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That Summer Place (2008)

That Summer Place (2008)

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0778327132 (ISBN13: 9780778327134)
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English
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mira

About book That Summer Place (2008)

Loved this book. Apparently I read it sometime back and have just read it again. This book has three different stories:Jill Barnett's "Old Things", Catherine revisits a secluded island that her family use to go to every summer. A place where she fell in love with Michael. It's years later and she discovers that he is still living there.Debbie Macomber's "Private Paradise", Beth allows her best friend to talk her into going to a secluded island for an island getaway that her husband's work is paying for. Things don't work out to well for Beth's friends family, the husband has an accident and has to go in for surgery. They are unable to make it out. So they contact John, who has a rather unhappy teenage daughter in tow, and he goes out in their place with the intention of catching up on work. Beth and her son are both a big surprise to John and his daughter, as they were not told of her and her son't presence, and they find themselves having quite a different getaway than what they had planned.Susan Wigg's "Island Time", Mitch has been hired to go out to an island to complete a study with a Marine Biologist. A company has hired him on to study the environment and get the go-ahead so that they can complete a marina that will bring in jobs and hopefully more people to visit the island. Rosie, is a free-spirited, live on her own time, unorganized, recently laid off and now out of work college professor. She's a big surprise to the tightly bound, overworked Mitch Rutherford.

Three stories intertwine at one summer place in the San Juan Islands. The first is "Old Things" by Jill Barnett. Catherine Winslow is a successful woman. She has a great career and two wonderful daughters. But she's been busy, so she decides to take them to the same summer place where she used to go. The same summer place where she met her first love... who is also coincidentally on the island. Duh duh DUH! It's a cute story though. She thinks he's a plumber (sh, he's not). But they end up spending time on the island and all of the old feelings are still there.Debbie Macomber's "Private Paradise" starts with Beth Graham excited to be going on vacation with her best friend, her friend's family and her own son. But then, her friend's husband breaks his leg, and they send another man (and his twelve-year-old rather petulant daughter). Beth's son quickly talks Dr. John Livingstone into letting them stay and romance blossoms.The last story, "Island Time" by Susan Wiggs is your typical straight-laced executive whose life is turned around by a Latino woman.

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Terrible, Terrible, Terrible. I picked this book because I love Debbie Macomber and Susan WIggs books. They are almost always a good read. I have to say almost because I just read this compilation. The first story was okay, the second a little less okay, and the third just downright bad. I kept thinking that it had the feel of a Harlequin romance novel instead of the quality of writing I usually expect from these authors. I look to see when they had been written and suddenly a light bulb went on over my head. 1998- Back when these authors were still young in their craft and probably not writing to the level which we expect today. This is all well and good, but nothing on my newly purchased book suggests that its a repeat except when I went looking for the publication date. I guess I will have to check books by both these authors to make sure they are not reprints before I plop down my hard earned money. Not that I'm bitter =). More sad about wasting my reading time which is so precious.
—Jennifer

This three book set centers around the same old victorian house on Spruce Island in Puget Sound. 3 delightful romances by 3 talented authors!OLD THINGS by Jill Barnett: The story of Catherine and Michael is a deeply romantic journey of a second chance at love with your first love! Loved the character development and back story as well as the local flavor of the island that brought them back together! A MUST-READ for true romantics!PRIVATE PARADISE by Debbie Macomber: John and Beth's story also includes their meddling children, Nikki and Paul, as fate brought them all together due to an accident! Sweet and romantic as only Debbie Macomber can do!!! DO NOT MISS reading this one!!ISLAND TIME by Susan Wiggs: Mitch and Rosie's story is about how opposites truly do attract and can develop into something beautiful and lasting! Highly recommend this story too! Great set of delightful, soul touching romances!
—Kathy

This book is a collection of three stories that are tied together by a Victorian rental house on a secluded island off the shore of Seattle. Each story has an introductory note by the author that kind of updates the reader as to what the characters have been up to since their story left off. I found this to be a cute little addition that makes the characters feel a little more real.For me, this book was a quick and fun little read. The plots were a fairly predictable but not in a way that was boring. It was nice to read a story and know that there was going to be a happily ever after. I also felt that all the characters were almost too perfect. Even Dr. Livingston's unruly daughter was quick to change her ways and hardly caused any trouble for those that were around her.All in all, it was certainly a nice way to relax on a warm summer afternoon.
—Toeni

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