Tuesday, July 19, 2022

A Summer of Surprises-a Seashell Cottage story by Judith Keim

 A very fast read. A story set in a small Florida gulf town.  Jill, a kindergarten teacher in NY is off for the summer.   Her sister calls and asks if she would housesit for her friend.  It sounds ideal a summer on the beach, while she oversees a worker at the home.  Once she arrives she learns she is to cook and clean and do laundry, and the workers nephew and great niece will be there for a few weeks.   Great, another trap by her sister.  

What else can happen?


AMAXON -  A Summer of Surprises-a seashell cottage story


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Sunday, July 17, 2022

8 SANDPIPER WAY by Debbie Macomber

 Another fast and fun read by Debbie.  This is another Cedar Cove story.

As always, the story revolves around the folks that live in Cedar Cove.  Olivia, a local judge is diagnosed with cancer.  Her mom and stepdad are suppose to take a cruise over the Christmas holidays; but should they?

Is pastor Dave having an affair?  That is all his wife can figure with the clues she has found.

Tanni a high school student who lost her father a year ago, finally starts to reconnect.

And, so on


AMAZON - 8 Sandpiper Way - Cedar Cove


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

Monday, July 11, 2022

SUNSET BEACH by Mary Kay Andrews

 Another fast fun read by MKA.


Drue's mother has just passed away and she doesn't have a job, she was a waitress.  Out of the blue, after a 20 year absence; her father shows up at the funeral. he is remarried to Drue's ex friend from school. He offers her a job at his law firm and her grandparents house to live in.  As expected she and his wife do not get along and her job is the lowest of the low.  But, she settles in and things do get better.


AMAZON - Sunset Beach


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT by Mary Alice Monroe

 Great story.  Cara owns her families beach house on Isle of Palms.  She is now married and not living there.  She rents it out to Heather who is pretty much a recluse and an artist that has been commissioned to create pictures for stamps for the USPS.  The beach house is perfect for her, she can draw and be left alone.  She thrives here.  She starts to make friends and even finds a boyfriend.  Then the unexpected happens, Cara's husband dies.  She cant bear to remain in their-his home and sells it and asks Heather to vacate early.  Heather declines but invites her to move in and share the home until her lease is up.


AMAZON - Beach House for Rent


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

SANDPIPER ISLAND by Donna Kauffman

 Interesting story of Ford who lives on an island and study's birds, off of Blueberry Cove, Maine.   Delia runs the local diner, which she just found out her yearly lease has expired.  The town is not allowing her to reup her lease.  Ford ends up trying to help her figure out a solution.  


AMAZON - Sandpiper island


SANDY SAYS 2/3 STARS  wasn't able to read more than a few pages at a time

JUST BREATHE by Susan Wiggs

 Awesome story by Susan.  Susan is married to a wealthy man and living in Chicago, she writes draws a comic strip.  Everything is great, He has survived cancer and they have started in vetro to start their family.  Until the fateful day that she catches him having an affair, at which point she goes home and packs up and heads to her childhood home a little town on the west coast.  She is completely lost even being back with her extended family.  She learns to open up and resume friendships and then finds out she is finally pregnant.  Can she do this?


AMAZON - Just Breathe

 SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS 

NEW LEAF by Catherine Anderson

 Taffeta is married to a wealthy man and has a daughter Sarah.  He accused her of child abuse-she did not do it, but because of his family it was prosecuted and she lost and lost custody of Sarah.  She leaves and makes a new life for herself, while having a pi watch for her daughter.  One day she found out her ex was leaving Sarah with druggies and strippers. She devices a plan to get her back, by getting the local cop to marry her.  Can she pull it off, will he help her?


AMAZON - New Leaf


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

VIRGIN RIVER by Robyn Carr

 This is the story that the tv series Virgin River is based off of.  I enjoy the series but the book is better.

Melinda is recently widowed and works in a volume hospital, in LA

She accepts a job in Virgin River a very small town in the mountains.  Definitely  not what she expected.

The contract is for a year with housing included, only the housing is a run down cabin.  

And, the Dr.  has no idea about her being hired as someone else hired her to help him.  Needless to say it seems like a gigantic mistake.


AMAON - Virgin River


SANDY SAYS 3/3