Left Behind by Sharon Sala
Left Behind by Sharon Sala, book four in the Jubilee, Kentucky
series, is a an amazing tale full of love, family and second chances in a
small Kentucky mountain town, where tight-laced clans abound, and outsiders are
looked upon with suspicion.
Wiley
Pope is a police officer alongside his eldest brother, Aaron. After
two women ruined his date with nurse Linette Elgin, he hasn't seen or heard
from her. When a robbery at the local bank occurs, Linette finds herself as one
of the hostages; with Wiley one of the cops coming to the rescue. Linette sees
how he protected the hostages, and sees all that he does. She relents and
decides to give him a second chance. That second attempt leads to them realizing
that they have found their “one”, their soulmate.
A
woman, Corina, from Wiley’s father’s past, brings her 7-year-old daughter, Ava,
to the police station, in an attempt to extort money from them. Wiley finds himself
adoring the little girl, Ava. He makes a deal with Corina, he will adopt her,
and free Corina to her move on with her own life. This one quick decision on
Wiley’s part alters Ava’s destiny: giving her a family, a bedroom with her own
bed and pillow, and more love than she knew was possible.Ava was a cute and
adorable child that everyone, including all the Pope family, as well as Linette
loved. Ava had not just a rough life, but a heart-rending one of learning to
hide and living on scraps. This half-sister of the Pope brothers stole their
heart, but the surprise was how much Shirley, their mother, loved this little
girl unconditionally. Linette, Wiley’s “almost-wife”, is beside herself as she finally
had a family to love.
All the members of the Pope family become involved
in loving this little girl: from Dani babysitting and gifting Ava with so many
firsts, to the beautiful celebration cake, and necklace from BJ. This book was
family first and the Pope family was amazing on a whole other level.
A
murder investigation begins in Pope Mountain, with a woman shot in the back. It
turns out that the woman’s brother was murdered, and she was found in the
mountains with a serious injury. Wiley is assigned to guard her at the
hospital; learning more about the attempt on her life. While there are people
out to kill Carey, fearing she could identify them: friends and police are on
top of things, keeping her safe. All of these bad guys get the comeuppance they
deserved. Corina, truly vile and
heartless, gets her own karma, in the end. This was the best kind of love
story; it is the love of family and community showered onto a small angel who
deserved pure love.
Sharon
Sala has a gift for entwining multiple characters and storylines while still keeping
the main plot the center focus of the book. Somehow she is able to blend and
connect all of the characters, provide a back-story and share enough
information to know what's going on and where each character is coming from. I
highly recommend Left Behind, a must read, to other readers and look forward to the next Pope brother
story.
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