Branson Missouri Oct
The book starts with Allison watching over the lake.Inside there is a party for her husband's 47th birthday.Her husband's friends refer to her as his trophy wife.She is in her early to mid thirties.They also say she goes through his money.I agree with Allison that sometimes fall in love with unexpected person like someone older Her husband's theater business is expericing fiancial problems

Evanston,Illinois
Brianna is riding a motorcycle with Liam,her boyfriend,calling to wish her dad happy birthday

Branson same night to present
The dinner guests leave Allison's party after dinner .They were reministing about burkes,her husband's,first wife Kate.Brianna ,burkes daughter,doesn't care for Allison.Brianna is going to school for journalism.After an accident Allison has to try to remain strong.The pace was quick and easy to get into I liked reading the letters from Kate.

It's been a long time since I've read Janet Dailey book and I've always her books immensely This is a love story and about second chances and courage. A quick easy romance read very sweet . I would recommend for a quick read!

I have mixed feelings when it comes to this book. Sometimes Janet Dailey is hit or miss for me and this one fell right in the middle. There are parts that I loved and then they were dulled because scenarios in the book where not believable.
I liked that it showed how hard it can be when your relationship is always questioned by everyone in your life. It sheds some light that marriage is not always rainbows and unicorns. It is hard work.

Second chances is the theme of this heart warming book. Second wife Allison, an unhappy step-daughter, crooked business partner, failing business and the mob is the life of Burke is living while recovering from a serious automobile accident. But the redeeming factors in this novel is that Allison is not willing to give up and is willing to risk everything to save her family. Recommended!

Janet Dailey gives us a story of love, second chances, and courage. We find Allison Caldwell out on the balcony while everyone else is inside celebrating her husband's birthday. She overhears the guests as they criticize her party, her redecorating, and her marriage. She is constantly being compared to the first Mrs. Caldwell by his friends and family and not to mention being called Kate by her own husband at times of stress. What started out as a quick trip to the office missing his own birthday dinner lands Burke in the hospital. Allison finds letters from Kate to Burke stuffed in a desk drawer. She starts to read them to better understand Kate and the fairytale marriage she kept hearing about hoping to help her marriage to the same man. Will Allison find the answers she seeks so desperately or will it only give way to more questions? Will she and Burke weather this storm and come out on the other side stronger than before?

Janet Dailey presents a lovely story about two people whose love is constantly questioned by family and friends. She shares how the past may be able to help the present and future if you listen to the message closely and take the lessons learned to heart. I have enjoyed reading about Allison and Burke. I did feel that the ending was a bit rushed tying up all the loose ends.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I would like to thank NetGalley and Kensington Books for this privilege.

I can't say enough good things about this book. Allison was a woman that was trying to find her place in her husbands world. It was unfortunate that it had to take an accident to make that happen. Allison really showed how strong she was and Burke didn't know how strong his wife was. Burke's daughter had a lot of growing up to do but was able to make that transition. This book is well worth the read and the author did a great job of making the reader feel everything that the family was going through.

Janet Dailey is one of my favorite authors. I believe I have read all of her books. This was an emotional read, more a women's fiction than her typical romance. That said still a great book

Well-paced novel about intrigue between business partners facing the loss of a struggling entertainment venue and agency. Throw in a supposed trophy wife and a daughter dealing with first love while pursuing her dream of a career in journalism, and Burke finds himself facing more than the life-altering injuries from a terrible car accident. Pitting his desire to remain the man-in-charge and the need to turn to his wife and daughter, Burke finds that Allison is much tougher than the trophy wife everyone else assumed she was while his daughter, Brianna, takes on a more mature role to help both of them while salvaging her dreams for love and a career. In the background, a series of letters written by Burke's late wife help Allison step up to save her marriage, help Brianna, and ensure the business remains intact.

Allison lives on Peaceful Lane with her husband Burke and stepdaughter Brianna. Burke’s first wife died six years earlier, but Brianna refuses to accept the much younger Allison as her father’s wife. Burke is seriously injured in a car accident at the same time that the mob is trying to gain ownership of his club. Burke is facing financial ruin and wants Allison to divorce him in order to acquire some of his assets while he still has them. However, she loves her husband and refuses. Since Burke is temporarily laid up, Allison decides to investigate the mob’s efforts to take control of his business. She is able to obtain the evidence that Burke needs to escape the mob and obtain the loan needed to save his business. As Allison helps Brianna deal with anlegal issue and the ramifications, Brianna finally accepts Allison and the two become friends.

Allison and Burke Caldwell seem to have the perfect life until an accident crashes the fairytale.

Allison knew when she married businessman Burke Caldwell the rumors would fly. His friends compared her to his deceased wife and found her wanting, while Burke’s 19 yr old daughter resented Allison’s place in her father’s life.

It all came to a head when Burke crashes his car after an argument with Allison and is left in serious condition. At the same time, Allison learns his theatre business is in danger of foreclosure.

Desperate to find out where they went wrong, she begins to read a pile of letters from his first wife that she finds among his things. She gains a new understanding of their relationship and is determined to fight for her husband.

This is a good read portraying the dynamics of second marriages in a believable way.

I give Letters From Peaceful Lane 4 lovely kisses- A heartwarming read!

I have read Janet Dailey for years. This is a fantastic book. Please pick it up. You will be glad you did. I'm sorry I'm only allowed to give it 5 stars!!

This title wasn’t quite what I expected, but I enjoyed it all the same. It is always nice to read about locations familiar with and this one was no exception. I enjoy reading a strong female character and seeing the inner workings of a marriage with joys and struggles. It was a great weekend read!

Letters From Peaceful Lane is a romance story. Janet Dailey books are always hit or miss for me. This one was a miss. I had trouble believing some parts of the story. I didn't connect with the characters. It just wasn't for me. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

2* Sometimes an author's back catalogue should RIP when they pass away. Not a believable read. May contain some Spoilers.

I used to read what I call vintage Janet Dailey, in the days before the rumours of plagiarism and ghost writers, but she got a bit insipid and fell off my radar, so much so that I didn't know she'd passed away until a few years ago.

Like with other authors, it seems as if her estate has decided to put her tales out. I honestly wish they hadn't. This book barely skimmed the surface of what a JD book, as I recall them, is. The male lead seemed to have very little backbone and to have gotten himself in such a financial mess, means that he wasn't a good businessman, either. And, he seemed to not be a lover or a husband, on top, and I wondered what his wife saw in him. We don't even get a physical description of him, other than being told he's lost weight following his accident and rehab.

Allison, his wife, we're told is not a trophy wife, but a real woman who loves him. She is the latter, but again other than being told she's a blonde, we know nothing about her. She is a loyal wife as it turns out, and I think the author's/replacement author's attempt at a red herring fell flat. To bring in a potential lover to muddy the waters is fine, but when you make the guy out to be slimy and unlikable and out for No1 from the start, that makes him a non-starter, unless you make Allison a total bimbette.

Add in the daughter/stepdaughter and her woes, which felt unnecessary to the tale, and her ex-alcoholic boyfriend who's really neither here nor there, and you wonder why either is needed. The answer is that they're not. They're filler, or perhaps an attempt at diversifying the tale. You honestly wouldn't have missed them if they'd been absent from the tale.

As for the so-called baddie? At least make him credible. Give him a motive. Give him a reason for his betrayal and do not let him get away with a crime. For the lead to let him walk away, ties with the mob, forged signature and attempted blackmail et al, was not at all believable. For him to try to pit everyone against the lead, was not believable, only transparent and worthy of eye-rolling.

And as for the lone sex scene? Does it even qualify as one? This book reads like something from the 70s before the battle of the sexes style of romance came in, with authors revolutionising romance, courtesy of Carole Mortimer, Charlotte Lamb, Anne Mather, etc., etc. This scene didn't rate as one in my book, pardon the pun, and tbh, the book doesn't rate as romance, mystery, family saga or anything else. It's simply a bunch of loose ends, or tings that have no connection being put together between the pages of a book and being told to get on with it. Or so it seemed, and read.

The plot was barely worthy of being called a plot, and the lead's instruction to his wife to divorce him, so she doesn't share in his downfall, made me lololol. It really, really didn't ring true, especially as he didn't even try to couch it in not loving her any more.

And the letters thing? They dated the book so badly, even though clumsy attempts have been made to modernise it. We get told that the first, deceased wife prefers letters, even in this day and age of email, and yet she continues to write them, and we're not told which day and age the tale is set in. And, the gaps between the letters wasn't believable. They'd have been more credible as the deceased woman's found diary.

I wasted an hour of my time that I can't get back on this. I wish I hadn't.

ARC courtesy of Kensington Books Zebra Romance and NetGalley, for my reading pleasure.