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Sunday, 9 November 2025

The House on Mountain Laurel Lane


This is a tender and compassionate look at loss, family, and one woman's journey through grief after the loss of her husband as she rebuilds her life, rediscovers who she is and supports her two young daughters during an emotional time in their lives.

This is the second book in the Gold Creek series and a few of the characters from the first book make brief appearances, but they mainly stay in the background. I missed their sass and seeing their connection with each other! Jo is a much quieter character, but I was pleasantly satisfied when my guesses about how things would turn out were correct. 

I listened to the audiobook and dipped into the ebook here and there and Rosanna Pilcher did a good job narrating. And despite its focus on grief, this is a light, easy-going story that has a Hallmark movie vibe, balancing emotional topics, with sprinklings of humour to lighten the mood and a cozy cast of small-town characters who will charm you. May we all have a Hank in our lives!

This is a heartfelt story about the support of community, friends and the power of found family to help us endure life's losses and struggles and celebrate the wins, loves and new experiences. 


Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to the author for providing me with ebook and eaudio advanced copies of this book which were given in exchange for my honest review


My Rating: 4 stars
Author: Eileen Goudge
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Series: Gold Creek 2
Type and Source: ebook, eaudiobook from author
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
First Published: Nov 11, 2025
Narrator: Rosanna Pilcher
Run Time: 10.5 hours
Read: Nov 2 - 5, 2025


Book Description from GoodReadsA widow and mom of two struggles to let go of the past and embrace the future in a powerful novel about friendship, love, and taking risks by New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge.

Ever since her husband Sean’s death, Jo Myers just can’t move on. Until she receives a video Sean made during his final days, urging her to find happiness after he’s gone. Jolted from her rut, she embarks on a journey forward.

Her first step is buying a house she and her daughters can call home. Framed by the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, it’s the very house she and Sean dreamed of owning together one day. It comes with a kindly and elderly resident lodger and an opportunity to make new memories. Jo even dips her toes into the dating pool. With the support of her friends, who call themselves the Tattooed Ladies, she is determined to honor her husband’s last wish. Even as reality comes crashing down again.

When everything she holds dear is threatened, Jo draws on her newfound strength and the power of friendship to finally find her way to the other side of grief and embrace whatever the future may hold.


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