The Beach Club by Elin Hilderbrand

This takes place in Nantucket at a very fancy beach club and motel.  The lives of those who work there cover the arrogant, self assured and floundering; the expectations of parents, the need to grow up.  For the guests, you have many who are escaping to this little piece of paradise to escape their lives, others to just throw around their money.  Relationships bloom and fade and many hard choices are made.  Hilderbrand did a great job putting all of it together and giving each character something to make you think a little deeper.

Love Beyond Time by Bethany Claire

This took place between two time periods.  We were in Scotland in 1645 and in present day.  There was a curse placed in 1645, that if discovered and read aloud, two women would switch places.  It happened.  The story was a little corny, but a fun read.  The differences between the times and figuring the history and planning for the future all worked well together.  There are a few more books in this series and I will probably read them, purely for the entertainment and silliness of it all.

Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle

Big business in fashion, and during Fashion Week the Village Blend keeps busy.  Unfortunately someone drinks a poisoned latte and dies.  Now Clare, the manager, feels she needs to figure out who is behind it all.  One of her employees ends up in jail, she gets her ex-mother-in-law involved in trying to find answers and she of course gets into some sticky situations herself.  Coyle kept you guessing right up to the end, it was only in the last ten pages or so where you could see where it was going.  Great development and depth, looking forward to see what she comes up with next!

Flowers on Main by Sherryl Woods

A nice visit to Chesapeake Shores again.  Bree has come back and decided she would stay.  With that comes figuring out what to do and dealing with her past history with Jake.  Her father is looking to rekindle his relationship with his ex-wife.  Woods does a good job working the angles and tensions and keeps building throughout the story.  You usually know what is going to happen, but there are always some surprises.  I am looking forward to see how she continues this series.

A Supremely Bad Idea by Luke Dempsey

Subtitle: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All --  They don't really see it all, but they do see a lot.  Luke had not been a birder, but once he and his family bought a home in the country he started to take notice.  A couple of his friends were quite avid birders and helped him along.  When Luke got divorced he had this time on his hands when he couldn't be with his girls and was at a loss.  He and his friends started taking bird centered trips.  They flew to Florida, Texas, Colorado, Michigan and Washington, with many stops along the way.   For Luke he got many lifers and really got into the search.  He also enjoyed taking in all the surroundings.  They do get into some interesting situations.  Overall and enjoyable book into the minds of birders.

Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

Very moving story about a family learning about themselves and their history through love and loss.  The father has been the glue of this family from the beginning.  When he dies the girls are forced to learn to deal with their mother.  During their younger years she has always told them fairy tales and now they are learning that it really was their family history.  The ending moved me to tears.  Hannah did a beautiful job weaving all of this together, she is such a joy to read.

Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett

Tricia just can't stay out of trouble.  There is an explosion and someone dies, so it can't be an accident.  Her sister is on a book tour so Tricia is helping out with those shops.  All the characters lend something to the overall picture and Barrett does a great job with development and story line, so nothing goes to waste.  As you go through the series you get more from each character, but I don't think you would miss too much if you didn't read them in order.  Just a fun read, something comfortable to curl up with and get lost in for a while.