Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Muskoka Blue by Carolyn Miller

Series: Original Six Hockey #6
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: July 26, 2022
376 pages

About the Book:

An ice princess with a broken heart. A pro hockey player with a secret.

For Sarah Maguire, spending the summer at Lake Muskoka was supposed to be about finding the courage to put back the pieces of her shattered life—not falling in love with the charming yet unsophisticated hockey player from next door.

Daniel Walton may have been praying for Miss Right to appear, but Sarah’s ice princess act just cries Miss Wrong. Dan’s summer plans hadn’t included befriending a redhead with a sassy tongue and cute accent, but as Muskoka works its magic he soon discovers that underneath the frost and prickles is the funny, feisty, loving woman he’s waited all his life to meet.

As their friendship deepens, Sarah comes to appreciate Dan’s patience and kindness yet struggles to let go of the past and embrace the future, while Dan, only too conscious of the personal history he wants to forget, questions the wisdom of pursuing a girl whose heart may never be wholly his – who may soon return to live on the opposite side of the world.

Will past regrets lead to further heartbreak? Or can Sarah and Dan learn to leave the past in the past and embrace God’s promises for the future?

My Rating & Thoughts:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐


Set in Muskoka, Ontario. Sarah is from Australia and staying with her aunt and uncle for a while, she meets Dan, who has a cottage next door. At first Sarah comes across rude. We learn this is because of the trauma and grief she is dealing with but I found her really hard to get to know and care about. As the story progressed I began to connect with her and begin to care. Whereas I loved Dan immediately and was excited to get to know him (he had been mentioned in pervious books in this series, but we didn't really know him). I enjoyed watching the relationship develop as the two got to know one another however I hated how Sarah refused to talk and the way she hurt Dan. I enjoyed the scenes with the Bible study guys, the way they teased one another and the updates we got on past characters we'd met. One thing that has stuck with me was the scene were Sarah when a reference to church being about the people and not so much the building. This has resonated with me. I enjoyed the ending and how Ms. Miller included little hints about what characters we may see in upcoming books.

(I purchased my copy of this book; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)
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