FICTION

Mornings on Main

HQN: Harlequin. Apr. 2018. 313p. ISBN 9781335062956. pap. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9781488029516. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Mayor Connor Larady has roots in Laurel Springs, TX, going back generations. Jillian James isn't likely to stay long in any one place. Still, Jillian's desire to find her long-missing father and Connor's goal to organize a museum exhibit of the finished projects in his grandmother's quilt shop don't seem mutually exclusive. Gram is getting more forgetful, so Connor hires Jillian to catalog the pieces while Gram can still remember their stories. Jillian thinks the three-month job should suit her time line and allow her to inquire after Jefferson James, who, according to zip codes in journals he kept, spent time in the quaint Texas town. Jillian is enthralled by the histories of the quilts, as well as entangled with Gram; the quilting circle members; Sunnie, Connor's 16-year-old daughter; and the soft-spoken man on whom they all depend. Will three months be long enough?
VERDICT Thomas (Ransom Canyon) has drawn a warmly touching portrait of this small Southern town. The characters are multidimensional—even the young folk are engaging—while the quilts come alive whether readers are familiar with the craft or not. Stitching in several threads of mystery, Thomas hits another winner with this latest romance. Highly recommended for most libraries.
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