Synopsis:~

Rivers Sullivan bears both visible and invisible scars—those on her shoulder from a bullet wound and those on her heart from the loss of her fiancé during the same brutal attack. Not even her background as an art therapist can help her regain her faith in humanity. Still, she scrapes together the courage to travel to St. Simons Island to see the beach cottage and art gallery she’s inherited from her fiancé. When she stumbles upon recovering addicts running her gallery, she’s forced to reckon with her own healing. 

After the tragic drowning of his cousin, James Cooper Knight spends his days trying to make up for his past mistakes. He not only dedicates his life to addiction counseling, but guilt drives him to the water, searching for others who’ve been caught unaware of the quickly rising tides of St. Simons. When he rescues a peculiar blond woman and her sketch pad from a sandbar, then delivers this same woman to his deceased grandmother’s properties, he knows things are about to get even more complicated. 

Tragic circumstances draw Cooper and Rivers closer, but they fight their growing feelings. Though Cooper’s been sober for years, Rivers can’t imagine trusting her heart to someone in recovery, and he knows a relationship with her will only rip his family further apart. Distrust and guilt are only the first roadblocks they must overcome if they take a chance on love. 

My take:~

Janet W. Ferguson’s novels always have a raw, authentic quality that makes her stories hard to put down. The Art of Rivers even more than most. Compelling in its authenticity and heartbreak, Janet brings together two people struggling with their own brokenness, Rivers as a result of an horrific crime perpetrated against her, and Cooper, by his own hand, complicated by his unique vulnerabilities and the guilt he bears from a tragic past. Janet doesn’t shy away from the realities of addiction, family dysfunction, and the crushing nature of guilt, shame, and grief, yet infuses this story with the promise of restoration and hope that faith and forgiveness can bring. The Art of Rivers is beautiful and powerful storytelling and the special pre-order ebook price is a steal!

With thanks to the author for my advance reader copy. I have also purchased my own final copy.

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