This was a light, very sweet contemporary romance. I’ve really enjoyed the Shelter Bay series from the beginning and even if you have not started from the beginning, you can read this on its own; you’ll just want some character background by reading the others in the series.One Summer is the stor...
Looking back at my reviews, I think this is the first 5 star rating I've given one of JoAnn's books. I love all her writing, but One Summer just hit all my soft spots and made me laugh and cry...and get really hungry from all the cupcakes!Ex-Marine and photojournalist Gabriel St. James is just i...
This book was too much for me to get into. This Lucas guys tries courting Maddy (awesome name, by the way) right after her husband cheats on her and posts a sex tape on the Internet. He's so scumbaggy the way he thinks "She'll take a lot of work" to convince her to sleep with him, be romanced by ...
13/11 - I'm enjoying On Lavender Lane more than the previous books in the series. The book, plot, writing, characters, location aren't any different from the other books of hers that I've read so I think it must be because I've lowered my expectations when it comes to the romance in JoAnn Ross' ...
My wife suggested that I read this to see why she enjoyed them. And I did like this enough that I want to read the other ones in the series. Nice, light summer reading. The end wrapped things up a little too quickly, I thought. I felt like there was a lot of 'short-handing' going on. The author a...
Would give 3.5 stars. Good sweet and predictable love story. Author added a little more to it and it was an enjoyable read. Liked the characters and the believable story line. Claire and her son move to Shelter Bay. Her son. Matt is a great basketball player and everyone hopes he will help the...
Shelter Bay is a lot like Virgin River. A small town where everyone knows everyone else's business and a lot of love is going around. Glass blower Claire Templeton moves her high school sophomore son from the stars of Hollywood to the backwaters of Oregon after her mother dies and Matt starts to ...
3 1/2 stars - charming and fun holiday novellasI really enjoyed this four pack of novellas all with the holiday theme. All four are sweet stories that make an evening more enjoyable by reading them. Each one is just about the right length to enjoy in an evening. I really did enjoy them all.My ...
Whiskey River is a quiet Arizona mountain town—until it’s rocked by murder. The death of Laura Swann Fletcher, the beautiful wife of charismatic senator Alan Fletcher, makes headlines across the nation.Sheriff Trace Callaghan wants to solve the murder of Laura Fletcher but her sister Mariah has r...
When I discovered this author, I missed this title and am I glad I found it again. Her quiet style appeals greatly and her characters are provided with the kind of detail that encourages the reader to care about them and to root for them as they deal with crises large and small.The lighthouse its...
The Return of Caine O'Halloran: This was my first experience with a JoAnne Ross story and was quite favorably impressed. I loved the setting in the North Olympic Peninsula if Washington State. Living in the Puget Sound area I could easily visualize the setting of the fictional town of Tribulation...
The Outlaw is a time-travel story involving a modern day (circa 1996) princess (who is also psychic)and an American Indian half breed author(1896). (view spoiler)[Despite jumping well over the believability threshold, parts of The Outlaw were pretty good. Having a princess for a heroine may not h...