Sierra Falls

by Veronica Wolff

Overview

Sierra Falls, California, is one of those sleepy towns that people choose to leave. Sorrow Bailey chose to stay behind and run the struggling family lodge, but has always yearned for more. Things look up when she discovers a collection of letters from her three-times great grandmother and namesake, telling the story of a forbidden love affair.

Billy Preston is the new sheriff, a widower escaping the grief of his former life. He helps out after an accident at the Bailey lodge, and what begins as admiration for Sorrow's quiet strength quickly becomes more. When Sorrow's discovery brings fame to Sierra Falls and her dreams of a better life are within reach, one too many "accidents" have Billy wondering whether someone is willing to kill to keep them off the map...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101580073
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/03/2012
Series:	A Sierra Falls Novel , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	475,213
File size:	452 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Veronica Wolff has a master's degree in art history from The University of Texas at Austin. She has lived everywhere from South Carolina to Hawaii to India, finally settling in San Francisco where she lives with her husband, two children, a dog and cat, and countless houseplants. Her unmarketable skills include snow-boarding, speaking Hindi, gardening, and knowing an alarming amount of pop-culture trivia. She has two new books coming out with Berkley: Warrior Of The Highlands (January 2009, Berkley Sensation Mass Market Original) and Lord Of The Highlands (Berkley Sensation Mass Market Original scheduled for January 2010).

Editorial Reviews

Moving from historical romance (Master of the Highlands, etc.) to contemporary romance set in the titular California foothills village, Wolff pairs a saddened older man and a sweet put-upon young woman. Sorrow Bailey, stuck running her parents’ rundown lodge and tavern, yearns to be a real chef somewhere—anywhere—else. She’s tired of her boyfriend, Damien, who runs his family’s timber business, and now wants recently widowed sheriff Billy Preston, formerly a big-city police lieutenant. While Sorrow and Billy’s mutual attraction smolders and soon flares into lusty bedroom acrobatics, a steadily worsening series of disasters hits Sorrow and her family business, paralleled by a senior-citizen romance between fry cook Tom Sullivan and divorcée Marlene Jessup. Engaging protagonists, sympathetic minor characters, and an involved though predictable plot full of real-life problems create enjoyable escapism while leaving broad hints at episodes to come. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (Apr.)

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