The Lookback

by B. E. Baker

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Amanda Saddler has lived a long and happy life. She’s not ready to die or anything melodramatic, but she’s long since given up on finding her fairytale ending.

But when her adoptive granddaughter Emery picks up a box that was delivered to her doorstep, some new stories from the past come to light. Amanda Saddler may have spent her life pining for her neighbor, Jed Brooks, but that’s not the only man she ever knew.

Emery doggedly asks after a man from an old photo, who turns out to be the man Amanda Saddler stayed with when she left town for a few months. When that same man calls Amanda’s phone, of course Emery answers and invites him to come for a visit.

Can Amanda Saddler reconcile the wrongs in her past to set her story right in the present, or is it too late for her to find her happy ending alongside a man who has always wanted a place in her heart? Join all your favorite people—and the ones you love to hate—in Birch Creek Ranch as Amanda, Abigail, Helen, Mandy, Donna, and their families search for their happily ever afters together.

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Book Details

Genre

Women’s Fiction

Subgenre

Action/Adventure, Destination / Vacation, Inspirational, Office / Workplace, Small Town, Western / Cowboy (frontier-era or modern ranch settings)

Series

The Birch Creek Ranch Series • Book 8

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

April 15, 2024

Language Versions

English

Narration Type

Human

Fiction Form

Novel

Sensitive Themes

Divorce or marital separation, Grief or loss of a loved one, Pregnancy/childbirth on-page

Representation

Depictions of prayer, worship, or scripture, Single-parent or widowed-parent protagonist

Slow start

For the first 30% I kept wondering who wrote the book. Not the usual pace and fun. Then things picked up. It was a stretch. I think the series has reached its end.

my true opinion

Have read the whole series and sad to see it end but it all worked out so beautifully ! I seem to feel that the entire story meshes with my favourite things in life! Horses family and happy togetherness ! A good story line can be exciting even without the boring sexual details that seem to be the modern trend ! Well done B.E.Baker !

Really Enjoyed This Series

This is an amazing series encompassing a family built on loving and real relationships more than blood alone. The characters are very well written and relatable on many levels. I will miss so much continuing on with their lives.

Wonderful closure

B.E. Baker has done such a beautiful job of bringing The Bequest series to an end with this book. I know it was more intended to be mostly about Amanda Saddler, I loved that we still got a few chapters from our beloved heroines. It was fun to find some Easter eggs to another series from Bridget E. Baker also. I feel we got good closure from all our main characters. Definitely recommend to is book and the series as a whole!

Excellent

So happy for Mandy and Helen! I really enjoyed this series, the characters and the plot of this book. Just love a happily ever after for all involved. Not doing a synopsis, never do. If you like family that's not so perfect, but is, this is the series for you. Looking forward to reading more from this talented storyteller.