Summer at the Shore Leave Cafe
by Abbie Williams
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date 1 Nov 2016 | Archive Date 5 Sep 2017
Description
Joelle Gordon is leaving Chicago and her cheating husband to head for her hometown of Landon, Minnesota. There, she returns to the Shore Leave Café, the lakeside diner the Davis women have run for decades. Joelle's family, including her three teenaged daughters, Camille, Tish, and Ruthann, is made up of strong women who have long believed in a curse upon them - a curse that robs them of the men they love.
This summer has plenty in store for Joelle. Finding herself confronted with the reality of single motherhood, the last thing she expects is gorgeous, passionate Blythe Tilson, a summer employee at Shore Leave, with an uncertain past. Can Joelle resist the temptation of a younger man, and does she dare to consider loving someone again, or will the Davis family curse prove all too true?
A story about heartbreak, blame, family, destiny, and the difficulties of returning home, Summer at the Shore Leave Café is the first book in the Shore Leave series.
A Note From the Publisher
The first six books in the series will all have been published by August 1 2017 in print, ebook and audio formats. Because we're looking for honest reviews here and on Goodreads, Amazon, or your blog - please stay tuned, because we will post the next five books in the series in the coming months.
Advance Praise
"Perfect for romantic mystery lovers, Wild Flower is a sweet, clever quickstep with characters who feel like longtime friends." — Foreword Reviews
**Independent Publishers Awards Gold Medalist 2015** (Heart of a Dove)
"Set just after the U.S. Civil War, this passionate opening volume of a projected series successfully melds historical narrative, women’s issues, and breathless romance with horsewomanship, trailside deer-gutting, and alluring smidgeons of Celtic ESP." ~ Publishers Weekly (Heart of a Dove)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781771681056 |
| PRICE | US$13.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
Featured Reviews
Rosemary S, Librarian
After catching her husband red handed with another woman, Jo takes her daughters and heads home to Landon, Minnesota for the summer. Her family, who run the Shore Leave Cafe by the lake, welcome her with open arms. A family of strong women, they take Jo under their wings to help her recover. Romance is the last thing on Jo’s mind, but she can’t help being drawn to Blythe Tilson, a cafe employee with a trouble past. Should she even attempt to get involved again? And what about the family curse, the one that says the women of the family are destined to lose the man they love? This was a funny, touching, bittersweet story, and I loved that the women in the book were capable of taking care of themselves. Part of a series, this can be read as a standalone, but will resonate more with readers if they read all the books
Saloni C, Reviewer
The perfect chick - lit read!
I'm not a fan of younger man - older woman type stories!
But there was something about this book that hooked me from the beginning. Maybe not something.... Can I say everything ? Yes! Everything!
Let's start with the place.. Landon.. A beautiful town with a closely knit community where stands the Shore Leave Cafe, the restaurant Joelle's family owns. A cafe run by generations of women who have experienced loss(in terms of their loved ones).
Then the characters you could easily fall in love with all the characters - even those three little girls.
The lead female Joelle! No, she isn't the perfect women.. she has her own flaws, wrong decisions, her regrets and that's why she's definitely lovable.
And then enters Blythe - 'Bly'! Not your perfect hero because he has a notorious past one that is a mystery.. So, Yes throughout the book you keep guessing about it! It's definitely well woven with tit-bits of the facts revealed as you progress through the story(credits to the author).
Ah! and the romance between Bly and Jo! One word for it "Real"! Yes, for not even a single moment do they make us think it's fictional! We can definitely feel all the emotions, connect with them.
Definitely a well written story especially the emotions that Joelle goes through are wonderfully described!
And the last 30 pages.....Damn! There was so much left through the story and I was definitely on edge thinking how would the author wrap - up all these things in such a few pages...
Because I had assumed it would be A HAPPILY EVER AFTER..... But NO!
The shock incredible! No I'm not spoiling it still might be a happily ever after but I don't know....
Why ? The endings a CLIFFHANGER!
Yes, It was mighty disappointing. I just couldn't stand not knowing what was going to happen next as it leaves you at a crucial point.
I'm definitely going to add this series to my TBR. And if you're reading this review before reading the book then trust me if you read chick - lit or women's fiction then YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK! It was that good!
Abbie Williams is a very lucid writer....Nowhere during this book does she let's you feel that this is a fictional story!
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Charles Dickens; Clement C. Moore; Hans Christian Andersen; Carolyn Sherwin Bailey; Frances Jenkins Olcott; Helen G Ricks; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman; Leslie Pinckney Hill; O Henry
General Fiction (Adult), Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
