Review: Enjoyable Read, With Great Characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
Leaving Liberty is the first book that I have read by this author, and I am glad that I found it.  I was looking for something 'light' to read, and found it on Amazon.com for .99.  The book description sounded good, and the main reason I chose to read is because I loved the cover!  The cover says to me, "come on in and stay awhile!"I enjoyed the story because the characters were believable and down to earth.  The town of Liberty is a place I would love to live (even though it is a fictional town).  It is small, beautiful and everyone knows the others business, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing.This book made me laugh, and made me tear up a few time too!  I would say that the author achieved what she wanted, when the reader feels something for her characters.Daisy McConnell is strong and independent, but she also carries around a lot of anger towards her father, Rocky.  When Daisy was growing up Rocky was an alcoholic and mostly absent in her life.  I would have liked to have seen the author develop the relationship between Daisy and her father more.  With that said, it didn't take away from the story.Lane Bennett is strong, and handsome (which is mentioned many, many times throughout the book).  He is a policeman in the small town of Liberty, and has had his fair share of traumatic experiences and heartache.I enjoyed watching the relationship between Daisy and Lane develop.  Leaving Liberty is a story about love, second chances, faith and forgiveness.  It is also a story about a town that comes together to try to save the one place they all love, the Carnegie Library.I read somewhere that this book is a Christian Romance, but this book does not come off preachy or anything like that.  If you enjoy a good, clean romance, with great characters, then this book is probably something you will enjoy!