A Kiss in Winter

December 1, 2006
After putting her life on hold for years to raise her younger stepsiblings following their parents' deaths, freelance photographer Caroline Rogers has only one more year before she is free to leave her small Kentucky hometown and explore the world. But when psychiatrist Mick Larsen gives up his Chicago practice, buys Caroline's old family farm, and returns home to put his past behind him, Caroline is torn between a man she is coming to love and her cherished dreams. A strong but troubled heroine and a hero who must learn to forgive himself find healing and love in an emotionally rich, multilayered story that explores issues of grief, guilt, mental instability, and family duty with consummate skill and perceptiveness. Crandall ("On Blue Falls Pond") lives in Noblesville, IN.

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January 1, 2007
Caroline, adopted after her mother's suicide, had to postpone her dreams of being a " National Geographic" photographer to raise her two younger siblings after their beloved parents' deaths. Now, with freedom again in reach, Caroline meets Dr. Mick Larsen, a psychiatrist who has abandoned his medical career for farming. Hopes and dreams collide when Caroline and Mick fall in love despite their clear and conflicting goals. Crandall's complex characters, intricate relationships, realistic conflicts, and fine sense of place make this a good bet for readers of Deborah Smith and Jodi Picoult. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)