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 ...
From JoAnn Ross comes the touching story of two people who find love just when it seems most elusive in A Woman's Heart.Novelist Quinn Gallagher reluctantly comes to Castlelough, Ireland, as the screenwriter for a movie based on one of his books, which is being filmed on location. The product of ...
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...
Chelsea, the official biographer of Roxanne, a fashion and etiquette expert, digs into her subject's past to find out who may be trying to kill her and finds herself in the middle of a potentially romantic and dangerous investigation when she encounters Cash Beaudine, the man Roxanne is after. Repri
Once Upon a Time...When she'd still believed in fairy tales, Sabrina Darling had fantasized about becoming a princess. And it happened - sort of.... But she had learned there was no such thing as a happy ending when her marriage collapsed and her father died owing millions to the IRS. Enough was ...
As children, Molly, Lena, and Tessa McBride were torn apart by a life-changing moment. Now, tragedy will bring the sisters together again, offering them the chance to find happiness in sorrow. A POWERFUL AND PASSIONATE STORY OF THREE SISTERSTorn apart by tragedy, Molly, Lena and Tessa McBride cho...
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...
It shouldn't make him feel the same way he felt whenever he glimpsed the red cliffs of Canyon de Chelly. It shouldn't make him feel as if he'd come home.But it did. He reined in his horse."You're back!" Relief shimmered in her wide blue eyes, echoed in her tone. The bright dawn light revealed dar...
It might be important." With a low oath, he reached over and picked up the receiver. "O'Bannion... Yes, sir. She's right here." He handed the phone to Chantal. "It's your father.""Hello, Papa," she said, exchanging a look of regret with Caine. "Of course I can be ready in half an hour…Yes, I'll t...
Donovan had been to several gallery shows over the years but none as unique as this one. The white walls were covered with abstract paintings, all of which were as colorful as they were horrendous. Watching Thomas circulate through the crowd, drinking in the enthusiastic c...
But to me, it's always been home. And while I've enjoyed the privileges of wealth, after my coronation my life will change.It is, after all, one thing for the heir to the throne to be perceived as a playboy; it is quite another for the regent to be perceived that way. My father, determined that I...
"Of myself." She lifted her own hands to his shoulders. "Of us.""Join the club." His hands drifted below her waist, settling on her hips, drawing her closer.She tilted her head back and looked up at him. "Are you saying—""I'm afraid of us, too.""I dream of you, dammit!" He grabbed hold of her sle...
Drew Hayworth leaned forward, his hands clasped loosely between his knees. “You’re married.”“Yes. But my husband is filing for a divorce.” Faith wondered if her excuse sounded as lame to him as it did to her.“Yet you had no way of knowing that was in the cards when you slept with Will Bridger.” W...
She’d mixed up her oils, using Mr. Lamoreaux’s sandlewood and juniper on Mrs. Breaux, who preferred the relaxing scent of lavender. Rather than appearing unhappy, the elderly lady assured Emma that it was occasionally a good idea to get out of a rut. While Etienne Lamoreaux, who wore a gold hoop ...
The single thing the out-of-the-way watering hole had going for it, she decided, was that she did not have to worry about running into anyone she knew. Or more importantly, anyone who knew Zach. She was on her second martini when the man she’d been waiting for finally showed up. “You’re late.” Mi...
Tess said for the umpteenth time as she and Nate entered her house. “What makes you think you could do anything if the guy who hit Donovan does show up?” “I don’t think he will. Not with me here.” She tossed her purse onto the entry table. An outward sign, he thought, at how unnerved she truly wa...
Which, even in the best of times, had never been easy. “Darling!” Lilith burst into the room in a whirlwind of her usual energy and flung her arms around Raine’s neck. “I knew you’d come rescue your poor abused mother!” Raine didn’t think her mother...
Boasting its own beach, it also allowed a fabulous view of the bay. “I’ll bet the sunrises are fantastic,” Dallas said as they approached the lodge where the housing officer at the naval station had arranged for them to stay. “I guess we’ll find out tomorrow,” she murmured. “I spent two years on ...
In that forthright way he remembered so well, she was letting him know flat out that he could have her. Which was exactly what he'd been thinking since he'd first accidentally looked in her bedroom window. But then what? Even as he told himself he w...
Inside, a turf fire in a large open hearth warmed against the chill. The whiskey bottles behind the bar gleamed in the glow of brass-hooded lamps; the walls were covered in football flags, vintage signs, and old photographs. The stone floor, Duncan learned as he sat at the bar watching Patrick Br...
Two hours after leaving Austin, Sawyer was still awake, tangled up in twisted sheets with a boner the size of a redwood.He’d never claimed to be a monk. When you never knew where you were going to be from one day to the next, or whether you’d even survive another day, getting serious about a woma...
Amanda sat down on the bench seat, leaned back against the bow and waited. Dane sat down beside her. When he began talking, his words were slow and measured. “I liked Denise from the moment I met her. Along with the all-important fact that she had y...
Before driving Charlie by the house, so Mac could take over, Annie had called and given him a short version of how she’d gotten him back on track. Knowing how intransigent his grandfather could be, Mac suspected it couldn’t have been easy, and now not only did he still want her, but he had even m...
Rather than sit at the table, J.T. had brought along a blanket and built a fire. The late-setting sun sank into the sea in a blaze of color that gilded the water. The sky turned indigo, then ebony, illuminated by the glow of the campfire and the full moon floating overhead. After a meal that coul...
she asked, once they were out in the hallway. “To Senator Sherman’s office,” the aide said. “Why?” “I wouldn’t know, ma’am.” He ushered her into an elevator and pushed the down button. “I was just sent to retrieve you.” He made her sound as if she were a bone someone had thrown to a dog. Feeling ...
She gave the spiel, telling the group what she could without going into detail, including why the task force thought they were dealing with a vet. From the stony faces and crossed arms, she could tell that idea didn’t go over real well. When her eyes drifted to Quinn, he actually winked, as if sh...