Never Fall Again is the first book in the brand new Gossamer Falls series by Lynn H. Blackburn. With a lovely southern mountain setting and charming characters, this book pulls a reader in. There’s plenty of chemistry between the two main characters, and the suspense will keep you on your toes! Find out more below.
Landry Hutton has spent three years rebuilding her life behind the secure gates of The Haven, an exclusive resort on the outskirts of Gossamer Falls, North Carolina. After serving as the artist-in-residence, Landry is finally ready to settle in permanently to give her daughter, Eliza, a safe home in which to grow up.
Former Marine Callum Shaw always knew he would someday join his family’s construction business in Gossamer Falls. He longs for a family of his own but has almost given up on that ever happening. The beautiful artist who has hired him to build her new house is funny, gifted, and everything Cal could ever want in a partner, but he vows to keep his distance. He’s loved–and lost–someone like her before.
When Landry’s pottery is destroyed in a suspicious fire, it becomes clear that Landry and Eliza are in grave danger — but from whom? Cal will have to risk his heart again if he has any hope of protecting them.
Lynn H. Blackburn loves writing romantic suspense because her childhood fantasy was to become a spy, but her grown-up reality is that she’s a huge chicken and would have been caught on her first mission. She prefers to live vicariously through her characters and loves putting them into all kinds of terrifying situations while she’s sitting at home safe and sound in her pajamas!
She’s currently writing the Gossamer Falls series set in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The series will include three novels and one novella and kicks off with Never Fall Again.
Unknown Threat, the first book in her Defend and Protect series, was a 2021 Christy Award finalist, and her previous titles have won the Carol Award, the Selah Award, and the Faith, Hope, and Love Reader’s Choice Award.
Lynn lives in South Carolina with her family. You can stay up-to-date by signing up for her newsletter at her website and following her on social media @LynnHBlackburn.
My Impressions:
Never Fall Again is the newest novel from romantic suspense author Lynn H. Blackburn. Book 1 in the Gossamer Falls series, its setting is the mountains of Western Carolina. I love that area of the country, and found the descriptions in the book really set the stage for the books to come. There is a lot of building to be done for the series, including laying the foundation for the characters’ relationships. Big families with lots of adopted friends and generational interactions and feuds are all part and parcel of the small town of Gossamer Falls. Never Fall Again focuses on builder Cal Quinn and artisan Landry Hutton. Both have lots of baggage dealing with past relationships, hence the title of the book. But there sure is a lot of chemistry between the two! Fans of the romance side of romantic suspense will be quite pleased with how the book progresses. The suspense develops slowly — a fire here, a little vandalism there — until the danger is deadly. I did not figure out whodunit, but in retrospect the clues are there if you pay close attention. This book is a bit different from most of the suspense novels I read — law enforcement and investigative work is done by secondary characters mostly off stage, hence the characters and the reader being caught unaware and off-balance. If you like being kept on your reading toes, this one is for you.
A good start to a new series, Never Fall Again is perfect for fans of romantic suspense. I look forward to more intrigue in Gossamer Falls!
Recommended.
Audience: Adults.
(Thanks to NetGalley for a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.)
I have this one and will be reading it soon 🙂 Great review!
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