The Newcomer

Although he knows he will always be Scottish inside his bones, Douglas Evans loves his adopted hometown of Crystal Creek, in the hill country of central Texas. Elected mayor of the small community, Douglas wants the town to thrive yet keep its sense of community. He simply loves and cherishes his new hometown.He currently worries what will happen to the town and its residents because outsider Margaret Embree accompanied by her brother Terry is trying to buy Crystal Creek and some of the locals seem eager to sell. Her employer Natasha Dunne wants to own the town that supported her three decades ago while filming on location while her spouse died in Nam. Maggie soon finds herself divided. She loves Douglas, but feels a need to remain loyal to Natasha, who was there for her and her sibling when her mother died years ago. Douglas also feels split in half as he too loves THE NEWCOMER but loathes what she is doing to his town. Still, both wonder why the obsessed Natasha needs to own the town even as they realize their future together may die with that fixation. The latest journey to Crystal Creek is a heart-wrenching contemporary romance that will thrill readers as it freshens up the series while brimming with old favorites. The story line is enjoyable especially the conflict of emotions that the hearts and souls of wrack Douglas and Maggie. Trying to figure out why Natasha needs to do what she is doing adds to the fun that readers receive in Margot Dalton's final book in her newest Crystal Creek trilogy.Harriet Klausner