Blue Ridge Sunrise

In Denise Hunter's Blue Ridge Sunrise, the first installment in the Blue Ridge Romance inspirational romance series, this moving and heart-warming story will bring you to tears and feel warmth in your heart from God. Former free spirit Zoe Collins returned home to Copper Creek, Georgia, after her beloved grandmother had died. She brought her four-year-old daughter Gracie and her boyfriend Kyle. But during her homecoming, she's reunited with her best friend Hope and old feelings flooded her of her brother Brady's best friend Cruz Huntley. As a background singer for Kyle's country band out of Nashville, she learned her grandmother had handed her the barn and orchard to run in her will. While Kylie's demanding way to return back to Nashville, she put her foot down and tried to make a go of it. She remembered how she met Cruz and how Gracie was conceived one starry night. And when she discovered she was pregnant with his baby, he didn't believe her and pushed her away. Now since she returned, she haven't told him the truth, while Kyle interferred and wanted her to come back. While her own brother Brady deals with his ex-wife Audrey and seeing his newborn Sam, Zoe tries to get her father to warm up to her, but he kept pushing her away as he's no longer a part of her life. Meanwhile,  Cruz deals with the fallout of his paternity and wrestles with the feelings he still has for her, while he gets to know Gracie better. They also put the past behind them and move forward together, when days before the Peach Fest, her barn goes aflame. While she deals with the grief of losing the barn and tries to put the screws on Kyle, it was a matter of life and death for Cruz to profess his love for her and set things right for them.

This was a beautiful and truly moving romance about second chances, following your heart and believing in God. I really cared for Zoe and Brady and how they deal with single parenthood and difficult relationships. I'm so glad Brady accepted Cruz and Zoe together, while their father is a bit prejudiced and self-centered in my opinion. The same could be said for Kyle. I do love Gracie and how she was a spitting image of red-haired Zoe. I also loved how Zoe wanted to do her own thing and set her own path aflame in her own independence. The scenic settings for Copper Creek was very visual and picturesque for a small town community that came together in a crisis. The location was idealistic and very charming as well. I could see Hope and Brady come together as a possible love connection too. This inspirational romance will make you pray and kneel, your heart race and swoon, sigh and take a deep breath with non-stop action, drama, intrigue, and sparks of romance.

Will you catch a glimpse of a Blue Ridge Sunrise tonight?