Book Review
The House On Mountain Laurel Lane by Eileen Goudge
Book 2: Gold Creek Series
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date: November 11, 2025
Format: Paperback - 301 pages
Kindle - 3.9 MB / 290 pages
Audiobook - 10 Hours 33 Minutes
ISBN (PB): 978-1662518140
ASIN (Kindle): B0F2B3SXQN
ASIN (Audiobook): B0FB5HHJB8
Genre: Women's Fiction
Buy The Book:
Amazon - Kindle - Also on Kindle Unlimited
Buy The Series: Gold Creek Series
Book 1: All They Need To Know
Book 2: The House On Mountain Laurel Lane
Disclaimer: I received an ARC (PB/Kindle) from the author, publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Book Description:
A widow and mom of two struggles to let go of the past and embrace the future in a powerful novel about friendship, love, and taking risks by New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge.
Ever since her husband Sean’s death, Jo Myers just can’t move on. Until she receives a video Sean made during his final days, urging her to find happiness after he’s gone. Jolted from her rut, she embarks on a journey forward.
Her first step is buying a house she and her daughters can call home. Framed by the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, it’s the very house she and Sean dreamed of owning together one day. It comes with a kindly and elderly resident lodger and an opportunity to make new memories. Jo even dips her toes into the dating pool. With the support of her friends, who call themselves the Tattooed Ladies, she is determined to honor her husband’s last wish. Even as reality comes crashing down again.
When everything she holds dear is threatened, Jo draws on her newfound strength and the power of friendship to finally find her way to the other side of grief and embrace whatever the future may hold.
My Book Review:
What would you do if you lost your husband, and the grief is so much that you can't move forward?
Jo Myers lost her husband Sean to glioblastoma a year and a half ago, but she misses him so much that her grief has left her stuck, and she doesn't know how to move forward with her life. On what would have been their twelfth anniversary, Jo receives a video that Sean made for her, and his message to her is his dying wish for her to start dating again, find happiness, and don't let the past get in the way of her future.
With the help of a loving community of friends, Jo learns to make steps towards moving forward. She finds the dream house that she and Sean had wanted is up for sale, and she wants to purchase it for her and her little girls Jess and Emma. Purchasing the house on Mountain Laurel Lane comes with an added bonus, Hank Goodwin, an older man who has rented the bottom floor from the previous owner. With the help of Hank and a loving community of friends, Jo is able to manage her grief and move forward with her life and embrace what the future may have in store for her.
The House On Mountain Laurel Lane is a beautiful story that will pull at your heartstrings. The storyline is so well written and is incredibly powerful and compelling. You can't help being pulled into Jo's emotional story, it takes the reader on a roller coaster ride where they will feel the full gamut of emotions. With the loving help of her community of friends, the Tattooed Ladies Club, they provide an emotional support network that helps her heal from the loss of her husband and encourages her to restart her life.
The House On Mountain Laurel Lane is a beautiful story that will pull at your heartstrings. The storyline is so well written and is incredibly powerful and compelling. You can't help being pulled into Jo's emotional story, it takes the reader on a roller coaster ride where they will feel the full gamut of emotions. With the loving help of her community of friends, the Tattooed Ladies Club, they provide an emotional support network that helps her heal from the loss of her husband and encourages her to restart her life.
The characters are realistic and engaging, their complexities and interactions with each other make the story that much more captivating. The attention to detail throughout the story is outstanding, the palpable emotions will have you clutching the box of tissues, you can't help but be pulled emotionally into Jo's story, and root her on as she embarks on a personal journey of moving forward.
The House On Mountain Laurel Lane is a wonderful story of friendship, love, letting go of the past, managing grief and learning to embrace the future.
RATING: 5 Stars 
About The Author
Her works have been translated into multiple languages and have earned critical acclaim for their emotional depth and authentic portrayal of family dynamics, love, and the human spirit’s resilience.
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