Lake Season by Denise Hunter is a tender, inspirational story. The story begins with the Bennett siblings, Levi, Molly and Grace, losing their parents in a tragic accident. Levi and Molly are young adults on the brink of their careers. Teenage Grace begs them to put a hold on their career moves and asks them stay and renovate the hundred year old inn instead of selling. The renovation was their parents dream.

Adam Bradford, is a shy unassuming man who comes to Bluebell in search of a creative spark. As a popular author, he writes under a pen name in hopes of anonymity. Adam meets effervescent Molly and is immediately taken by her.

Molly's discovery of a love letter written in 1962 puts her on a mission to find the recipient. What ends up happening sends you into the mystery of lost love and resolution.

The story is good. Really good. Clean romance, heartbreak and discovery. I would give this one a 5+ rating.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Net Galley and the publisher. All views expressed are my honest opinion.

Denise Hunter has done it again! She has written a novel that is sweet, and charming and emotional, all the things that make me keep reading long past my bedtime. The book has two storylines, but its done seamlessly. I love how the characters grow along with the story. I really liked this book and recommend it thank you netgalley for the arc. The opinions are my own.

Lake Season by Denise Hunter keeps the reader engaged to the end with characters that grew in depth. The plot moved along at a good pace with enough twists to keep the interest alive. Enjoyed the book.

This book is wonderful!! It is very well written and plays out like a movie while you're reading. It is a clean fun read that I really enjoyed reading Thank you Thomas Nelson--FICTION via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

Lake Season by Denise Hunter has a little bit of backflash to show the story that Molly and Adam are trying to find dealing with the letter. The romance was cute. What girl wouldn't want to meet her favorite author, especially if it is a guy writing romantic heroes worth swooning over? Molly and Adam's romance had its up and downs. But they stuck it out and earned their happily ever after. As for the plot, the idea of hunting for a missing letters owner to try to figure out if Benjamin ever heard how LIzzie really felt about him was interesting to see. The story worked itself out by the end of the pages. The idea of grief from losing parents suddenly really hit home for me. I really enjoyed the scene where Molly was crying in her parents' bedroom. The hurt doesn't go away like many authors portray in their novels. We, who have lost a parent suddenly, lost learn how to cope with every day. Not that we don't think of them and miss them all the time. Overall, Lake Season was a fun read that I think fans of contemporary romances will love. It was well-written and a nice way to spend a couple of hours.

I received complimentary copy of Lake Season by Denise Hunter from Thomas Nelson Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.

LAKE SEASON by DENISE HUNTER is a charming romance novel which takes place across two time frames, namely 1962 and the present time. It is cleverly written and the two stories tie in well together.
After losing their parents in a car accident, Levi, Molly and Grace Bennett carry on their legacy by putting the finishing touches to their project of turning their rambling old home into an inn.
Their first guest is Adam Bradford, an interesting young man. He and Molly get on well as they are both passionate about reading, and they join in a project to find out all they can about the people involved in a letter that is found stuck in the wall where the old post office box was in 1962.
I really enjoy the characters and am looking forward to the next book in the series. It is both heartwarming and poignantly sad in parts, which really makes for a good romance novel.
I am not going to tell you any more as I do not want to spoil things for you. It is a most enjoyable read.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Thomas Nelson. The opinions in this review are completely my own.

Lake Season is a heartwarming and, at times, heartbreaking love story. Or, more accurately, two love stories - one set in the present day and the other set in 1962. Molly and Adam meet when he is looking for a place to stay and happens upon her family’s lake-side inn. Both feel an instant attraction, yet neither is really in a place where they are ready to open themselves up to a relationship. However, they do form a partnership of sorts as they try to untangle a mystery from 1962. They become closer as they research the sender and intended recipient of a lost letter.

Adam is a very private person, and hides his true identity - a famous author who writes using a pseudonym from everyone, including Molly. When Molly eventually discovers his secret, she is devastated as her last relationship ended due to serious trust issues. Despite, their shattered relationship, they work together to resolve the mystery from 1962, and the result provides Adam with a sense of peace and contentment with himself that he never previously felt.

After Adam returns home to New York, Molly realizes that she made a grave mistake in telling Adam that she couldn’t trust him again. Can she find it within herself to reach out to Adam and give him another chance?

A quote (from ARC):
“Adam Bradford was nobody’s idea of a hero.”

What a marvelous sweet, clean romance, with two interwoven stories of deep love and a super fabulous shy, Beta hero! There are no slow spots in this endearing tale about two ordinary young people meeting and falling in love, I was completely engaged until the end.
The hero in “Lake Season”, by Denise Hunter (Thomas Nelson - FICTION) is an intelligent, talented man, yet shy and socially insecure. The author did a great job creating a complex, nuanced character, aware of his talent but gun-shy about other dimensions of his worth and in some social situations. I loved that Adam is handsome, but not in a spectacular, alpha way. He’s a bit nerdy, but not too much so that he becomes cartoonish.
There’s great character and story development so that we feel we’re with the siblings and Adam at the Bluebell Inn, in a North Carolina lake town.
Adam’s fears and insecurities and Molly’s wariness are exquisitely written and we get to see why they’re so good together and really made for each other. Molly’s genuine kindness and quirkiness has such a soothing effect on Adam’s guarded personality. The way he’s smitten with Molly is just so endearing, and plus his wisdom and humbleness about the writing process and fame make him both a down-to-earth and charismatic character.
The unraveling of a decades-old secret is bitter-sweet, but finally there’s some sort of closure for Lizzie and Benjamin, even if the final dramatic twist feels a bit contrived.
Great secondary characters, and not just only Molly’s siblings, but also the couple’s friends (Jordan, Skye) and great setting.

Lake Season by Denise Hunter. I love this book. We know that all things work together for the Good Of God. My favorite of all Denise Hunters books. I did not want to put the book down. I loved the characters of Adam and Molly. I love how they go searching for Lizzie and Benjamin after Molly finds a letter when Molly’s family is remodeling the inn. And they find some surprising and interesting facts. Read the book I know you will love the story.

This book had all the makings of a great summer read - the lake town, the small inn, the tragic beginning, and an author crush, but it fell just a little shy for me. I wanted the townspeople, or side characters to play a larger part in filling out the feel of the town and story. The book was entirely focused on Adam and Molly, with a minimal dual timeline addition to give a bit more weight to the letter plot. Molly's best friend Skye had so much potential, as did Adam's friend Jordan, and Molly's siblings Levi and Grace. I believe this is intended to be a series, with each sibling getting their turn at a book, so maybe their stories will start to feel more developed. However, I spent most of the book feeling like I was missing a prequel, or maybe this wasn't meant to be book one, and that I was supposed to already know these people.

Since Adam and Molly were the focus of the story, I did feel connected to them, and Adam's battle with his father's memory and the insecurities that stemmed from that, as well as Molly's grief and guilt over her parents' death were heartwrenching. Lizzie and Ben's story was also very emotional, and while I wished for it to be fleshed out a bit more, I did appreciate how well everything tied together in the end. Some might say too much so, but I didn't mind the coincidences, when attributed to God's sovereignty.

I give this book 4 stars. November is an odd choice for a beach-y book to release, but maybe you'll want to hold onto it for next summer! I do plan to read the siblings' stories as they are available, because I think this family set-up is rich for a good tale.

I received a digital copy of this book, via NetGalley, from the publishers, in exchange for my honest review.