I thought Rainshadow Road was a sweet book about what to do when the unexpected happens. How to pick yourself up and move on. And how to get over the past so you can have a future. 
 It wasn't as full of humor as a lot of the romantic novels I read are, but it was sweet in it's own way. 
 Lucy's boyfriend of two years suddenly (to her) breaks up with her, saying it's been coming on for some time, and he's even taken up with her sister. She is asked to move out of the house they live in together so her sister, Alice, can move in. 
 Alice being the spoiled youngest daughter who always gets everything she wants is upset when their parents side with Lucy. She concocts the idea that if Lucy appears to have moved on then the parents will have to forgive Alice for her indescretion. So she gets the idea for Sam to court Lucy under false pretenses. 
 It all seems very diabolical, but honestly no one in the story came across as that good or that bad. Everyone just kind of was. The book focued on Lucy's situation and how she was going to get her life back together. Which honestly moved the book along pretty well. It wasn't a slow paced book by any mean in my opinion. 
 I liked that Sam told Lucy right away that he was propositioned to "distract" her. It made the book better to know that there were no secrets between them. 
 Overall, the plotline was pretty predictable, but most romances are that way. I enjoyed the story and I look forward to Dream Lake which is coming out in August. Apparently this is part of a trilogy of books with Crystal Cove out in early 2013. I know that Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor is Mark and Maggie's story (Sam's older brother and his fiance / wife) but I don't know why it's not being catalogued as part of the "trilogy". Regardless, I look forward to reading more about the Nolan family. Dream Lake (according to the snippet at the end of Rainshadow Road) will focus mainly on Alex. Until Then!