I needed some light-hearted, good stuff happening, happily ever after reading. This was perfect. I always called these kind of books mind-candy. I think some people call them beach reads. Either way this is a great start to what I understand is a ten or so book series. I am part way through book ...
After reading several books in Sherryl Woods' Chesapeake Shores series, I'm struck by the many similarities in plot and the fact that these stories are as much about dysfunctional relationships as they are about love affairs. Each book seems to go on a little too long, and the characters do too m...
Another wonderful story by Sherryl Woods that takes place in Chesapeake Shores. Susie O'Brien and Mack Franklin had been friends forever and even though he wanted more, she was afraid because of his reputation with women. By the time she was ready to make that big step, Susie was hit with the ne...
We all knew how this would turn out, but Jake was a bit much for me. His never believing Bree got old quick. That along with the family's dislike of Kevin's military career insisting they could talk him out of reenlisting, their reactions while having him home on R&R, and the boyfriend from Chi...
Another book in the Chesapeake Shores series. This book was about Connor O'Brien and his love Heather Donovan. The problem was that Connor did not believe in marriage and even after he and Heather having their son, he still was not a candidate for marriage. His Mom and Dad had caused him not t...
This is the first book in the Ocean Breeze series by Sheerryl Woods. The Castle family consists of Emily, Gabi, Samantha and their meddling grandmother, Cora Jane. The women have returned to the small North Carolina town due to a hurricane that has torn apart their grandmother's restaurant and ...
Another lovely story in a continuing series about the very large and very loving O'Brien family. In this one we finally meet Luke, youngest son of Jeff and Jo, as he decides to open an Irish pub in Chesapeake Shores. Moira O'Malley (from the previous book) comes from Ireland with her grandfathe...
This one was so much fun to read. I thought loved the second chance romance with Nell and old boyfriend. It was fun to see how the whole O'Brien clan reacted and how Nell seemed to chastise each and everyone. Dylan and his family were interesting and it was fun to see how they interacted with N...
I really enjoyed this story of the three the best! It was nice to see a side of one of the sisters that was fun instead of all wrapped up in work. This is certainly not the first series of Sherryl Woods that I have read, but this is the first series that I really felt just needed one more story ...
WIND CHIME POINT - OCEAN BREEZE #2 - When life gets complicated, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves familyand lovecan make all the differenceFacing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked ...
Pretty good. I loved the characters and everything that happened in the story, although I did want to 'knock' some sense into 'someone'. I wouldn't mind reading this again and can't wait to read the other books in this series. There were emotions, wooing, humor, great personalities, family, frien...
So this started off great. Divorce mother of twins heads back to hometown to bail her sister out of a jam. Of course this jam involves her high school sweetheart who just happens to be heir to the bank her sister's mortgage is through.It had potential, but I felt it was wrapped up too quickly. Hi...
This is the beginning of a series of books about a small resort town on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and the large extended O'Brien family who designed and built it. It is a feel-good family series, and this first book is a great start. We first meet Abby and her twin daughters as they return to ...
The first in the Cheasapeake Shores series by this very prolific author of easy reading books about families and relationships. Very formulaic but still interesting enough to read before bedtime just because it requires very little thought -Once you get to know a family you do feel like you want ...
I was sort of surprised that this book was revolved around Kevin as he got married in the last book. I thought there was something off with his quickie marriage and Georgia was odd and didn’t really seem to fit in with the O’Brians.I hated that Kevin had to go through loosing Georgia and hated h...
Another good story from the O'Brien family. We met Kevin in the last book when he came home from his deployment to have a hasty marriage to a woman also serving her deployment with him. Fast forward a couple of years and we find Kevin alone with a son after losing his wife. This is where this ...
Another Chesapeake Cove book. Mack and Susie have been friends for a long time They finally make a commitment to each other after Mack loses his job and then Susie has ovarian cancer. The way they deal with these bumps in the road are key to this book. Along with that Susie's brothers have re...
I can't speak for her other books but I did not enjoy Moonlight Cove. I listened to the audiobook and didn't like the reader but I trudged on because the reader doesn't define the book as a whole. The plot just became tedious. I became exasperated with the relationship between Jess and Will. The ...
It is always a delight to read another story of the O’Brien family from Chesapeake Shores. I’ve yet to be disappointed. The way Woods portrays the family and scenes make you feel like you’re one of the family or a very close friend. In this story (#9 of the Chesapeake Shores series), Luke O’Brie...
Hhhmmm....how to begin....well, let me just say that I did not like this book. I read the whole thing all the while hoping for something interesting to happen since there are so many great reviews. PERSONALLY, I did not enjoy any of the characters. I really didn't feel any depth to them. Sure, ...
So like me to step in the middle of a series without regard to any of the other books! I've got some catching up to do obviously! Loved this book and loved the O'Brien family. Lara Riley started dating a younger man, known for his womanizing, and it doesn't go so well for her. Due to her position...
Second to last book in this series - the whole clan takes a Christmas vacation back in the old country. Of course it concludes with another wedding and more new babies being announced. Ultimately the theme is families with all the quirks and at times the dysfunctionalities - if there is such a wo...
3.25/5; 3 stars; BI am not familiar with this author and I must say I will read more of her books even though this one did not bowl me over. This book was well written and well paced but its several books into a series so I wasnt as attached to the characters as I would have been if I had read ...
This book in the Sweet Magnolias concerns Jeanette who works for the 'Corner Spa,' and the new Town Manager, Tom McDonald. Both Jeanette and Tom are not fond of the Christmas Season due to memories of their personal childhoods.The match-making Sweet Magnolias assign Jeanette to be liaison between...
The last of the Sweet Magnolia series finds Lynn Morrow who is in the process of a nasty divorce trying to put food on the table for her two children and keep the house they are living in, while her soon to be ex is consistantly going on so-called golf trips. She is working as many jobs as she ca...
I started off being very unsure about this book. Felt it got off to a very slow start.And then I suddenly realized just how much I was enjoying the story. Sand Castle Bay reminds me a lot of Debbie Macomber and that feel good heartwarming story.I ended up enjoying getting to know the Castle famil...
The Chesapeake Shores series is filled with fun summer reading. This is the 5th book in the series about the O'Brien clan--a loving and supportive family. Driftwood Cottage focuses on Connor O'Brien, his significant other Heather and their toddler son Mick. While this is not my favorite of the...
I read (listened to) the first Sherryl Woods book in this series, The Inn at Eagle Point, because it was set on the Chesapeake Bay. You can see my review of it here on Goodreads. I stopped reading her books after that one, but I had this one already downloaded and figured I would like to read (...
"When Elliott Cruz first courted struggling single mom Karen Ames, it it was a romance worthy of any Sweet Magnolia fantasy. The sexy personal trainer made it his mission to restore Karen's strength—physical and emotional—and to charm her children.Now, a few years into the marriage, colliding dre...
I think it was interesting/good to read a story about how important it is to continue the romance and work on it after you are married. So many stories end with the happy ending and I think many people think that once they are married, then there life is supposed to be happy forever after then. B...
Reviewed by AubreyBook provided by NetGalley for reviewReview originally posted at Romancing the BookI feel like a broken record by saying I love small town stories and especially ones in a series. Midnight Promises is the 8th novel in Sherryl Woods’ Sweet Magnolias series set in Serenity, South ...
Jenny, a successful Nashville songwriter heads home to Chesapeake Shores to mend hr broken heart, renew family ties, and write music for a Christmas play. Caleb, a recovering alcoholic, recovering cheater, and superstar country singer, follows Jenny to town in hopes of winning her back.While I li...
This book is about love, redemption and family and centered on Jenny who returned to her hometown ever since her mother’s marriage to Thomas O’Brien. Jenny is a famous song writer and her return to Chesapeake Shores was due to her breakup with a famous singer, Caleb. Jenny has been avoiding her ...
This was a cute read. I enjoyed all the characters and the family atmosphere.Jenny is a great songwriter who was paired with Caleb. But with a drinking problem and another woman, he ruined what he and Jenny had, Now he wants her back in his life and she wants nothing to do with him. So she heads...
Raylene is the third of the next generation of Sweet Magnolias. She's come back home to escape an abusive husband, who's now in jail for that abuse, staying with Sarah and helping take care of the children--but she can't leave the house without a panic attack. So when Sarah's little boy takes off...
This is the third book in Sheryl Woods Ocean Breeze series. I definitely enjoyed this book more than the first two. As usual, Cora Jane is meddling in one of her grand daughter's love lives, but this time the other two sisters are involved as well. The target this time is Samantha and they're ...
Another story in the Chesapeake Shores series. This time this story is about the youngest daughter Jess and Will, who had loved her since he was fourteen. Jess always felt like she was a mess up because she had ADD and after her Mother left the family when she was seven, her self esteem hit bot...
I knew after reading Laila and whatever his name was story and hating it that I should of left any Sherryl Woods books alone. To be honest I didn't even finish this book. I find her main female characters immature and childish when they like someone. In what world do two people who like each othe...
When I began this story and I saw a little boy, I thought this book was right for me. Children and pets are my favourite themes.But I didn't like the adult part of the story. Both Ty and Annie were so far and so unreasonable (Annie sure was!) that I felt detached from the story.I think I can rela...
This is a Christmas themed book. Christmas is gearing up in South Carolina's Serenity. Only two people seem to be in the bah humbug mood Jeanette Brioche and Tom McDonald. Jeanette from suffering a tragic loss many Christmas's ago, and Tom is suffering from a false Christmas's he's spent with ...
I enjoyed this book about Mick and Megan O'Brien. After being divorced for years, Mick and Megan are finally going to remarry. Except, even though they both know they love each other, Megan at times has doubts about Mick changing attitude. And then there is Conner, the son that can't forgive h...
This is not the kind of book I generally read, but I am glad I did. I don't know if it a romance novel since most of the book from the beginning to the end was about a couple that fell in love, but it is not what I have been lead to believe is a standard romance novel where dozens of people spen...
It's been awhile since I read this, so some of the details are fuzzy. What I DO remember is being so excited for this book to come out - I just knew Ty and Annie's story was going to be chock full of awesomeness. Then I read it. By the last page I not only didn't want Ty and Annie together, I wan...
Satisfying story about an idyllic town, Serenity, NC, where a beaten-down woman find herself and starts fresh with a new love, a former MLB star from the Boston Red Sox. Story was a 3, a lovely escape into fictional wonderland where there are happy endings. But the reading was absolutely atrociou...
This is the eleventh book in the Sweet Magnolia's series and features Adelia and Gabe. While I liked this one, it wasn't one of my favorites from this series. Adelia felt very unlikable to me, ever since we were introduced to her in previous books. So from the start I wasn't as involved as I was ...
Caitlyn Winters has her life planned out – she is in medical school and when she finishes her internship and residency she's going to Africa to help the people there who don't have adequate medical care. Nowhere in her plans was falling in love but she has indeed fallen in love with fellow medica...
Three stars is the average I'll give this book for the two very different stories by very different authors. I agree with some of the other reviewers, the first story, Edge of Forever was pretty predictable and while it could have been written with more depth and definitely more elaboration and ...
Two interesting stories - one by Sherryl Woods and the other by Raeanne Thayne. Never Let Go by Sherryl Woods deals with a young boy hospitalized from child abuse injuries, a psychologist dealing with her own grief and a doctor dealing with his own inner demons. It's a good storyline and the acti...
I probably liked this book more than the previous ones from Rose Cottage Sisters series. Still, I found some flaws that were bothering me through the book.The first flaw was probably how fast both Josh and Ashley started to think about marriage. Seriously, two weeks have passed, you don't even ...