Beach Season

Beach Season

3.31 of 5 stars 3.31  ·  rating details  ·  199 ratings  ·  45 reviews
Perfectly timed for vacation reading, this summer-themed anthology--headlined by "New York Times"-bestselling author Jackson--features four unforgettable stories of love, friendship, and second chances.
Paperback, 416 pages
Published May 29th 2012 by Kensington (first published January 1st 2012)
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Marya Kowal
The stories mostly center around second chances with a beach background.

Lisa Jackson gets top billing here, but I didn't like her contribution. The heroine is annoying. And why would a physician push her injured/amnesiac fiance to the point of hurting his recovery? The hero is wooden and flat. Cardboard is more exciting. And hearing the inner thoughts of a man complaining about his erections just isn't sexy. Sorry.

Cathy Lamb's story was a hoot. LOVED the heroine, want the hero as my next hubby,...more
Julia
Aug 27, 2012 Julia is currently reading it
So, I just got this book a couple days ago, and am still in the process of reading it. This book is set as a 4-in-1, something that you don't see very often, unlike 2-in-1s, and that often annoys me rather than just doing separate books. Anywho, these books are basically about summer, and how "Every summer offers a new beginning", as the cover says. Each book is about 100 pages long, give or take, so they are very quick to read. I read the first book entitled "June's Lace" yesterday, and I shall...more
Star (The Bibliophilic Book Blog)
“The Brass Ring” by Lisa Jackson: On the night before Shawna McGuire’s marriage to Parker Harrison, they are torn apart by a devastating car accident. Now Parker doesn’t remember Shawna, but Shawna refuses to give up on him and their love. Even though I loved the writing, “The Brass Ring” was not my favorite story in this collection. I thought Shawna was desperately pushy and Parker was a jerk. I liked Shawna’s brother, Jake, as he seemed to be the most stable character in the story. I had mixe...more
Nancy Narma
“Sand, Surf But Most Importantly Love”
If you’re planning to relax on the sands of some faraway destination or just enjoying the view from your backyard hammock, be sure to tote this volume with you. You will savor the works of four talented authors. In “June’s Lace”, Cathy Lamb introduces us to former attorney/talented-beyond-belief wedding dress designer; June MacKenzie, who, after continually battling with her slime-ball of a husband; Grayson for a divorce, swears she will never get involved w...more
Liviania
BEACH SEASON collects four novellas by a variety of popular authors including #1 New York Times Bestseller Lisa Jackson. All four romances are set in beach towns and perfect for a little summer beach reading. (Or perhaps summer-wishing-you-were-at-the-beach-reading.)

June's Lace by Cathy Lamb

The anthology opens with my favorite of the four novellas - "June's Lace" by Cathy Lamb. June MacKenzie is almost at the end of a long, contentious divorce. It's been two years of fighting with her ex and the...more
Stephanie
2.5 stars

This review originally appeared at www.readinasinglesitting.com.

What’s that, you say? Two beach-themed books in a row? Anyone would think that I’m a sad little Melburnian rugged up in multiple layers and chasing down my husband so that I can put my cold feet on him.

Beach Season landed on my desk on Friday, and thanks to that oh-so-sunny cover illustration, I pounced on it right away. Surely reading about a warm climate can be an effective (and cheap) form of heating? After all, there’s...more
Guilty Pleasures
Daniella's review posted on Guilty Pleasures

I really enjoyed reading the anthology Beach Season. All four stories (June's Lace by Cathy Lamb, Second Chance Sweethearts by Holly Chamberlin, Carolina Summer by Rosalind Noonan and The Brass Ring by Lisa Jackson) were of similar plot lines of dealing with getting over bad relationships and finding the one person that makes everything click. These are wonderfully written second chance books where no matter what the situation is or what the cause was...more
Julie Barrett
Beach Season by Lisa Jackson and 3 others
June's Lace by Cathy Lamb
June is going through a divorce but he wants half of her new wedding dress business. She is so distraught she heads down to the beach and she turns her back on a wave. It's raining and she falls under and an arm stretches to reach her. Reece is only renting a house for 8 weeks and he sees to it that she goes to get checked out at the hospital.
They have a survivors lunch for a few dates and she finds out he is staying right next do...more
Erin Muses
Oh, this book. It was sooooo disappointing. All of the authors were new to me, and I will likely never buy anything from any of them again.

June's Laces by Cathy Lamb: A little hippie-dippie but cute. Heroine tells us that she fell in lust and then love with him, but we don't really see it (and, yes, it can be done in a novella). Not a big fan of first-person writing in a romance. 3 stars

Second Chance Sweethearts by Holly Chamberlin: I believe I will let my highlights/notes speak for themselves:...more
Maryellen
If you're looking the THE beach book of the season~~this is it. The front cover of this book says, "Every summer offers a new beginning..." Each story of this wonderful anthology offers just that, a new beginning. Though this theme of new beginnings resonates through each story, each story is different from the others.

JUNE'S LACE by Cathy Lamb introduces us to even more fun and quirky "Cathy Characters". I loved June, a wedding dress making phenom who vows to never wed again, from the first pag...more
Bea
The book had four stories so I have a brief review of each one. They follow the same order as in the book. In addition to the beach and summer theme common to the stories, three of the four also have exes who are stalkers, abusive or both. That is not my idea of a little light summer reading and I had to readjust my expectations while reading.

JUNE'S LACE by Cathy Lamb

A light sweet frothy confection, complete with eccentric family members.The ex in this one is emotionally and verbally abusive. It...more
Alexia561
June's Lace:
Really enjoyed this story of a woman rediscovering her old self. June had an unconventional childhood, raised by hippie parents. Wanting to be "normal" she basically turned her back on the wild, free part of herself, became a lawyer, and married another lawyer. She was miserable.

Trying to recapture the Old June, she starts a business creating unconventional wedding dresses. June is artistic and smart and a free spirit. Why anyone would want to bury that part of themselves is beyond...more
BJ
This was basically a collection of novellas with a common thread of second chances at love and further bound by their setting, different beaches. The first was by Cathy Lamb, it was okay. I loved her book Julia's Chocolates, but this was just a typical Harlequin/Silhouette-type story and I felt the bad guy in the story gave up too soon, taking away the suspense. Same with the second story by Holly Chamberlin, suspense built-up and then sputtered. The best story in this book, I feel is the third...more
Eva


I picked this book as a bit of fluff to read while on vacation. I was already reading a novel that required a fair amount of thought and concentration. To that end, this collection of romance novellas fit the bill perfectly. And, while I really enjoyed the first three stories in this book, I found the fourth, "The Brass Ring," to be plodding and tedious. I found much of that story to be cliched and predictable, starting with the accident on a rain-slicked roadway that left Shawna's fiancé injur...more
Lynne
I liked all the stories. But I think my favorite was Cathy Lamb's "June's Lace". I loved the description of her wacky family. And, growing up in Oregon, the characters all rang very true! I enjoyed all the other stories as well. Lisa Jackson's "The Brass Ring" was a little dated, but not bad for having been originally published almost 25 years ago. Her story felt like it was filled with drama, but not a lot of character building.
Cyndee Thomas
This is a good book for the Summer. I enjoyed each story. The Characters and their relationships were easy to relate in real life. I read a paperback edition from my local Library system. It carries nicely in a beach bag. I recommend this book for Romance and Chick-Lit Fans. Check this title out..you will make summer last a bit more.

**This is my opinion and mine only!**Beach Season
Patricia Solla
This was pretty good beach reading. The first story about a woman moving on in her life - making changes to live and work on her terms. Loved her hippie family descriptions and the the clothing descriptions which she creates. The second story was kind of odd but interesting reading. Carolina Summer was my favorite of the group. There's action, romance and again nice descriptions of the area. The last story was strange but okay.
Amy
Very Harlequin romance like - lots of romantic fluff, very little beach, and no substance. The third book was my favorite, probably more so because I know the setting, and I like Noonan's books (although definitely NOT up to her standard as she is an incredible writer and this was a water-downed version of her style.) Lisa Jacksons' plot had real potential but it was lost in the angst of the characters.
Kara
Four short stories, four different authors...the last two with explicit sexual detail (to me.) Too bad Jackson's name is selling the book. Her story was among those I would have thrown away. Plots overall were okay, June's Lace being my favourite. Anticipation is the best.
Ginny
Three typical romance light weight stories all in one book. Happy endings anyone? Would not have read it except was given it by a neighbor who will want to talk about it.
Rose Mary
A fun beach book with four short stories by popular romance writers Cathy Lamb, Holly Chamberlin, Rosalind Noonon and my favorite among the quartet, Lisa Jackson.
April Plummer
I LOVED the first story by Cathy Lamb - I am a huge Cathy Lamb fan! But I skipped the second story altogether and skimmed the last two. I thought they were predictable and shallow.
Candy
The first and third stories were very good. I was shocked by how soap operaish Lisa Jackson's story was. If that had been the first story, I probably would have put this book down.
Mandy
Jun 24, 2012 Mandy rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2012
I give this book 3.5 stars. I really enjoyed 3 of the 4 stories but the one by Lisa Jackson was disappointing. It was a great summer read though.
Deb
not a bad book of stories from four authors: I did enjoy the first by Cathy lamb and the last by Lisa Jackson more than the other two.
Polly
Loved each and every story in this collection. Each one was different and very well written.
Karen Thacker
A group of 4 short stories that are very good. A great book to take along when you need something while traveling or just a quick read.
Lauren
More of a series of Romance Novels then I thought it would be. Enjoyable nonetheless.
Kathy Warren


Great beach book! Four stories in one book.
Cindy White
This was an OK book. It was short romance stories which got a little to detailed for me in places but had a good storyline.
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Lisa Jackson and her sister, Nancy Bush, grew up in a small timber town in Oregon. She attended Oregon State University and later worked in the banking industry.
In 1983, Jackson's first novel, A Twist of Fate, was published by Silhouette Books. Currently, Jackson writes contemporary romantic suspense novels for Kensington Books and medieval romantic suspense novels for Onyx Books. Her books regul...more
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