice contemporary romance, however I didn't feel a strong connection to the characters. They had great chemistry together, and I believed in that. However, things developed a bit fast in my opinion. This made it harder for me to fully connect. There was some suspense added to the story, which I enjoyed. But after that was done, the story was done, and it left me wanting more. The epilogue wasn't enough to complete the story for me.

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