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Refuge at Pine Lake: A Pine Haven Novel Kindle Edition

by Rose Chandler Johnson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 2,444
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“ … a tender story of healing and finding a place to belong. This sweet, Southern romance doesn’t disappoint.” – Liz Talley Robin Lancaster, a twenty-six-year-old former kindergarten teacher, has her summer and her life all figured out. She’s ready to be on her own, writing and illustrating her children’s stories at her family’s beloved lake house. Once there, she intends to rekindle a romance with Caleb Jackson, the area’s top hunting and fishing guide, and bag him for herself.Complications arise from the start when Robin finds out her mother has rented the lake house to a man they know nothing about. Matthew McLaughlin, forty-year-old widowed university professor and author from California, shows up at Pine Lake in crisis. A sabbatical might be his only hope to save much more than his career. He needs a place of refuge. Sharing the lake house with a lighthearted young woman and her dog is the last thing on his mind. Caleb Jackson has his own plans. He’s used to things going his way, but a man staying in Robin’s house presents unforeseen challenges. When paths unavoidably entangle for these three, hearts are on the line.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PFKL2D4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chanson Books; 1st edition (March 5, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 5, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4312 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 385 pages
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Rose Chandler Johnson

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Rose Chandler Johnson's award-winning devotional journal, God, Me, and Sweet Iced Tea: Experiencing God in the Midst of Everyday Moments released in July 2013. Her devotions, poems, short stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications over the years. My Father' House is Rose's first novel. Rose has lived near Augusta, GA for the last thirty-two years. For the last twenty plus years, Rose has been a French and English teacher. Currently she is an adjunct English instructor at a technical college. Rose enjoys baking, gardening, and spending time with her six children and their growing families. Another devotional is in the works and another Southern lit novel, coming March 2019.

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Southern Belle
5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Story
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023
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I loved this book! A beautiful love story with likeable characters, set in a quaint small town with interesting townsfolk. A good, clean cut story.
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Gatorfan
5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet innocent love story
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2019
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REFUGE AT PINE LAKE is a standalone read with a HEA. There is no sex at all. In fact, I think this book would fall under Religion and Spirituality. It may already be there and I just missed it. It is not preachy at all, they just have prayer before eating, attend church, and have prayer when they are troubled.

Robin is 26. She is a very talented artist and children's books author. She is not published. She is a teacher and has taken a year off to spend time at her families lake house and to hone her talent. She is also determined to have the crush of her life turn into something more. Caleb is the hunk that loves everyone. He is a fishing and hunting guide and has his own business just starting. He has told Robin that he will not marry for many years, he wants to get his business up and running and making money before taking on a wife and family. Robin is sure that when he does decide to pick a bride she will be first in line. She has talked herself into being in love with him.

Caleb is a nice enough guy but he is a bit immature and just hasn't hit manhood yet. He is good looking and knows it and the ladies all have a crush on him. Especially a family friend that has known him since childhood.

Tom is a professor and author, he lives in California and teaches at a university there. Several years ago he lost his wife when he wrecked their car in a terrible accident. He has never recovered and has fallen into depression and despair. He feels he is responsible and he has not been able to forgive himself or move forward. His friend set him up to have a sabbatical at a lake house in a small Georgia town. It is Robin's house and she had plans to spend the summer there as well. She decides to convince Tom that she is his hostess at their B&B and she will stay in an apartment at the back of the house and give him the house. The ruse works.

This is a sweet romance. A young woman that grows up and lets go of some fantasies she has created. Tom makes a complete transformation as he recovers from his grief. It is a sweet story that any age could read. It does have the Christian overtones so anyone liking that genre would be happy with the book. I would definitely recommend it for readers that like the innocent stories.

I was not paid for this review. I am not a writer nor do I know one. I am not kin to this author. I am a reader and this is my opinion, nothing more, nothing less. 10/7/2019
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4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet romance
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2019
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I enjoyed reading this romance. It was well plotted and written and it is a good clean story. My only complaint is labeling it as a Christian romance. The protagonists may have been Christians but they seemed much more like nice, middle class Americans who may or may not have gone to church on Sunday, who probably were taken to church and Sunday school as children, so had some acquaintance with religion. But the story would not have been seriously affected if no references to church or scripture had not been included.
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SouthernMs
5.0 out of 5 stars Robin & Matt: Their journey of growing up, healing, overcoming and finding love.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019
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I gave this book 5 stars (and 5 is too low a number), because from the beginning the storyline grabs your attention, from the beginning to the end. The emotional anguish of the hero, Matt, his battle against the pain that was pulling him into that black hole. The trip to Georgia and meeting the heroine, Robin and her dog, Callie. The fact that by meeting and interacting with them, changed the path of his life, to pull him away from the black hole and to start living again. The secondary characters, also come to life. The reader is made to feel a part of the story. Although there are a few sections within the storyline involving Robin that I found somewhat irritating. Overall, I really enjoyed the book, most especially Matt and how he overcomes his pain. Also Robin in her growth and how she grew up. At first, I thought the book was too long (appx. 372 pp.), but as I began reading, I realized, in order to truly allow the readers into the thoughts of the h/h, the storyline could not rushed, nor the pages shorten. The characters came to life and shared their story, the good, the bad, the pain, the healing and LOVE. The author had to allow the reader to understand the hero, and I felt Matt's pain, and when that healing process began, I felt let healing...as if I walked through the process with him. She also allows the heroine to go through the process of growing up. Once you began reading (and become captivated into the story), you do not notice the number of pages. A truly excellent book. Good HEA, strong characters, wonderful read, stand alone and no cliffhanger. (The only way to make it better would have been an epilogue...my own personal opinion, due to the fact that I really enjoy books with epilogues.) HAPPY Reading! Enjoy!!!!*****vrnb*****
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Mrs. C
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2023
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I spend a lot of time reading and often lose interest After reading 3-4 chapters. I loved this story from the beginning. The author does a good job with setting, characters, and a storyline which is easy to follow, interesting, and just plain lovely.
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430booklover
5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet, clean contemporary story with faith and reliance on God mentioned
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022
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Matthew McLaughlin has been drowning in grief and guilt after his wife died in a car accident 4 years ago, he blames himself because he was driving. His friends get him to take a sabbatical and spend some time with nature at Pine Lake in Georgia. He doesn't know it but Robin's mom owns the cabin, and Robin decides to stay there in a studio apartment while he is there. She provides meals but her main reason to be there is because she wants to reconnect with Caleb who is the area's top fishing guide. I didn't understand her rational, as she had gone out with him in the past and he had made it clear he wasn't planning to marry. When they get together again, he becomes jealous of Matthew and ends up proposing to Robin. I thought that was weird because he had always said he wanted to get his business going well before marrying anyone. When Robin breaks up with him, he later tells her that it was good she did because he didn't plan to marry for years, something he didn't mention when proposing.

I liked Matthew and Robin and they are good together. I never liked Caleb for her as I don't think he really wants to marry anyone. I liked a lot of the other characters and the dogs, and was glad when Robin figured out that Caleb was wrong for her.
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Marie-Andree Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars Refuge at Pine Lake
Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2022
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Great read! The only disappointment is that it ended too soon. Refuge at Pine Lake has just the right mix of family love, animal love, God love, interesting characters and scenery that makes you want to be there too! Good story mix of happy, sad and funny that will keep you up late at night! Enjoy!
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Barb Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2023
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Needed a pick-me up...so turned to a good old romance novel....it didnt dissapoint!
Filled with characters you come to love & loath...gorgeous settings...I dream of my own lake house one day now....& of course a good dose of unexpected love.
Read it in less than a day! Could happily turn back to start & re read.
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C'est Moi
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story.
Reviewed in India on October 19, 2019
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A sweet tale of a man grieving his dead wife and a much younger girl in love with another man who is all wrong for her. Read the book to find the twists and turns in the tale.
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Dana K
3.0 out of 5 stars lovely
Reviewed in Australia on January 30, 2022
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Great story, characters were “real ”. Also there was NOT lots of sex; just lovely emotional scenes! Thanks, I enjoyed this book!
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Colleen Pilgrim
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2021
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So wonderful to read a book on healing and romance that is full of tension between the hero and heroine! What joy to watch true and pure love bloom !
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