Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring

It's the summer of 1995, five years after the events in The Road to Dalton. Nate lives with his young daughter, Sophie, and works at the mill that's owned by Marshall Frazier. Marshall, meanwhile, wonders how he can help his wife, Annette, who has become an alcoholic after the death of their daughter. Other inhabitants of Dalton, Maine that feature in the novel include Rose (who is raising her boys on her own) Vera (a nurse who's taken a job at the local clinic) and Greg (a college student who would like to pursue a career in horticulture rather than taking over the family hardware store). A great choice for readers who enjoy novels about life in a small town.