Book Review – The Return (Dinah McCall)

Book 22 of 2007 was The Return by Dinah McCall.

When schoolteacher Catherine Fane travels to rural Kentucky to fulfill her guardian’s last wishes by burying the woman’s body near the cabin where she lived years before, she unwittingly stirs a sleepy town into an ugly fervor. Although Catherine wasn’t a blood relation, kindly Annie Fane had taken her in after her parents were mysteriously murdered. But the superstitious townsfolk of Camarune used to consider Annie a witch, and they immediately apply the label to Catherine as well, menacing the schoolteacher’s plan to stay in the isolated cabin while she tries to make sense of her life. Then she meets Luke DePriest, the area’s sexy sheriff, who tries to protect her, all while hunting a thief who’s been leaving strange wooden carvings in the place of the goods he steals. When a deranged farmer shoots Catherine in the back, the townsfolk are jolted back to their senses, Luke and Catherine are forced to confront their love for each other, and Catherine finally discovers the long-lost truth of her past.

While I was reading THE RETURN I was really reminded why Dinah McCall is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine. I so enjoy the sense of adventure reading her books gives me. She gives such vivid descriptions of the setting. The high mountains, sparkling lakes, rugged terran. It almost makes me want to jump into the book. The story was gripping, especially in the beginning, where the young mother is running with her child, looking for help. I enjoyed the characters. The book was a little predictable. I knew who ‘the hunter’ was right away, it was obvious. The first few chapters of the book took place in the past. It told the story of Fancy, and Turner, and the feud between their families. I feel their love story should have been told in more detail, perhaps in a separate book. A sequel could have been written for Catherine, and Luke. Great book!

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