Beyond Summer (Close to Home)

by Karen Young

There were some things he couldn't forgive Lincoln Cantrell had returned to Blossom, Mississippi, intent on avenging the wrongs he'd been dealt at the hands of the state's would-be governor, Jack Keating. He got his opportunity when he took over the management of the plantation belonging to Jack's widowed sister, Camille. But could Linc bring himself to hurt Camille in the process? He had loved her with a forbidden passion since she was seventeen, and now, his four-year-old daughter had become very attached to her. Nikki had already suffered so much in her short life... Would his lust for revenge mean an end to all he held dear?

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?