A sweet story about two women who come together to find peace in each other lives.
Rebecca's story goes back 62 years ago while she lived with her Dad and younger brother until she left. Sadie comes home to help her mother run and repair the family Inn only to find how much she really missed her home town.
It's a great story, with a pinch of romance.

I loved this story, a little bit of mystery and romance, the setting was gorgeous and the characters were likable. I enjoyed the story very much.

After wrapping up her newest documentary, journalist Sadie Forest decides that after 15 years, it's time to visit home. As she dives into helping her widowed mother run the family inn, she finds herself immersed in the memories of her childhood, not all of which are good.  The main reason for her staying away from home so long? Her father. Now that he has passed she is forced to reconcile her feelings towards her overbearing, controlling father, as she tries to understand her mother's grief.

One day Sadie stumbles upon an empty cottage while on a run. After its persistent feline resident insists on her entering, she starts to worry for the seemingly elderly owner. Teaming up with the closest neighbour she helps locate 75-year-old Rebecca, miles away from home.  When Rebecca asks for Sadie's help, she makes a promise to Rebecca, and herself, to help however she can.

Switching from the present to the past, we follow Sadie as she tries to unravel the mystery of Rebecca's history, not an easy task when the stubborn older woman refuses to speak more on the subject. And we get a glimpse into 12-year-old Rebecca's (Becky's) life as she starts over in a new town with her beloved father and younger brother.

This was a beautiful and heartwarming book. The characters were well written and I was a puddle of tears towards the end. I'll be checking out the other novels by this author and I look forward to reading the next book in the series!

Thank you to Netgalley, Storm Publishing and the author for an ARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

This was such a good book had a lot of mystery, and I just loved reading it couldn’t stop flipping the pages thanks to net galley for the book! Wonderful story!

62 years ago: After the death of her mother, 12 year old Rebecca moves with her father and younger brother to the tiny township of Driftwood Cove and to the cottage at Whisper Lake. At first disappointed at leaving Melbourne where she could visit the grave of her mother to talk to her, Rebecca settles into life in a small town. She is happy with her school and her brother Charlie thrives at his special school and their father, a scientist, works from home. Rebecca is happy with her life and caring for her father and brother.
Now: It has been 15 years since Sadie Forest left home at Rivers End after a disagreement with her father. Taking a break from her career of producing life documentaries, Sadie goes home to her recently widowed mother to help her with running the family inn. Her intention is to help her mother sort out her life and then return to her life, her world, her career in Sydney.
But, true to form, life is never so straightforward.
Sadie meets reclusive Rebecca who needs to find her family and asks Sadie 'can you help me?' Rebecca is the new owner of a lonely cottage at the edge of Whisper Lake. The request for help touches Sadie's heart and she cannot resist the request.
Then there is Daniel, construction boss at a new site at Rivers End. And there is initial misunderstanding between them. But he is close to Rebecca and when she goes missing, helps Sadie to find her.
There is mystery behind the life of Rebecca. Sadie is home not only to help her mother but to also understand her relationship with both her mother and father.
Family mysteries are a favourite for me. I loved this story delving into the past of not only one character, Rebecca, but also Sadie's history with both her mother and father. I look forward to more stories in the Temple River Series and revisiting a part of Australia that I only know through reading.
Thank you NetGalley for an early copy of this book. Definitely one for my library once it is released.

The Cottage at Whisper Lake is a fun light and cheerful read. The storyline is excellent and the characters are interesting and well described.

Thank you to Phillipa Nefri Clark, NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the arc of this book.

Loved this new series starter from Ms Clark. The location and people were so vividly painted on the canvas of my mind that I feel I could truly find this place in Australia. Absolutely lovely. Yes, there was heartache and old deception, but also new growth and redemption. I loved this story. It was a laugh-out-loud-oh-wait=grab=the-tissues sort of story that really satisfied.

Here's something I found deeply ponderable:

"I imagine not a soul lives who doesn’t endure heartache or tragedy and while some folk are able to put it behind them, others – perhaps those with the gift and curse of empathy – are never the same. To the onlooker we are strong and industrious, living our lives with few outward signs of the struggle which is what really drives us in every single thing we do."

I received an ARC; this is my honest review.

After reading two really intense books, I was ready for something light and easy to read. This book did the job. A young woman returns to her small home town in Australia to help her mother sell the family inn. With a complicated past history with her deceased father, she hopes to get the inn sold and return to her life as one who films documentaries. On a chance encounter she meets and older woman who is secretive about her past. With those two story lines in place, the book takes off. A good and enjoyable read, a perfect novel to read on a vacation.

Not an author I know but a good find. A lovely story of the main character Sadie going back to her childhood home after her father died. They had been estranged and discovering more about her father and reconnecting with her mother. You had a great love element. Also the story has a story within it of an old lady Rebecca and you follow her childhood and that is gripping and sad. A great ending. I loved it. The book held you all the way through . Read it

Sadie Forest hasn't been home to Rivers End in a long time but after her father's death she decides to return and there she is reunited with her mother and her painful past but also meets wonderful people like Dan and Rebecca.
The Cottage at Whisper Lake has a bit of mystery, a touch of romance and a lot of heart. We have two intertwining stories. On one side the main character, Sadie, her problems with her father, her estrangement from her mother, her successful career and of course the romance with Dan. On the other hand, Rebecca's story where we can sense a great suffering in the past that we gradually get to know through the chapters dedicated to her past.
This book is a lovely and heartwarming read with characters that capture you.
I look forward to reading more about Temple River and its people.