Monday, July 16, 2018

The Bridge Tender, book #16


Sigh.  I miss the beach.  So glad this is the book we got to read for book club this month!  It is part of the Sunset Beach series, also read here and here.


A surprise gift from her late husband will give a young widow the chance to do the hardest thing in the world . . . move on. On their honeymoon, the new Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shaw made a pact: No matter the sacrifices along the way, one day they would return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina—this time to buy their own home. But that dream was not to be. Seven years into a beautiful marriage, Emily is left a widow, heartbroken, and way past caring about anything. Until a man approaches her, claiming to have something left to her from Ryan. Something secret. Unsure if she can ever embrace a new life without her husband, but even less sure about continuing to stay where she is, Emily heads to the coast to keep her end of the promise she once made. Without delay, she becomes immersed in the lives of the locals, including the reclusive bridge tender with an unexpected past. As the community debates over building a new bridge, Emily must decide whether she will build a bridge of her own, one that will take her out of a painful past and into the new life—and new love—that her lost love made possible. (picture and description from amazon)
I'm so glad I finished before my new book comes in the mail tomorrow!! 


Happy Reading!

O:)
Melissa




Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Maria, book #15

So we went to St. Augustine for vacation last week and I knew I had to reread this book before we went.  Well, I didn't get it done before .... and I didn't get to finish there .... but I did finish it when we got home.  And now I want to go back!!  (Of course, I'm always looking for a way to go back to the beach!)

A heroine you'll never forget. A woman who battles fiercely for survival and her own independence, but surrenders completely to the man she loves.  This is Eugenia Price's inspiring story of a unique American heroine-a woman whose strength and resourcefulness overcome every obstacle to survival in an untamed and turbulent lands. Maria is a true pioneer, valiant, hard-working, independent. But she is also a vibrant, flesh-and-blood woman, tempestuous in passion, steadfast in love. (picture and description at GoodReads)

I didn't realize until I finished ~ WHEN WE WERE HOME!! ~ that she was a real person and one of the houses she lived in is listed as (one of) the Oldest House in the US.  And I could have gone to it!  See, I need to go back!

Happy Reading!

O:)
Melissa

St. Augustine Beach, July 2018