Emilie Richards does a fabulous job addressing difficult topics and writing well-developed characters. She builds realistic stories which pull the reader in, and No River Too Wide is no excpetion.

I forgot just how much I love Emilie Richards and her ability to handle difficult topics and create such complex characters. I loved Jan and all the rest of the characters in the book. I especially loved that all was not unicorns and rainbows between Harmony and her mother but it was handled in such a way that I sympathized and related to both women. While this is the second in the series this book is a stand alone. I want to continue the series just so I can hopefully get peeks of all the characters I grew to love in this book. If you enjoy women's fiction where you connect with the characters and become caught up in the story this is a can't miss book.

After years of abuse, Janine finally summons the courage to leave her husband. She is intimately aware of his murderous rage and knows she will need to disappear if she is to have any chance of surviving, but before starting her new life she travels to North Carolina to visit her estranged daughter and grand-daughter.

Harmony convinces her to stay, that she will be able to hide and be a family. Little do they know, Janine's escape wasn't so secret and she has already been discovered.

This book shows how a woman in a brutal relationship trying to protect her children from a volatile man, can and in time overcome pain and suffering to become stronger but the hardest thing to do is build up your self esteem after years of put downs like you are not good enough or you look awful in it and beatings if anything was so much as out of place.
This is inspiring and very courages woman and story. Emotional too.