Return to Sutter's Mountain: Giving Thanks — S.K. McClafferty

Maggie is no stranger to adversity. Her marriage is history, the company where she worked for fourteen years folded, and now she is suddenly unable to afford the house on the outskirts of Akron, Ohio. Solutions seem hard to come by. Life with two teenagers isn't easy, especially as a single mother. And her situation requires a lot of prayer. Just when Maggie is about to give up, she receives an unexpected offer from an unlikely source. Jacob Sutter, Maggie's dad, is as tough and craggy as the mountain he owns, and their father-daughter relationship has always been extremely rocky. It hasn't even been a year since their fifteen-year estrangement ended. Now, Jacob is offering Maggie a lifeline in the form of her Gran's Spring House, rent-free if she is willing to do some minor repairs. Given their history and Maggie's pride, the decision is anything but easy, yet in the end, Maggie and her kids make the move to Sutter's Mountain. The transition from small town Ohio to the mountains and hollows of West Virginia requires a great deal of effort, and 13-year-old Matthew is in all-out rebellion. Abby is ten, and immersed in country life with her granddad as an indulgent guide… and exactly what is going on with Maggie's dad? Has he changed so much? Or did she ever take the time to know him at all? Maggie's life is about to get interesting. The Country Roads Series is all about life in the heart of America, the complexity of family, and embracing the simple life.