A Secret At Tansy Falls – ARC Book Review

The old farmhouse at Tansy Falls. A little patch of paradise in the hills of Vermont. Home to happy couple Connie and Nate. And a long-buried secret that will ignite a devastating spark…

As the summer sun sets over the sleepy Vermont town of Tansy Falls, Connie is reminded of how lucky she is. Every day, when she leaves the job she loves, managing the Covered Bridge Inn with her best friend Piper, she looks forward to returning to the farmhouse she shares with her husband Nate. At home, her flowerbeds overflow with day lilies and the weathered brick walls of her beautiful house glow in the evening light. The air is filled with the scent of the puffed apple pancakes she prepared that morning.

But one night, when Nate returns home, he is distant. He and Connie have been married for a long time, and while the laughter and lingering kisses have dwindled, Connie believed they would be together forever. So when a stranger arrives on their doorstep with a shocking secret about Nate, Connie’s life changes beyond all recognition.

Connie never thought she’d need to start over and live a life without Nate by her side. But as her heart breaks, Piper and the team at the inn are ready to help stitch it back together, with thoughtful advice washed down with warm spiced cider. As Connie begins to feel whole again, distraction arrives in the form of olive-skinned, broad-shouldered newcomer James. Nate has taught Connie that she doesn’t need a man, but James’s arrival helps her discover that she can follow her own dreams too. But as more secrets come to the surface, Connie wonders if she’ll ever truly be able to leave behind her past for good…

This is the second book of the Tansy Falls series. After reading the first book Inn At Tansy Falls, I had high expectations for the second book and couldn’t wait to read the next one.

Well, I am not saying it was bad, but it was’t good as the first one.

Connie and Nate had been married for many years but they have been struggling with their marriage recently and she soon discovered a secret about Nate that explained why he was distant. With the help of her friends at the inn, she tries to live a life without Nate and meets a man named James Oritz who seemed to have swept her off the feet.

First of all let’s start with the good things. The writing was great. The descriptions of the inn, the garden and view made the reader feel like they are the part of the story as well. I really liked the author’s style of writing and the author has a way of drawing the reader into the story. But the bad thing is, the story is bland, boring and not much is going on in the story. First of all, this is not the continuation of the first book, and the characters in the first book are just barely mentioned in the book. Overall, I didn’t enjoy the story as much as I did with the previous one. Nonetheless, if there’s a third book in the series, then I couldn’t wait to read that one and hopefully will be better than this.

Worth three stars. Mnay thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.