Refuge by Carole Rummage
***.5 stars

Laney is a sweet and sad girl she just lost her family and has gone to live with her aunt and uncle who she knows but not well. They don't have any of there own children and are glad to have her. Laney struggles with depression of having lost so much so young. She does manage to find peace and reprieve from the loss as she walks in the woods near her new home. While out walking one day she meets Gabe who is an artist and extremely handsome. They enjoy their new found friendship and help each other out with the pressures of life. Gabe has an illness *cough, cough*. Their friendship does grow into something more but is strained by all the secrets. This story was a fun read, but it is very predictable, and I am not a big fan of lets reveal everything in the last couple of chapters, again that is just me.
3.5 stars

content:
clean read