A review by jkh107
Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

4.0

A woman in her mid-20s takes on the job of renovating her grandparents' summer camp in upstate New York for their 50th wedding anniversary, only to discover that the contractor she has hired was her first love from summers at the camp long ago. As the book progresses, we travel back in time to those summers at the camp--both hers and also her father's summer romances, and the way they echo into the present day. We also get to know the heroine's rebellious cousin, the hero's brilliant risk-taking brother, and various other friends and family members (who are well-developed in addition to being, I hope, sequel bait). This was very well done, not only a romance but also the story of a family and the story of the camp itself (which almost becomes a character in the narrative). I really enjoyed this book a great deal; solidly written, likeable, fully-developed characters, and interesting plot. This was my first book by Wiggs; it was given away free as an e-book and FULLY served its purpose as I now plan to read many other books by her.