Review: Short, sweet and satisfying
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2011
Abby Cushman has been in love with Ross Springer for as long as she can remember, hanging with Ross and his older brother, Scotty.  And Ross once told her he loved her too, but that was before Scotty died, before he worked out that Abby and Scotty had been a couple on the Bethel College campus.  Now Ross runs the New Life Christian group at Bethel while completing his senior year, even though he is three years older than the other seniors.  Meanwhile, Abby is completing her PhD in Greek, running the Sojourners Bible study and resenting Ross for being a girl-magnet who all but ignores her.  Friendly rivalry between the New Life and Sojourners groups leads to a challenge to enter the Deep Haven fishing competition in the lakes around Deep Haven, Missouri, a competition which Abby is determined to win.Hook, Line and Sinker is a straightforward romance based on a simple misunderstanding, yet still touches on issues of how we see ourselves and how others see us.  Timewise, this novella falls sometime after Tying the Knot (the second of the Deep Haven novels), as Ross was one of the college-age counsellors at Noah's camp in that book.  Hook, Line and Sinker has all the charm of the other Deep Haven books, in a smaller package.  And how can you not like a romance series where the first book is called Happily Ever After?Thanks to Tyndale House and NetGalley for providing a free ebook to review.