As soon as I started reading this I thought, "I need a break from Debbie Macomber for a while". Too many characters. Too many different stories going on. Not to mention that as you keep reading you realize that these "address" books are all sequels to each other. There are book before it and books after it that I should have read. Only 1 out of the 8 stories she has going in this book actually concluded. The rest continue on in her next "address" book. Which I will not be reading. I like Debbie pretty good, but these books were not her best idea or her best writing.