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A Month At The Shore
Acclaimed USA Today bestselling author Antoinette Stockenberg consistently engages readers with her breathtaking stories of small-town romance tinged with danger. Now she returns with a tale of one woman's struggle to put the past to rest-even as it haunts her every waking moment...
A Month for New Beginnings
Laura Shore's memories of her Cape Cod childhood are far from fon...more
A Month for New Beginnings
Laura Shore's memories of her Cape Cod childhood are far from fon...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
August 18th 2003
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
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A Month at the Shore by Antoinette Stockenberg is a story about 3 siblings that grew up in their family business, a nursery. The family was poor but much worse than that was the way their dad treated them and their mom ignored it. Two of 3 siblings moved on to other parts of the country as soon as they were old enough and only Corinne stayed behind to continue working at the nursery. When their final parent passed away, the siblings all came back to the nursery for the memorial. Corinne manages...more
Jan 09, 2013
Katrina Passick Lumsden
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So, crap. Here we go again, right? Super uptight, type A personality career woman with a huge chip on her shoulder comes back to the town she never wanted to be in again because her sister wants to hold a memorial for their asshole father. From the moment I met Laura, I disliked her. She hasn't seen her sister or younger brother in years and all she can do is be negative and critical. At one point she gets all twitchy and uncomfortable because her brother shows up in a crappy car and she hopes n...more
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Part family drama, part crime novel and part romance, this book hits lots of high points. The Shores, an old Cape Cod family have operated a family nursery for three generations. The business is failing, partially due to poor management, partly due to bad attitudes and partly due to the taint of a generation old crime of passion that took place on the grounds. Following the death of their very difficult father, brother, Snack and sister, Laura return to help their younger sister Corinne save the...more
I'm always looking for recommendations by fellow book lovers. I wonder sometimes what makes a person love a story and then wonder if I will feel the same way. A Month at the Shore is an example of how two people completely different in life can appreciate the love of a good story. On the recommendation of a fellow book lover, I found a wonderful story of love and growth that I couldn't get enough of.
This is a beautiful story of self growth, acceptance, love, and family. A story that helps you r...more
This is a beautiful story of self growth, acceptance, love, and family. A story that helps you r...more
This is a book I was sure I had all figured out. About halfway through, all my predictions came true. I was feeling quite smug, until near the end. The author completely surprised me.
I do have a few slight criticisms though. Laura is the main character. While overall quite like able, at times she comes off as immature. And although her sister Corrine is a big part of the book, I didn't feel like we got to know her at all. Why was she the way she was? I almost anticipate a sequel with Corrine as...more
I do have a few slight criticisms though. Laura is the main character. While overall quite like able, at times she comes off as immature. And although her sister Corrine is a big part of the book, I didn't feel like we got to know her at all. Why was she the way she was? I almost anticipate a sequel with Corrine as...more
This was a really great piece of writing. It starts out with the main character going back home to see her siblings after their not-dear father dies. In the process of sorting through memories colored with childhood resentment, the siblings find themselves being drawn together, closer than they ever had been, all to clear their family's name of any wrong-doing in a recently uncovered mystery.
Definitely a good book and a great read with an unpredicted ending. That the main character held one per...more
Definitely a good book and a great read with an unpredicted ending. That the main character held one per...more
He was her childhood "knight in shining armor"...but she wasn't a fairy princess.
Laura Shore returns to help her sister at her childhood home and family business. Laura had run away as fast as she could from the home and family, to reinvent herself. Now returning to the place that does not hold good memories, she gets reacquainted with her siblings, and Kent, her "knight in shining armor".
I enjoyed this story. I liked the setting on the New England coast. I enjoyed the characters and the mystery...more
Laura Shore returns to help her sister at her childhood home and family business. Laura had run away as fast as she could from the home and family, to reinvent herself. Now returning to the place that does not hold good memories, she gets reacquainted with her siblings, and Kent, her "knight in shining armor".
I enjoyed this story. I liked the setting on the New England coast. I enjoyed the characters and the mystery...more
I thought I was really going to like this one. It wasn't that it was bad. In fact as I was reading through it I thought it was really good. My only issue was the last few chapters seemed rushed. I would have wanted to hear more about the main characters relationship. Their road seemed very rushed to me. And the climax of the story seemed rush as well. There were so many points where I thought that the story was about to take off and then it just rushed through to the next interesting bit.
I'm a very quick reader. But it took me a while to get thru the first 10 chapters. They were a bit slow (for me) and not very thrilling. But, once we hit chapter 11, it was all a go!
this book turned out to be a very good read. I enjoyed the mystery of the book (which I didn't even realize there was going to be a mystery!), and the romance, even though it was pretty light on the romance.
The only reason I only givve it 3 stars, is I felt the first half was just too drawn out.
this book turned out to be a very good read. I enjoyed the mystery of the book (which I didn't even realize there was going to be a mystery!), and the romance, even though it was pretty light on the romance.
The only reason I only givve it 3 stars, is I felt the first half was just too drawn out.
Good story. 3 siblings lose their tyrant of a father. For the first time in many years, they are all back home. The decide to give a month of their time to salvage and run the family's nursery. Faced with obstacles such as society perception, the 3 are challenged to complete the task. Add the stress of the discovery of a body during renovations and the resulting investigation, and tempers and relationships become strained. Interesting twist at the end.
Not normally a reader of mysteries, let alone romantic mysteries, I enjoyed this book as light reading. The book alluded to crimes of the past, and the wooing of a former heart throb by a former geek. Sadly, Stockenberg needs to learn to end a book. She gets to the climax with the bad guy escaping and suddenly it's two years later with the good characters married with children, and the bad guy in jail with no explanation as to how he was caught.
Fair story, but the author went to a lot of trouble to try and set up a spooky scenario with the old lady that just fell flat. It had some ridiculous plot contrivances--Why would she keep an old, not unusual timex she unearthed?--and the heroine's weird obsession with the Sylvia character was over the top. She set up some interesting conflict with the hero and his old tormentors, then did nothing with it at all. I found it over-all disappointing.
A nice diversion. I get a litle tired of modern romances that seem to feel all relationships must start out with one or the other person disliking the other and doing everything they can to antagonize, until suddenly miraculously they realize that they're in love, but other than that, this was an interesting mystery. There were many characters who seemed to be suspect, but the author held the mystery to the end.
It was a very sweet love story and a mystery. The book was slow at times, but I still enjoyed it. One thing I didn't like was that I knew what was going to happen throughout the book long before it would happen. It was very easy to foreshadow. The last twist at the end was the only part that surprised me. If your looking for an easy read, this book is for you.
Laura Shore comes home after her father's death to help the sister who stayed behind rebuild the family business. She becomes reacquainted with Ken Barclay, the geeky rich kid who saved her from bullies when she was 12 and he was 13. I had lots of problems with this book. Laura's uncle killed his wife before she was born. Why does her fiance dump her upon learning that? Why does the small town she grew up in hold that against her? Why does that color her whole life? SHE WASN'T EVEN BORN!!!! Then...more
How could I not like it? It took place on the Cape: there IS only one place called The Cape, isn't there? ;o)
Character development was good, and it took me quite a while to realize who murdered the girl many years before. I could do without some of the sexual details between the main characters, because I prefer a story instead.
Character development was good, and it took me quite a while to realize who murdered the girl many years before. I could do without some of the sexual details between the main characters, because I prefer a story instead.
I found this on the bargain download section of my Nook, and thought I would give it a try. I enjoyed the author's pace and her characters. The romance was not over done, and the setting was an added bonus. A quick read with a nice twist at the end. Enjoyable read, and I would definitely read more of her books in the future.
I liked this book a lot. Taking place down the Cape a very sweet story of a family of siblings trying to put their family business back together after their not so nice dad dies. Has a little bit of romance, a murder mystery and surprise killer!! Very enjoyable, easy read. A little slow, that's why only 4 stars!!
I was attracted to this story since it takes place at a garden nursery... one of my favorite places to be. I expected it to be a romance, but I was intrigued by the murder mystery too. No foul language, and the romance scenes were light. Great book to read in the hammock on a summer day.
This book started off well. I enjoyed the first 3/4 of it. Then, the author appeared to become tired of writing. The ending was wrapped entirely to quickly. It could easily have been made into a trilogy if written the author so wished.
I liked the book - i like her writing, but I don't like the way they put 200 or so pages of promo at the end of the book. We get enough ads as it is. The story itself is very well written and of course has a very happy ending.
No one does Romantic Suspense like Ms. Stockenberg. I especially loved this classic book. It has everything. A dysfunctional family, a love that starts in elementery school, and murder!
Couldn't get any better than this.
It was ok... about what I expected since I got the e-book for 99 cents or something. Moved along too fast I thought, both the love story and the little mystery going on. It's like the author got sick of writing and just ended the story hastily.
Not bad, lots of romantic cliches, and you know there's going to be twist because of the obvious build up, so when I got to the twist, I found it a bit of a let down because it didn't seem very dramatic...
After reading several 5 star books this was a little disappointing. It was a bit long and slow. It did have a sweet story but it was had to get through.
I liked this book. It was a love story with a mystery thrown in for good measure. I agree with other reviews in that I felt the author ended it somewhat abruptly but well worth 99 cents.
It was a love story and that usually puts me off but I loved the characters and the story was far from sappy so I was pleasantly surprised.
it was a very good book, to me i thought it was a mixture of very light mystery and family drama and romance, and how through it all a family pulls together as families do, loved it nd i recommend it for a read
This was a good mystery love story about a family bought back together following their Fathers death. Worth a read.
I would give it 3 1/2 stars if I could. It was an easy and enjoyable read. It was slow to start but a good story!
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