title: On Mystic Lake: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
author:  Kristin Hannah 
description: A beautifully simple, deeply compassionate story.<b>Diana Gabaldon</b><br /><br />Superb . . . Ill heartily recommend <i>On Mystic Lake</i> to any woman . . . who demands that a story leave her in a satisfied glow.<b></b><i><b>The Washington Post Book World</b><br /></i><br />A luminescent story . . . Kristin Hannah touches the deepest, most tender corners of our hearts.<b>Tami Hoag</b><br /><br />Marvelous . . . a touching love story . . . You know a book is a winner when you devour it in one evening and hope theres a sequel.<b><i>USA Today</i></b><br /> <br /> Excellent . . . <i>On Mystic Lake </i>is an emotional experience you wont soon forget.<b></b><i><b>Rocky Mountain News</b><br /> </i><br /> Propels readers forward to the final chapter.<b><i>The Seattle Times</i></b>
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  “ON
  
  
  MYSTIC
  
  
  LAKE
  
  
  PROPELS READERS FORWARD
  
  
  TO THE FINAL CHAPTER.”
  
  
  —The
  
  
  Seattle
  
  
  Times
  
  “A big, beautiful story of love, family, and second chances. Kristin Hannah
  has written the Must-Read Book of the Year!”
  
  —SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS  
  Author of Ain’t She Sweet?
  
    
  
  “The phrase ‘page-turner’ is redefined. . . . A clean, deep thrust into the
  reader’s heart . . . Unfolds tenderly and with suspense . . . In Hannah’s
  world, nothing can be taken for granted and triumph must be earned, with hard
  work, truthful reckoning, and tears.”
  
  —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  
  “Brimming with the kinds of emotions that tug at the heartstrings . . .
  Hannah’s writing is all her romance fans have come to expect. It is as rich as
  the fertile Pacific Northwest rain forest she writes about and as soft around
  the edges as the fog on Mystic Lake.”
  
  —The Cleveland Plain Dealer
  
  “On Mystic Lake not only touches the heart, it helps rede