The Lost Husband by Katherine CenterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars.
Libby Moran's husband Danny died in a car crash, picking their daughter up from school. After his death she discovers he has lost all their money on bad investments and she loses the house and is forced to move together with her two children back in with her narcissistic mother. Three years later she receives a letter out of the blue from her aunt Jean offering her a home on her farm in Texas - Libby has no recollection of ever meeting Jean, who her mother describes as a crazy hippy, but anything has to be better than living with her mother so she packs them up and leaves.
After Danny's death, Libby has become terrified of anything happening to her children, especially since her daughter was injured in the crash and still walks with a limp. But Jean and her farm hand O'Connor gradually teach her to relax and let the kids run free. TBH I found this a bit irritating, why is it always the city mom who is neurotic and the childless man and woman who know better?
But just as Libby and her children are beginning to find their feet there are bombshell surprises.
This was okay, but it was a very slow burn, and the surprises were a bit obvious. I am not surprised that this is an old book that has got a new cover.
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