Another Great Beach Read for the Summer!
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Thank you to St. Martins Press for a copy of The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews.  This copy is given to me in exchange for an honest review.
Mary Kay Andrews brings us another great story for the summer.  This time it includes a mystery as well as romance.  The story is set in North Carolina on a fictional Island named Belle Isle.  This story follows the main character Riley Griggs. She discovers a little about herself and her family.
Synopsis:
Riley and her daughter Maggie are leaving Raleigh for the summer to spend it on Belle Isle. They meet their good friends Ed and Parrish Godchaux.  Riley receives documents at the ferry landing that she thinks are divorce papers.  When Riley and Maggie arrive at their house there is a full closure notice tacked onto the door.  The trip to Wells Fargo helps Riley to start putting the pieces together.  She finds out what Wendell has been doing with the family business. So how could he leave his wife and child penniless?  Where is Wendell?  How could she have a foreclosure without her consent?
My Thoughts:
Mary Kay Andrews has created another great summer read!  I enjoyed the plot throughout the novel.  I could not wait to see how it would end!  The concept of visiting an island for the weekend is not one that I am familiar with.  The mystery made the story more interesting. The character of Riley is one that readers will sympathize with and want to fight for!  There were parts of the story that I did not enjoy as well as others.
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Great book and an excellent summer read!  Can't wait for the next one from Ms. Chase!
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The Ghost of Marlow House is a great summer beach read, and will be even better if you are staying at a  B&B this summer!  This is an easy, light little mystery filled with likable characters...even the semi-bad guys are likable.  I recommend this even to the young teen reader.  No bad language or sex to interfere with a good and not at all scary ghost story.  One reviewer likened it to the Ghost and Mrs. Muir stories, but this ghost is more fun and not nearly as snobbish as the other.  Take a break from heavy reading, pour yourself a glass of lemonade and read this book.  I'm buying the next in the series to see what happens next!  You will too.
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I love her books!  Such easy reading and I love the beach!  I couldn't put it down.  Can't wait for the next one!
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Eva Marie Everson has started a Cedar Key series, the first book being "Chasing Sunsets." A great summery read that will transport you to a Florida beach!

Kimberly does not know what she did to have her husband divorce her, but he did and now he has 5 weeks of visitation with their 2 sons this summer. Kimberly's father sends her to the family beach house to find a new housekeeper, however Kimberly finds healing, a past love, a new friend, and truths that have been covered. As soon as Kimberly enters Cedar Key she can feel some of the tension leave her and she is transported back in time to when she was young and carefree and vacationing with her father. Kimberly meets up with Steven, a local boy who she lost her heart to in high school and also had her heart broken by. Following her heart instead of her head, Kimberly agrees to go out with him and they share about their lives since that summer years ago and discover that there may still be love between them.

This is a beautiful story of second chances and relationships of all kinds. I love how Everson ties in flashbacks and memories throughout the story as it allows the reader to relive these moments along with the characters. Kimberly is dealing with a lot at this time as she is still coming to terms with her divorce and having her sons away from her, but she is also having to deal with issues from the past such as her mom's drinking problem and current issues in her sisters' lives as well. Kimberly is such a believable character and one the reader will come to love and empathize with. I am looking forward to reading the second book in this series, "Seeking Sunrise." There is a sneak peak at the end of "Chasing Sunsets!"

"Available June 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group."
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The Wedding Sisters is a fun summer read! I devoured the book in a day, becoming drawn in by the Becker sisters, their mother Meryl, their grandmother Rose, and the ups and downs of love, heartache, infidelity, secrets, and surprises!
I enjoyed getting the know the characters and their flaws and quirks; grandmother Rose had plenty of wisdom to share with the girls when she wasn't having one of her "episodes". The sisters, named Meg, Amy, and Jo after the characters in beloved classic "Little Women", had unique personalities but shared one thing: love troubles. Seeing how they navigated their engagements and upcoming wedding was a blast. It was fun to guess where the story would go!
I definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a vacation read, a book to pass a quiet afternoon curled up with at home, or enjoy in a sunchair at the beach.
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Super fun Summer read!!!  So excited to read her second book and a winner once again!  Martine has a gift of creating fresh and interesting twists and turns to a tried and true storyline.  I highly recommend her book!!
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What's better than a good beach read? A good beach read set in Hawaii!

I love these happy, unpretentious mystery stories set in the islands. Pali Moon is a delight, and her experiences as a wedding planner coping with the Bridezillas that want a beautiful wedding in paradise without the bother of paying any attention to the advice of the one person who can make it happen is the frosting on the cake.

In this book, Pali has the challenge of learning to cope with her sudden plunge into coping with the facts that she is A) filthy rich and B) part of a large, dysfunctional extended family. Fortunately our Pali can cope with anything, even murder.

Moving on to #6. Keep 'em coming, JoAnn, and I'll keep buying them.
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This series is a wonderful summer read! Characters are well developed and the storyline never fails to be splendid! Thumbs up! I can't wait for the next in the series!
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Joanne DeMaio has another 5 star book in The Denim Blue Sea! This is her fifth book, and Ive loved every one of them. This book takes place at the beach and has a beautiful cover. Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite place to be is at the beach, so this book was very comforting for me to read. There were parts in the book that were sad, but overall it was a feel good read that would be perfect for reading at the beach.

I always love catching up with characters that I loved in previous books, and we see a few of the characters like Maris and Jason form True Blend in this book, as well as a few others from her other books. This book is full of wonderful relationships and friends that are there for you no matter what they're dealing with in their personal lives.  Along with the friendships, there is also secrets, love, revelations and lots of happy times as well as sad times.

Theres a lot going on, but its very easy to follow. So many emotions are within this book. The words draw you in your mind to Stoney Point and there youll stay, at the beach, among friends.

I recommend this book, as well as DeMaios other books 100% and cant wait for her next one.
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Such a great, easy FUN read! I absolutely loved this book and others by this author! It would be a great summer vacation read! Highly recommend!
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The Hope Beach series (Tidewater Inn, Rosemary Cottage, Seagrass Pier) introduced many of you to Colleen Coble and now she starts off a new series, Sunset Cove, with this latest book. In many ways Colleen builds on what readers loved in the Hope Beach series, and brings those facts of romantic mystery and suspense to this new novel. Once again, characters are connected and interconnected, and those connections are in the foundations of the mystery at hand. It's a fast read, perfect for reading by beach/pool side or while on a lazy Spring picnic. It may also inspire some Summer Maine beach getaways! Kudos to Colleen for the start of what looks to be another super series, that I can't wait to read the next installment of!

I recieved this product for free in exchange for my unbiased opinion
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An adorable book to finish off the last weekend of summer! Light enough to read on the beach, action packed enough to make you forget about the kids squealing in the background. Throw in an ex-husband with a penchant for trouble and a new set of friends and you've got one hot story.

Quirky Madison gets into trouble like no other. She manages to finagle her way in and out of scrapes. Brown kept me laughing though out. I am excited for the next installment in the series!
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This is another great book by Kinsella, a perfect beach read that will make you laugh!  I highly recommend it!
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I love Katie MacAlister's Matchmaker in Wonderland series. This book was great! I loved seeing the older characters from Hard Day's Knight, which is one of my all time favorite Katie books, and the new characters were fun. I thought that some parts were a little slow but that the majority of the book was right on target. I liked the mystery part to it, and that the main characters had great chemistry together. This is a perfect summer read, great for the pool or the beach. Reading this one made me go back and reread the previous two, so just save some time and get all three now if you haven't already. :)
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Fun summer read - take this one to the beach with you! I loved getting a peek into both the jewelry world and Cuban-American culture. I really wish this book had come with some recipes, because all of the Cuban dishes Gigi ate sounded amazing!
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This is book two in the Read Em and Eat mystery series. I loved it! What a great read, and perfect for summer, as it takes place in Ft Myers Beach, Florida. Bridgy and Sassy are back, running their Caf/Bookstore, and I would so much like to visit there! It is the perfect little restaurant, and the food sounds so delicious, and of course there is the book corner, where they have book groups, and you can do your own book shopping. Sassy gets herself involved trying to solve a murder for an old friend, and Bridgy of course joins her. This book is so much fun! I didn't want it to end, and I cant wait to see what these girls get themselves into in the next one!