After the Rain

After the Rain by Lilian Darcy. Published by Tule

August 25, 2014 by cayocosta72 Leave a comment

Kira has never gotten over the death of her sister, Neve, 18 years ago. So much of Kira’s life has been overshadowed by her sister, first in life and then in death. Now, nearly two decades after Neve’s death, Kira is trying to be the best single mom possible to her 10 year old son, Jake. Then Neve’s old boyfriend Casey blows back into town and Kira is surprised by the intensity of her feelings. She has always held Casey responsible for Neve’s death and that hasn’t changed, what she didn’t expect was the growing attraction she would feel for her sister’s old beau.

A moving story about dealing with tragedy, picking up the pieces and moving forward.

OK, I'm in love with River Bend and all of it's 'people'!
What we have here is a girl (Kira) who is holding a lot of anger and past resentments and a boy (Casey) who is fighting some pretty dark demons about his past. Kira is part of Casey's demons and Casey is part of Kira's resentments and anger. They both have a lot of growth to go thru. Can they do it together and let the past be the past and look forward to a future? READ THE BOOK! LOl (I don't give away plots)
Lillian Darcy has a smooth style to her writing that makes reading her novels quite easy. You find yourself reading for hours and hours and don't even realize it. Her characters are deep and scarred and emotionally wrecked and I love them. They are SO real. She writes in a way where you feel what they feel and are right there with them!
OUT.STAND.ING !!!

Copy provided by NetGalley & Tule Publishing for an honest review!

Book 4 of the River Bend Series, “After the Rain by Lilian Darcy” happens immediately after the ending of “The Sweetest Thing”. In fact, there are crossovers in the storyline.

This time though, Ren and Tully from “The Sweetest Thing” take a backstep while Casey Brown and Kira Shepherd Blair, the main characters of “After the Rain” take center stage.

Again, author Lilian Darcy chose a title with a double meaning. “After the Rain” can literally refer to the summer rains in Marietta, Montana. Figuratively speaking, it is also about the emotional journey of Casey, Kira and her parents on how they deal with the death of Kira’s older sister Neve who died 18 years ago.

Just like “The Sweetest Thing”, “After the Rain” is a poignant story. Sad and distressing at times, it also has sweet moments as the characters find love and forgiveness.

“After the Rain” is Rated M for Mature due to subject matter. There are also mild sex scenes in the book.

Lilian Darcy has written a powerful, emotional story that touched my heart. I love After The Rain. The characters are real people who are dealing with unbearable pain. They need closure. The romance between Kira and Casey is doomed unless they can move forward with their lives. I couldn't put this book down. The characters emotions are real. I could feel their pain. The story and the writing ability of Ms. Darcy had me in tears. This book is a keeper! Can't wait to read more!!

Lilian Darcy’s After the Rain is a modern day drama. Be prepared to shed some tears and experience extreme emotions while reading this book. Can love conquer a troubled past and bring to tormented souls together? Kira and Casey are about to find out.

Casey Jay Brown is a successful entrepreneur. But his past still haunts him. He has painful memories of one fateful night and his family has done everything to protect him and take him away from the source of the pain. But a dream job takes him back to small town Montana to the place where he grew up. And the place where his girlfriend lost her life on prom night.

The story is highly emotional. If you pause and think about it, it seems unlikely that a girl will be attracted to her dead sister’s boyfriend. And moreover will act on it. The characters come alive and we can feel the despair of Casey and Kira. Supporting characters like young Jake, Kira’s step kids, parents etc. are well cast and add to the story. But in the end the question is – will the past ever be clear to them?

As the two characters try to decode the past, I thought there might be a cold case type mystery here. If you love movies from Hallmark or Lifetime, you are sure to like reading After the Rain.

I sorry to say I only read half this is could get the story but I got a friend who read and love it it was easy to follow the characters were good but just do not keep my attention I sorry to say