A Bend in the Road
Books | Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
3.9
(5.4K)
Nicholas Sparks
Fall in love with this small-town love story about a widower sheriff and a divorced schoolteacher who are searching for second chances -- only to be threatened by long-held secrets of the past.Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other...soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.
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Author
Nicholas Sparks
Pages
432
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published Date
2001-09-18
ISBN
075952582X 9780759525825
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"This was a pretty good book. I’d rate it a 4 out of 5 stars. Well written and picks up pretty quickly after the first handful of chapters. I did not see the twist coming at all, but once I put two and two together, everything made sense. The love story wasn’t as prominent in this novel, unlike many others I’ve read. "
Mandy
"This book was picked up specifically to be a pallet cleaner. I read a lot of horror and sometimes I like to chill out. I love romance books but don't read them much due to my distaste of the extremely popular romance novels being pumped out nowadays. I like Sparks though so I picked up a random novel by him at my local library. It turned out to be quite good (as expected). Nothing stunned me about this novel, but it didn't need to. It had likable characters, an interesting narrator (actually quite like the little twist with him), and enough mystery to keep you engaged once the romance is heavily underway.
The ending makes me think a lot about what kind of person I am under pressure. I would like to say I would do much better than Miles. That's the thing though, isn't it? You don't know what happens when you lose control. Emotions radically change what you consider logical at any given moment. Humans are greatly controlled by their emotions, much more than they would like to believe. I've run into this countless times and it brings quite an interesting conversation when you compare it to a criminal justice system... but that's a talk for another day. I'm sure I'll cross paths with Sparks in the future."
Cole Johnson
"It's ending entirely unexpectedly, a slow but excellent read."
Shanyce Long
"This quickly became one of my favorite books earning a spot on my favorites shelf. I just fell in love with Miles and Sarah. I cried multiple times reading this and that’s rare for me to cry at a book. Love it. "
Victoria B
"Have read this book more times than I can count"
Sarah B
"@chrisflores28 Honestly not sure lol. Open to suggestions though 😊 what's on your list?"
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"GREAT BOOK!!! I absolutely loved it. The romance, the bit of “mystery”, it was all great. And I normally don’t like mystery, but this book was just amazing. Some sad parts, but it has a happy ending. 5/5 ⭐️!"
Cambree 💜
"Beautifully written "
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Tamica D
"Yes I do very good."
Paula James
"Yes absolutely "
Maribelle Chowning
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