Review: Can Kay find her own true love or will she be sent running again?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
Ridley House by Willa Jemhart is an intriguing look at love and the past. It is a mystery story, a romance, and a science fiction story all at the same time.  It is a fabulous book and an easy read.Kay Rover has some to Ridley House Inn near the City of Shaunavon Lake to work for the summer.  She has lived a vagabond like and all her belongings fit in her “hippy” van.  She comes upon the beautiful home overlooking the lake and feels a tug, as if she knows this place.  Upon entering the house, she meets Edgar, the gardener who is ninety nine years old, who eerily whispers for her to leave immediately.  Shrugging off the eerie words, she meets Norma Jessup who owns and runs the inn.  She is given a tour of the house along with Lauren and Slade who have also come here to work.  Before the tour she has a few minutes along and looks at the family pictures on the wall.  She ultimately comes to one in which the woman looks just like her.  She becomes intrigued with the Ridley history at that point and believes she may have finally found the place she could get answers to the question of her own past.  Getting mixed up with Slade, Lauren, Dax and finally Josh simply adds to the mystery surrounding Kay’s past.  Can she find the answers or should she leave this place too.Willa has done an excellent job of creating suspense and intrigue in her book.  Once you start reading it, it seems impossible to put down until you have read to the very last line.  When you think you have it figured out, something happens to change everything up again.  This is an excellent book and very well written with lots of exquisite descriptions of this lovely home and garden.  She makes you feel like you can smell the lavender along with Kay.