Beneath Copper Falls (Rock Harbor Series Book 7)

I am not sure why, but I became a Colleen Coble fan late in her writing career. I had sporadically read some of her books, but didn't get into them that much. That has changed over the last few years, and I have become an avid reader of her books. In fact, I have gone back and read around 20 of her books in the last month, many that I had read before. Her best series, in my opinion, is her Rock Harbor Series. The characters are impossible not to like, and everything about the series is just top notch. It has been several years since the series ended, so I was a bit dubious about another book in the series so long after the rest.... but I was wrong to be dubious. It probably helps that I just re-read the other books a few weeks ago, but this book seamlessly fell in with the rest..... and was a totally awesome 5-stars read. The suspense and drama was great in the book, but there was a message throughout the book that Coble got across, of true beauty being what is inside. The hero of the story, Boone, is a man who got one side of his face scarred in a fire. As a result, his fiancee left him. He thinks no woman could ever love him, yet the heroine of the story is attracted to him largely in part because of who he is inside. The message is there that we work too hard to impress people with what they see of us outwardly, and too often don't work on our character and everything else inside enough. On the flip side, the bad guy in the story had perfect looks, but was an evil killer. This paragraph sums up the theme and message of the book: "Scars and all, his face was so handsome, so beloved. Her experience had taught her of how the soul was the repository of beauty. Unlike the Phantom (of the opera) who was as ugly on the inside as he was on the outside, Boone's scars hid an astoundingly beautiful soul. She had spent too much of her life worrying about the face she presented to the world, and much too little time on the character she needed to be developing every day." Thanks, Colleen for writing not just a great suspense novel that was hard to put down, but also for including this great and needful message.

Colleen Coble’s latest suspenseful tale is also a welcome return to Rock Harbour which is a series that I️ have read some but not all of the available titles.911 dispatcher Dana Newel has returned to her family home after escaping an abusive relationship. But she soon realises that sometimes that even in the most tranquil of settings can still not fully protect us from the outside world - as the very things she ran from have followed her here.This was a truly suspenseful tale with lots of twists and turns - there seemed to be multiple possible ‘baddies’ and just the right amount of romance as well.The setting was also magically rendered - vivid description so that you could almost feel the chill of the air and the frozen landscape. Very atmospheric.Recommended reading especially on a cold, rainy weekend curled up by the fire of course.I received a copy of this book from the publisher via The Fiction Guild, and was not required to post a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.

This book deals with the difficult but all-too-real subjects of stalking and abuse. I would suggest that the book include a telephone number for a domestic violence hotline, as well as an epilogue listing the ways women can recognize if they're in an unhealthy relationship (isolation, temper, abuse, etc.).That being said, this book held my attention. I figured out the criminal about a third of the way through the book. It's a stunning realization no matter when you figure it out. I did need to suspend disbelief (the relationships between some of the victims were incredible). Also, some threads were left hanging--not wanting to give spoilers, so I'll just say Boone was teaching Dana something that never came into play.All in all, this was a gripping book. Good for a summer read.

Beneath Copper Falls is Colleen Coble's latest addition to her Rock Harbor Series. You know from the first page that this tale will be filled with suspense. You find Renee Carter hiding in her garden from the man she is to marry the next day. Before you know it, she is grabbed by her groom-to-be. Suddenly he is holding her head under water. Renee's final thoughts are of her brother, Boone!As you move forward two years, you find Boone Carter back in his hometown of Rock Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is currently managing a group of cabins that he built himself, providing visitors with a place to stay while they take advantage of the great outdoors. You are soon introduced to Dana Newell, who looking for a safe place to live, plans to move back home to Rock Harbor and live with her brother Chris. Dana is running away from an abusive relationship with her fiance, Garret Waterman. She meets Boone as soon as she arrives at her brother's house. Her brother is currently out of town on a business trip, but he has asked his friend Boone to stop by and make her feel welcome. Dana is uneasy when he stops by with groceries for her and the atmosphere becomes even more awkward when she is caught staring at the burns on his face!Dana soon learns that Boone was burned during his time working as a smoke-jumper in Arizona. As Dana begins to get to know Boone better and their friendship begins to grow, she learns more of the details about his sister Renee's death. The details are way too similar to the way Garret had treated her. When she suddenly sees Garret driving through town, she knows her worst fear has come true. He has found her sanctuary!Hang on as this tale will lead you to an ending you would never imagine!