Sanctuary

By Brenda Novak

The Birth Place gave her sanctuary

Hope Tanner escaped from her polygamous community in Superior, Utah, ten years ago—pregnant and alone. She ended up at The Birth Place in Enchantment, New Mexico, where Lydia Kane, the clinic's founder, handled the private adoption of her baby. A baby Hope never held…and never stopped thinking about.

Now Hope briefly returns to her hometown to help her pregnant younger sister, Faith, escape, too. They need somewhere to go, a sanctuary. Where but The Birth Place? Faith can have her baby in safety and Hope can revisit old friends. Like Lydia—and the handsome Parker Reynolds.

But Parker, the birth center's administrator and a widowed single father, isn't pleased to see Hope back in Enchantment. He's even less pleased when Lydia offers her a job. Hope doesn't understand his animosity. In fact, she almost wonders if he has something to hide….

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin Superromance
• Release date: May 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781426836619

Brenda Novak

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak has written over 60 novels. An eight-time Rita nominee, she's won The National Reader's Choice, The Bookseller's Best and other awards. She runs Brenda Novak for the Cure, a charity that has raised more than $2.5 million for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). She considers herself lucky to be a mother of five and married to the love of her life. www.brendanovak.com

Reviews for Sanctuary

[Nic · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Hope was a great protagonist, but I had trouble liking so many of the other characters in this book. A lot of them abused her trust multiple times, and I hated how the burden of moving forward was always placed on her. I feel that most of the other characters didn't really learn anything from their behaviour, and it really annoyed me how abruptly the story ended.