Secrets at Maple Syrup Farm

Hello readers I have another book for you to check out.  A Rebecca Raisin book called "Secrets at Maple Syrup Farm".  This is the first time I have read anything by this author.  Have you ever been a caretaker for an ill family member and been the soul financial provider for them and yourself.  If so you will be able to relate to the main character of this book.  Lucy, age twenty-eight, worked double shifts at a local diner to support and care for her mother who was in and out of the hospital.  At the age of fifteen Lucy left high school in an effort to prevent her mother from entering a nursing home.  Because Lucy had a natural talent for painting, her high school art teacher continued to instruct her on Saturdays.  However this friendship and mentoring ended when the teacher accepted a position at an art gallery in Paris.  However the teacher continued to encourage Lucy to apply for a scholarship at the Van Gogh Institute in Paris, but with no father in the picture Lucy was unwilling to leave her mother.  Because of a mothers love, Lucy's mom wanted a better life for her daughter.  So she made Lucy promise to leave their home in Detroit, travel for a year and apply to the art institute.  In the mean time the mothers care would be taken over by Lucy's aunt.  With continued persuasion, Lucy finally left Detroit on a bus and found her way to a small town in Ashford, Conn.  She lived at a bed and breakfast in Ashford and started working at a run down maple syrup farm on the outskirts of town.  The original owner of the farm had died and left the farm to a nephew Lucy's age. 
Well I am not going to reveal any more of the story.  Are you interested yet?  Does Lucy's mother live, does Lucy make friends in this quaint New England town, does she find a place to call home and find love, or does she fly off to Paris to study art.  My lips are sealed.  I really enjoyed the story and could not put it down until my questions were answered.  I did have a little problem understanding some of the slang expressions spoken by various characters.  Plus, where the author divided her paragraphs and not always knowing who was speaking caused me some confusion.  Having said that I would read another of Rebecca Raisin's novels.  I appreciated receiving this as a free read from Net Galley.  The review is strictly my own opinions.  I would give "Secrets at Maple Syrup Farm" four stars.  Check it out.