"A beautiful romance"
Dr. June Hudson has served as a doctor in Grace Valley,
California ever since her dad retired. Grace has little
time to relax, but she does serendipitously see undercover
DEA Agent Jim Post whenever he can pay her a visit.
Currently, Jim is in the Ozarks working his last case
before early retirement and a permanent relationship with
his beloved. Returning to town is Jim Forrest accompanied by his angelic-
looking, troubled twin teenage sons. Jim dated June in
high school, but while she attended Berkley pre-med, he
deserted her to marry Nancy Cruise. Now divorced, Jim
wants June back in his life and most of the townsfolk think
she does too since she seems to have no male leading to the
conclusion she pines for her former lover. She denies it
and says no to his insistent efforts to court her. June
also contends with other issues such as her long time nurse
suffering a heart attack, her medical practice partner
objecting to his own wife serving as their nurse, and human
bones found on her aunt's estate that might prove to be her
long lost spouse. Life is normal in Grace Valley as far as
June is concerned. JUST OVER THE MOUNTAIN retains all the quirks that made
DEEP IN THE VALLEY a wonderful relationship drama. The key
players return such as June and Police Chief Tom struggling
with the ups and down of living that endears them and other
townsfolk with readers. Fans of small town contemporary
tales will enjoy the return to Grace Valley as Robyn Carr
provides a warm slice of life tale. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 15, 2002
SummaryWelcome back to Grace Valley, California, where the best
things in life never change...
Here in this peaceful community, folks look out for one
another like family, though sometimes a little too well. In
a town like this, it's hard to keep a secret—though
Dr. June Hudson has managed to keep one heck of a
humdinger...
Though visits from her secret lover, undercover DEA agent
Jim Post, are as clandestine as they are passionate,
somehow it fits with her demanding schedule as the town's
doctor—a calling that requires an innate ability to
exist on caffeine, sticky buns and nerves of steel.
But how can a secret lover compete with a flesh and blood
heartthrob from her past? June's old flame has just
returned to town after twenty years—and he's divorced.
June is seriously rattled. So when the town's most devoted
wife takes buckshot to her husband and some human bones
turn up in her aunt Myrna's backyard, she's almost happy
for the distraction.
Sooner or later, love with have its way in Grace Valley. It
always does.
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