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Încă îndurerată de pierderea mamei, Lucy Kincaid părăsește Nashville și se îndreaptă spre vechiul orășel Cape Hudson, Virginia. Se duce să vadă casa pe care a moștenit-o – una despre care nici nu știa că există, lăsată moștenire de o femeie pe care nu a cunoscut-o niciodată. În centrul acestui mister se află speranța că poate-poate în acest conac de vacanță ar putea găsi răspunsuri la nesfârșitele întrebări despre trecutul mamei... inclusiv cine este tatăl ei biologic.
În loc de bungalow-ul pitoresc din Virginia la care se aștepta, Lucy descoperă o moșie veche și grandioasă cu multe ascunzișuri - suficient de mare pentru a adăposti un secol de secrete, pasiuni și trădări. Tot acolo se găsește și un străin chipeș și enigmatic, un bărbat care urmează să revendice moștenirea lui Lucy.
Pe măsură ce Lucy cercetează trecutul, descoperind moștenirea secretă de la Cabana de iarnă, va ajunge să descopere la fel de multe lucruri despre istoria familiei sale ca și despre ea însăși. Căutând, ea ar putea găsi în sfârșit singurul lucru pe care nu l-a avut niciodată cu adevărat: un cămin.
Oferă o incursiune în trecutul celor care și-au făcut averile la începutul anilor 1900 și ajunge până în prezent, iar misterul și
În loc de bungalow-ul pitoresc din Virginia la care se aștepta, Lucy descoperă o moșie veche și grandioasă cu multe ascunzișuri - suficient de mare pentru a adăposti un secol de secrete, pasiuni și trădări. Tot acolo se găsește și un străin chipeș și enigmatic, un bărbat care urmează să revendice moștenirea lui Lucy.
Pe măsură ce Lucy cercetează trecutul, descoperind moștenirea secretă de la Cabana de iarnă, va ajunge să descopere la fel de multe lucruri despre istoria familiei sale ca și despre ea însăși. Căutând, ea ar putea găsi în sfârșit singurul lucru pe care nu l-a avut niciodată cu adevărat: un cămin.
Oferă o incursiune în trecutul celor care și-au făcut averile la începutul anilor 1900 și ajunge până în prezent, iar misterul și
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First published October 16, 2018
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Mary Ellen Taylor
16 books1,869 followersA southerner by birth, Mary Ellen Taylor’s love of her home state of Virginia and its past is evident in her contemporary women's fiction novels, from her first THE UNION STREET BAKERY to her latest, THE WORDS WE WHISPER, which debuts July 20, 2021. Her novels explore issues of family, home and belonging and entwine the past and present.
Richmond born, Mary Ellen has lived there most of her life. Alongside writing, cooking and baking are important creative outlets for Mary Ellen, who's been known to name recipes in honor of her characters. Just a few years ago, she earned her Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate at the University of Richmond's Culinary Arts Program. "In some ways, I liken baking to my efforts as a writer. You need to learn the basic tools of the trade before you can push the limits and create a distinctive sweet dessert or savory novel.”
Mary Ellen is also known nationally as New York Times and USA Today bestselling suspense novelist Mary Burton. Together, they have published forty-five novels, with Mary Burton’s latest, NEAR YOU, debuting April 13, 2021.
When not traveling or holed up writing, she and her husband spend time alternately enjoying their empty nest and spoiling their miniature dachshunds, Buddy, Bella and Tiki.
Richmond born, Mary Ellen has lived there most of her life. Alongside writing, cooking and baking are important creative outlets for Mary Ellen, who's been known to name recipes in honor of her characters. Just a few years ago, she earned her Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate at the University of Richmond's Culinary Arts Program. "In some ways, I liken baking to my efforts as a writer. You need to learn the basic tools of the trade before you can push the limits and create a distinctive sweet dessert or savory novel.”
Mary Ellen is also known nationally as New York Times and USA Today bestselling suspense novelist Mary Burton. Together, they have published forty-five novels, with Mary Burton’s latest, NEAR YOU, debuting April 13, 2021.
When not traveling or holed up writing, she and her husband spend time alternately enjoying their empty nest and spoiling their miniature dachshunds, Buddy, Bella and Tiki.
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October 17, 2018
3.5 stars
This was a really enjoyable work of fiction that had elements of romance and mystery. Lucy Kincaid was raised by her single mother, Beth. After Beth dies, Lucy finds out she has inherited a house, known as the Winter Cottage, in the town of Cape Hudson, Virginia, which is where her mother grew up. Lucy knows nothing about her mother's past, and what made her leave her hometown as a teenager and never return. She stumbles upon some video recordings from the late 1980s of her then teenage mother interviewing the home's former owner, Catherine Buchanan, for a school project, and soon Lucy realizes this is a home filled with secrets of the past.
The story alternates between Lucy in the present day, her mother in the 1980s, and Claire working for the wealthy Buchanan family in the early 1900s. Each of these characters brought something to the table in making this an interesting read however I really felt the most invested in Claire's story.
There were a few things that I didn't particularly care for in the book. Some things just did not seem realistic in the year 2018. The whole this is a small town thing therefore things are done differently didn't ring true in a few instances. The other thing that bugged me was I thought the author tried to fill the story with too many twists to the point which it detracted from the characters and story. None of these things ruined the book for me though. They were just minor annoyances.
Definitely a good read if you are looking for something with interesting female lead characters. I would definitely read something again by Mary Ellen Taylor who also writes books under the name Mary Burton.
I won a free ebook in a giveaway but was under no obligation to post a review. All views expressed are my honest opinion.
This was a really enjoyable work of fiction that had elements of romance and mystery. Lucy Kincaid was raised by her single mother, Beth. After Beth dies, Lucy finds out she has inherited a house, known as the Winter Cottage, in the town of Cape Hudson, Virginia, which is where her mother grew up. Lucy knows nothing about her mother's past, and what made her leave her hometown as a teenager and never return. She stumbles upon some video recordings from the late 1980s of her then teenage mother interviewing the home's former owner, Catherine Buchanan, for a school project, and soon Lucy realizes this is a home filled with secrets of the past.
The story alternates between Lucy in the present day, her mother in the 1980s, and Claire working for the wealthy Buchanan family in the early 1900s. Each of these characters brought something to the table in making this an interesting read however I really felt the most invested in Claire's story.
There were a few things that I didn't particularly care for in the book. Some things just did not seem realistic in the year 2018. The whole this is a small town thing therefore things are done differently didn't ring true in a few instances. The other thing that bugged me was I thought the author tried to fill the story with too many twists to the point which it detracted from the characters and story. None of these things ruined the book for me though. They were just minor annoyances.
Definitely a good read if you are looking for something with interesting female lead characters. I would definitely read something again by Mary Ellen Taylor who also writes books under the name Mary Burton.
I won a free ebook in a giveaway but was under no obligation to post a review. All views expressed are my honest opinion.
July 25, 2018
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October 28, 2018
EXCERPT: "Was it love at first sight?"
Mrs Buchanan is silent for a long moment. The drumbeat of secrets grows louder. "Yes. But that love wasn't for my husband, Robert."
Blue eyes are calculating like the fox's were when he sniffed fresh fish in the trap.
"Who?"
"See you on Friday."
ABOUT THIS BOOK: Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past…including the identity of her birth father.
Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows—big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy’s inheritance.
Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she’ll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she’s never really had: a home.
MY THOUGHTS: The opening chapter of Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor drew me in, but then I felt that the book lost its way for a time, before finally getting back on track and reaching a satisfying conclusion. It all became a little confusing with the story split over two timelines and quite a large cast of characters. Each story has merit, and each could easily have stood on its own. But, in the end, the tying of the two stories together worked for me.
We have all been guilty, at one time or another, of saying nothing when we ought to have spoken up, whether it was a matter of principal or something more personal. And it is the unsaid things in family relationships that are at the centre of this mystery. That, and settling for second best.
Taylor has a lovely turn of phrase. 'Old pains bob like distant buoys.' and 'the drumbeat of secrets grows louder' are two examples that stuck in my mind.
Lucy’s character struck a chord with me, as did that of Natasha, but I thought Hank too good to be true! The plot is not predictable, in fact mostly entirely the opposite. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader interested.
While not entirely enthralled by Winter Cottage, it intrigued me enough that I would read more by this author, and I intend to check out the books this author has written under the name of Mary Burton.
😊😊😊.5
THE AUTHOR: Mary Ellen Taylor grew up in a southern family that embraced stories of all kinds, from a well-told anecdote to a good yarn or a tall tale. It may have been inevitable that Taylor would take her storytelling heritage to new heights, moving beyond the oral tradition to become a published author.
Taylor, who finds cooking and baking to be important creative outlets, explores some of the challenges and comforts of those pursuits in her Alexandria set novels THE UNION STREET BAKERY, SWEET EXPECTATIONS, AT THE CORNER OF KING STREET and THE VIEW FROM PRINCE STREET. The novels, which explore themes of family, adoption, belonging and personal history, are influenced by her life and family. Both her grandmother and her daughter were adopted, as is Daisy McCrae, the protagonist in her first novel written as Mary Ellen Taylor, THE UNION STREET BAKERY.
Taylor was born and has spent most of her life in Richmond, but also lived in Alexandria for four years. She received her degree in English from Virginia’s Hollins University, and worked in marketing and sales before she became convinced she could write and sell one of the many stories swirling in her head. Today, twenty-eight of her romance and suspense novels and five novellas written as Mary Burton have been published, earning praise from readers and reviewers and have made her a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. THE UNION STREET BAKERY was her first novel as Mary Ellen Taylor.
When not writing or appearing at conferences and book signings, Taylor continues her culinary pursuits. She's been a kitchen assistant for more than fifty culinary classes over the past seven years at Sur la Table and earned her Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate from the University of Richmond's Culinary Arts program. In addition to spending time with her family and her three miniature dachshunds, Buddy, Bella and Tiki, Mary Ellen enjoys walking and honing her culinary skills.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Montlake Romance via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
Please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
Mrs Buchanan is silent for a long moment. The drumbeat of secrets grows louder. "Yes. But that love wasn't for my husband, Robert."
Blue eyes are calculating like the fox's were when he sniffed fresh fish in the trap.
"Who?"
"See you on Friday."
ABOUT THIS BOOK: Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past…including the identity of her birth father.
Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows—big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy’s inheritance.
Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she’ll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she’s never really had: a home.
MY THOUGHTS: The opening chapter of Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor drew me in, but then I felt that the book lost its way for a time, before finally getting back on track and reaching a satisfying conclusion. It all became a little confusing with the story split over two timelines and quite a large cast of characters. Each story has merit, and each could easily have stood on its own. But, in the end, the tying of the two stories together worked for me.
We have all been guilty, at one time or another, of saying nothing when we ought to have spoken up, whether it was a matter of principal or something more personal. And it is the unsaid things in family relationships that are at the centre of this mystery. That, and settling for second best.
Taylor has a lovely turn of phrase. 'Old pains bob like distant buoys.' and 'the drumbeat of secrets grows louder' are two examples that stuck in my mind.
Lucy’s character struck a chord with me, as did that of Natasha, but I thought Hank too good to be true! The plot is not predictable, in fact mostly entirely the opposite. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader interested.
While not entirely enthralled by Winter Cottage, it intrigued me enough that I would read more by this author, and I intend to check out the books this author has written under the name of Mary Burton.
😊😊😊.5
THE AUTHOR: Mary Ellen Taylor grew up in a southern family that embraced stories of all kinds, from a well-told anecdote to a good yarn or a tall tale. It may have been inevitable that Taylor would take her storytelling heritage to new heights, moving beyond the oral tradition to become a published author.
Taylor, who finds cooking and baking to be important creative outlets, explores some of the challenges and comforts of those pursuits in her Alexandria set novels THE UNION STREET BAKERY, SWEET EXPECTATIONS, AT THE CORNER OF KING STREET and THE VIEW FROM PRINCE STREET. The novels, which explore themes of family, adoption, belonging and personal history, are influenced by her life and family. Both her grandmother and her daughter were adopted, as is Daisy McCrae, the protagonist in her first novel written as Mary Ellen Taylor, THE UNION STREET BAKERY.
Taylor was born and has spent most of her life in Richmond, but also lived in Alexandria for four years. She received her degree in English from Virginia’s Hollins University, and worked in marketing and sales before she became convinced she could write and sell one of the many stories swirling in her head. Today, twenty-eight of her romance and suspense novels and five novellas written as Mary Burton have been published, earning praise from readers and reviewers and have made her a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. THE UNION STREET BAKERY was her first novel as Mary Ellen Taylor.
When not writing or appearing at conferences and book signings, Taylor continues her culinary pursuits. She's been a kitchen assistant for more than fifty culinary classes over the past seven years at Sur la Table and earned her Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate from the University of Richmond's Culinary Arts program. In addition to spending time with her family and her three miniature dachshunds, Buddy, Bella and Tiki, Mary Ellen enjoys walking and honing her culinary skills.
DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Montlake Romance via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Winter Cottage by Mary Ellen Taylor for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.
Please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the about page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...
October 11, 2018
Well now, I suppose it’s a good thing I took a chance on Winter Cottage since I had no idea that Mary Ellen Taylor is also known as Mary Burton who writes romantic suspense novels that I’ve read and enjoyed quite a few. Now that I’m done I can definitely see the same strong writing that pulls a reader into the story.
This story centers around Lucy Kincaid who has just lost her mother to a battle with cancer and wants to honor her mother’s last wishes of returning her ashes to her hometown of Cape Hudson, Virginia. Lucy knows nothing of her mother’s past or any extended family, it’s only been the two of them against the world her whole life as her mother chose to leave and raise Lucy on her own.
After arriving in such a small town Lucy becomes the talk of the town as she finds out that she’s been named in the will of a local resident leaving her to care for Winter Cottage. The home is a more of a sprawling mansion than a cottage and holds many secrets of the past, a past that also includes Lucy’s family lines. The home also comes with the appealing bank account holding millions for it’s upkeep so Lucy finds herself moving in and exploring her roots.
Winter Cottage is told in 3 main timelines by switching the point of view within those times. In the present of course we have Lucy but there’s also a timeline with Lucy’s mother in the late 80s and then another with the home’s original owner in the early 1900’s. This may all sound a bit confusing but it really wasn’t the changes flowed wonderfully and fit well into the present of the story. Being one that loves digging into those old family secrets I quite enjoyed the tale and would definitely recommend checking it out.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.com/
This story centers around Lucy Kincaid who has just lost her mother to a battle with cancer and wants to honor her mother’s last wishes of returning her ashes to her hometown of Cape Hudson, Virginia. Lucy knows nothing of her mother’s past or any extended family, it’s only been the two of them against the world her whole life as her mother chose to leave and raise Lucy on her own.
After arriving in such a small town Lucy becomes the talk of the town as she finds out that she’s been named in the will of a local resident leaving her to care for Winter Cottage. The home is a more of a sprawling mansion than a cottage and holds many secrets of the past, a past that also includes Lucy’s family lines. The home also comes with the appealing bank account holding millions for it’s upkeep so Lucy finds herself moving in and exploring her roots.
Winter Cottage is told in 3 main timelines by switching the point of view within those times. In the present of course we have Lucy but there’s also a timeline with Lucy’s mother in the late 80s and then another with the home’s original owner in the early 1900’s. This may all sound a bit confusing but it really wasn’t the changes flowed wonderfully and fit well into the present of the story. Being one that loves digging into those old family secrets I quite enjoyed the tale and would definitely recommend checking it out.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
For more reviews please visit https://carriesbookreviews.com/
March 17, 2019
Lucy Kincaid has lost her mother Beth to Cancer, she finds out she has inherited Winter Cottage and that her mother’s last wishes were for her ashes to be taken home to Cape Hudson, Virginia. Lucy knows nothing about Beth’s earlier life as it has always been just the 2 of them.
At Winter Cottage she discovers videos that her mother Beth made of Mrs Catherine,who tells her all about her family. Why did she leave Beth the cottage rather than her own family?
Told over 3 timelines, the story flows beautifully and is very easy to follow. It is a very intriguing book full of family secrets that will keep you enthralled until the end. Characters are strong and you can emphasis with their decisions, sympathise with their heartache and want them to have a happy ending.
A must read book that will capture the heart and make you think how you’re ancestors decisions can impact you’re own lives years later.
I love books that focus on generations of a family and throw in some romance, you have me hooked!!
Would really like a sequel to Winter Cottage please!!
Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.
At Winter Cottage she discovers videos that her mother Beth made of Mrs Catherine,who tells her all about her family. Why did she leave Beth the cottage rather than her own family?
Told over 3 timelines, the story flows beautifully and is very easy to follow. It is a very intriguing book full of family secrets that will keep you enthralled until the end. Characters are strong and you can emphasis with their decisions, sympathise with their heartache and want them to have a happy ending.
A must read book that will capture the heart and make you think how you’re ancestors decisions can impact you’re own lives years later.
I love books that focus on generations of a family and throw in some romance, you have me hooked!!
Would really like a sequel to Winter Cottage please!!
Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.
March 6, 2020
Just like a Hallmark movie, this book goes down easy and you know all will be well in the end.
The book followed my favorite format— several time periods all connected by a modern-day character. I may have liked the early 20th century storyline the best (it had the best twists) because the modern storyline had a few charming, if not a tad generic, characters. (Cute but sullen child, sweet dog, neighborly citizens, hunky next door neighbor, mean drunk and...well you get the picture.)
Perfect vacation read— be it on the beach or tucked into your favorite chair.
The book followed my favorite format— several time periods all connected by a modern-day character. I may have liked the early 20th century storyline the best (it had the best twists) because the modern storyline had a few charming, if not a tad generic, characters. (Cute but sullen child, sweet dog, neighborly citizens, hunky next door neighbor, mean drunk and...well you get the picture.)
Perfect vacation read— be it on the beach or tucked into your favorite chair.
July 17, 2019
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Lucy Kincaid had been raised by a free-spirited mother in the bright lights of Nashville, who never provided her daughter with any details about her birth father or family members. Upon her mother's death bed, her mother presents her with a letter depicting the inheritance of a cottage located in Cape Hudson, Virginia. She travels to Cape Hudson in hopes of learning something about her mother's past and who her father was.
She finds an attorney who wants the property and is next in line to inherit if she refuses to meet the conditions of the will, a precocious girl who breaks into the cottage for refuge, and videotapes that her mother recorded in high school of the owner of the cottage.
Amazon Review: "This is the telling of three women's lives. Three generations, all intertwined. At her mother's death bed, Lucy learns that everything she thought she knew about her mother and self is a lie. She goes to Virginia to claim the home, Winter Cottage, a stranger has left to her. Told in three voices, you find out who Clare, Beth, and Lucy are; as necessary secrets become exposed. At first, the switching of voices and time periods is a little confusing. Hang in there. It is worth the wait. Beautifully told, Winter Cottage is a tale of secrets, passions, abuse, sacrifices and unconditional love."
The story does move a bit slowly and a bit confusing with so many points of view and time frames. It took a while for this reader to sort out who was who and in which era they belonged to. Will the possibility of a permanent residence, a love interest, and a family entice her to adhere to the conditions of the will?
This was a clean and wholesome tale that does deliver a H.E.A.
.
.
** SPOILER **
Review by Bobbie: " But there are things I didn’t like, too, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. 1. I prefer a story told in forward progression. Flashbacks are one thing, but going back and forth is draining. 2. Beth, the middle and more of a bridge between Claire and Lucy, is told in present tense and I kept wanting to read it like the other parts. 3. I think Hank should have descended from Claire and Robert, not Victoria but still next in line. After Victoria leaves Winter Cottage and marries Edward Garrison that should have been the end of her which basically it was except for one tiny mention that she (Victoria) lived a long life. 4. I really wish Claire and Jimmy would have had more time together after – well you’ll have to read the story to find out ‘after’ what."
Lucy Kincaid had been raised by a free-spirited mother in the bright lights of Nashville, who never provided her daughter with any details about her birth father or family members. Upon her mother's death bed, her mother presents her with a letter depicting the inheritance of a cottage located in Cape Hudson, Virginia. She travels to Cape Hudson in hopes of learning something about her mother's past and who her father was.
She finds an attorney who wants the property and is next in line to inherit if she refuses to meet the conditions of the will, a precocious girl who breaks into the cottage for refuge, and videotapes that her mother recorded in high school of the owner of the cottage.
Amazon Review: "This is the telling of three women's lives. Three generations, all intertwined. At her mother's death bed, Lucy learns that everything she thought she knew about her mother and self is a lie. She goes to Virginia to claim the home, Winter Cottage, a stranger has left to her. Told in three voices, you find out who Clare, Beth, and Lucy are; as necessary secrets become exposed. At first, the switching of voices and time periods is a little confusing. Hang in there. It is worth the wait. Beautifully told, Winter Cottage is a tale of secrets, passions, abuse, sacrifices and unconditional love."
The story does move a bit slowly and a bit confusing with so many points of view and time frames. It took a while for this reader to sort out who was who and in which era they belonged to. Will the possibility of a permanent residence, a love interest, and a family entice her to adhere to the conditions of the will?
This was a clean and wholesome tale that does deliver a H.E.A.
.
.
** SPOILER **
Review by Bobbie: " But there are things I didn’t like, too, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. 1. I prefer a story told in forward progression. Flashbacks are one thing, but going back and forth is draining. 2. Beth, the middle and more of a bridge between Claire and Lucy, is told in present tense and I kept wanting to read it like the other parts. 3. I think Hank should have descended from Claire and Robert, not Victoria but still next in line. After Victoria leaves Winter Cottage and marries Edward Garrison that should have been the end of her which basically it was except for one tiny mention that she (Victoria) lived a long life. 4. I really wish Claire and Jimmy would have had more time together after – well you’ll have to read the story to find out ‘after’ what."
September 7, 2019
This book was not bad, but it lacks all of the traits that would have made it a really good one. It was so bland.
There were way too many characters and at times it became hard to remember how they all fit in the story and who they are related to. I ended up just not caring about any of the characters at all. None of their emotions came across as fitting or genuine either.
Certain pieces of information revealed during the course of the book are revealed in such a manner that they are supposed to be plot twists but they really aren't as you can guess the plot right from the beginning of the book.
The narration of the audio book was off-putting. The accents used were distracting from the story and made the protagonist seem ditsy.
My final gripe : In the event that you find a box of old video recordings, made by your now dead mother, and you miss her and care about her as much as you profess to do, you will binge watch that shit! You won't spread it out over a couple of days.
There were way too many characters and at times it became hard to remember how they all fit in the story and who they are related to. I ended up just not caring about any of the characters at all. None of their emotions came across as fitting or genuine either.
Certain pieces of information revealed during the course of the book are revealed in such a manner that they are supposed to be plot twists but they really aren't as you can guess the plot right from the beginning of the book.
The narration of the audio book was off-putting. The accents used were distracting from the story and made the protagonist seem ditsy.
My final gripe : In the event that you find a box of old video recordings, made by your now dead mother, and you miss her and care about her as much as you profess to do, you will binge watch that shit! You won't spread it out over a couple of days.
May 17, 2024
Surprising for me, I really liked this book even though it was not the usual kind of book that I usually read. It is an historical romance with a triple timeline. These periods were the era of World War I, the late 1980's and 2016. The most recent time was for me the most interesting. The main character Lucy connected with me and I cared what happened to her and the decisions she needed to make in this small town on the eastern shore of Virginia.
Yes, some of the historical romance elements did not enthrall me, but I enjoyed the book. And I wish Lucy Kincaid and her dog Dolly Parton well.
Yes, some of the historical romance elements did not enthrall me, but I enjoyed the book. And I wish Lucy Kincaid and her dog Dolly Parton well.
February 17, 2019
Confession: I stopped reading half way through. I am amazed at the many 4-star and 5-star reviews on GoodReads. Sorry folks, but it’s a boring book that reads as if it were written by an unimaginative high schooler. I lost count of the number of times the author told me that the “wind blew outside” — of course it blew outside. Where else would it blow? That’s an example. The book is full of such careless writing. It’s also extremely wordy. Chapters of rambling conversation between actual happenings. I give it 2 stars.
October 17, 2018
This book hit almost all the marks for me. I love books that mix the past with the present and "Winter Cottage" definitely provided me with a wonderful read! I have never read any books by this author and will definitely be seeking more books written by her in the future.
The story is fairly simple. Girl's mother dies, she finds that mom had inherited a cottage near the Chesapeake Bay. Girl goes because she hopes to find her father there. The simplicity ends there. Lucy, the primary character, finds more questions than answers. She also discovers a lot more. But the reader should discover that! I loved the story and the characters! The reason for the one star is that I kept getting confused with the names and dates. That may be just a "me" thing, but it put me off just a bit.
Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake Romance for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.
The story is fairly simple. Girl's mother dies, she finds that mom had inherited a cottage near the Chesapeake Bay. Girl goes because she hopes to find her father there. The simplicity ends there. Lucy, the primary character, finds more questions than answers. She also discovers a lot more. But the reader should discover that! I loved the story and the characters! The reason for the one star is that I kept getting confused with the names and dates. That may be just a "me" thing, but it put me off just a bit.
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March 23, 2025
3,5⭐️/5⭐️
October 10, 2018
Winter cottage is a beautifully written book about different generations of people with a house in cape Hudson. Lucy inherited the cottage which was not a cottage at all from a woman she had never met before . The only link she had was her recently deceased mother. With nowhere else to go she heads to the cottage to dig for answers. The cottage comes with conditions Lucy has to live there for a month and all the money is to go to renovations towards the house . It seems like she’s not the only person interested in the house as well. The story was amazing and I was eagerly turning the pages and I loved so many characters in this book!
March 6, 2019
I'm not sure why I'm in the minority here (most everyone else seems to love this book), but I struggled with everything from the obvious plot line to the clunky dialogue and undeveloped characters. I alternated listening to the audio version and reading, and both were not very good (the audio narrator is terrible, terrible - overexaggerating accents and emphasizing words out of place). The characters were so one dimensional it was hard to even care what happened to any of them.
April 27, 2024
Uma história que se lê numa tarde de primavera e entretém.
May 21, 2019
This was pretty good but not quite what I expected based on the description and I had a few issues with it. The story as a whole was sweet and just a bit sad. I enjoyed how everything that happened in the past came together in the end, although not everyone had a happy ending.
Keep reading my lengthy (too lengthy, oops) review for a more in depth rant review/summary of my experience with this book.
The chapters in the book alternate between three time periods; basically three plotlines. Don't worry, it works. There is Lucy (2018), her mother Beth (1988), and Claire (1916-17). Claire's content covered the longest period of time and, to me, included the most interesting parts of this book. I found myself feeling for the people in her life with every misfortune, but at the same time I felt they all at least somewhat deserved everything that happened to them as they had all made huge impulsive decisions. Young Claire's story could've been a book all on its own, but I would've liked a slightly more satisfying ending.
Beth's story was mostly just a filler to me, and didn't provide much more information than the rest. Without revealing too much, it was a good way to pass on long lost secrets to another generation.
Lucy's story was the main one based on the description, and the one that everyone else's tied into. But the vast majority of it took place over five days. WAY too much happened in five days. It only felt like longer because events in her life are separated by events from the other time periods. I was kind of left unable to ignore my disbelief at how much was supposed to have happened to Lucy in that amount of time. I was also disappointed by the lack of love or romance in her story. While it was refreshingly not ALL about the romance and sex, it was instead hardly about the romance at all. Hank, the "handsome and enigmatic stranger" from the description, played a pretty small role overall and his relationship with Lucy seemed kind of forced by the author. Like maybe she wrote the description before she wrote the whole book and her ideas changed along the way and then she threw in that relationship to avoid changing the description. It just didn't fit. There was really nothing significant between them right up to and after they suddenly slept together. (Actually, most of the time that's how it was when characters in this book slept together.)
Maybe I'm just feeling extra picky, but I spent enough time looking back at the family tree (thank goodness for that because stuff could be confusing) and other parts of the book to get things straight, to notice a few small things that I probably let get to me more than most people. A few of the things characters said didn't quite line up with dates stated throughout. This could've been an attempt to make their recollection seem realistic - people might over or under estimate when talking about how long ago something happened - but I can't help it... I like for everything to line up right and could only see these things as mistakes. Another small thing that had me confused was that Lucy's room was the pink room at the end of the hall, Natasha stayed in the blue one next to hers (said to be adjoining too, for clarity), and then Hank stayed in the yellow room which was said to be connected to the pink room. If this is a normal hallway we're talking about, and it doesn't seem either of the rooms are across the hall from the pink one, something has to be wrong. On to the tiny thing, early on in the book Lucy puts her car "in gear" before turning the key. I don't care what kind of car it is, no wonder it didn't start. Lastly, at one point Claire's "womb tightened with desire". What?? Her uterus tightened with desire?? That's a new one.
Ok, petty complaints aside, I still had a good time reading this. The story was captivating (albeit relatively predictable) and kept me reading. The writing style maybe isn't as descriptive as I prefer most (especially when it comes to the characters' expressions and emotions) but it was fairly well written. I think it would've been better as just a more elaborate version of Claire's story (as unoriginal as that would be), but despite the discrepancies I listed I still think the author pulled off mixing stories from multiple generations, and I would still recommend it.
Keep reading my lengthy (too lengthy, oops) review for a more in depth rant review/summary of my experience with this book.
The chapters in the book alternate between three time periods; basically three plotlines. Don't worry, it works. There is Lucy (2018), her mother Beth (1988), and Claire (1916-17). Claire's content covered the longest period of time and, to me, included the most interesting parts of this book. I found myself feeling for the people in her life with every misfortune, but at the same time I felt they all at least somewhat deserved everything that happened to them as they had all made huge impulsive decisions. Young Claire's story could've been a book all on its own, but I would've liked a slightly more satisfying ending.
Beth's story was mostly just a filler to me, and didn't provide much more information than the rest. Without revealing too much, it was a good way to pass on long lost secrets to another generation.
Lucy's story was the main one based on the description, and the one that everyone else's tied into. But the vast majority of it took place over five days. WAY too much happened in five days. It only felt like longer because events in her life are separated by events from the other time periods. I was kind of left unable to ignore my disbelief at how much was supposed to have happened to Lucy in that amount of time. I was also disappointed by the lack of love or romance in her story. While it was refreshingly not ALL about the romance and sex, it was instead hardly about the romance at all. Hank, the "handsome and enigmatic stranger" from the description, played a pretty small role overall and his relationship with Lucy seemed kind of forced by the author. Like maybe she wrote the description before she wrote the whole book and her ideas changed along the way and then she threw in that relationship to avoid changing the description. It just didn't fit. There was really nothing significant between them right up to and after they suddenly slept together. (Actually, most of the time that's how it was when characters in this book slept together.)
Maybe I'm just feeling extra picky, but I spent enough time looking back at the family tree (thank goodness for that because stuff could be confusing) and other parts of the book to get things straight, to notice a few small things that I probably let get to me more than most people. A few of the things characters said didn't quite line up with dates stated throughout. This could've been an attempt to make their recollection seem realistic - people might over or under estimate when talking about how long ago something happened - but I can't help it... I like for everything to line up right and could only see these things as mistakes. Another small thing that had me confused was that Lucy's room was the pink room at the end of the hall, Natasha stayed in the blue one next to hers (said to be adjoining too, for clarity), and then Hank stayed in the yellow room which was said to be connected to the pink room. If this is a normal hallway we're talking about, and it doesn't seem either of the rooms are across the hall from the pink one, something has to be wrong. On to the tiny thing, early on in the book Lucy puts her car "in gear" before turning the key. I don't care what kind of car it is, no wonder it didn't start. Lastly, at one point Claire's "womb tightened with desire". What?? Her uterus tightened with desire?? That's a new one.
Ok, petty complaints aside, I still had a good time reading this. The story was captivating (albeit relatively predictable) and kept me reading. The writing style maybe isn't as descriptive as I prefer most (especially when it comes to the characters' expressions and emotions) but it was fairly well written. I think it would've been better as just a more elaborate version of Claire's story (as unoriginal as that would be), but despite the discrepancies I listed I still think the author pulled off mixing stories from multiple generations, and I would still recommend it.
August 10, 2018
Mary Ellen Taylor is back! Or will be at the end of August 2018. I work with Mary Ellen and have had the opportunity to read an early version. If you enjoyed Mary Ellen Taylor's previous books (The Union Street Baker, etc.) as much as I did, you won't want to miss this. It is not connected to her earlier Alexandria books, so don't expect more about the McCraes--though I miss them, too. It's a wonderful blend of disparate lives, past and present, capturing the rhythms of Virginia's eastern shore, and the push and pull of the ties that bind---the ties that make home, home. 8/10/18 NOTE: Pub day is now a little later--October 16, 2018.
October 24, 2020
Great, exciting read! Enjoyed it!
June 11, 2020
Many books are structured so the story flashes back and forth between two different time periods. In Winter Cottage, yet a third time period is jammed in which was at least something different but it had the effect of confusing me much of the time. I couldn't keep track of all the characters and how they were related to each other.
The action centers around an enormous oceanfront "cottage" in Virginia owned by the wealthy Buchanan family.
In the early 1900's, Claire and Jimmy are star-crossed lovers who work for the Buchanans and become intimately, and tragically, involved with the family.
In the 1980's, the elderly Mrs. Buchanan shares her life story on videotape, as part of a history project, with high school student Beth. Shortly after finishing the tapes, Beth leaves town and runs off to Nashville, never to return.
In 2018, we meet Lucy, Beth's daughter. After Beth passes away, Lucy finds out she has mysteriously inherited the Winter Cottage from Mrs. Buchanan. She returns to the town of her mother’s birth, to a place and people her mother never spoke of.
Again, all these time warps were a bit hard to keep track of, and there were all these mothers dying and babies being given up and confusion about who was the father and whatnot. And I just flat out never understood the inheritance situation. Lucy owned the house but but there was only money in trust to maintain the house, not for her to spend; and if Lucy left, it would all go to Hank. Meantime, Hank had some plans for the land that would help the town...but he needed Lucy to sign papers because she owned the land? I really didn't understand it at all.
So in summary, this was by no means a great book, it was kind of a big, silly soap opera set in three different time periods. All the loose ends may or may not have been tied up...I was so confused I'm not even sure and maybe the author wasn't, either. But I liked it enough to at least finish it and see what happened.
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The following is what I call a Personal Memory Enhancement Summary (PMES) because I usually can't remember much about a novel after I've finished it. SPOILERS! DO NOT READ THIS SUMMARY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
The action centers around an enormous oceanfront "cottage" in Virginia owned by the wealthy Buchanan family.
In the early 1900's, Claire and Jimmy are star-crossed lovers who work for the Buchanans and become intimately, and tragically, involved with the family.
In the 1980's, the elderly Mrs. Buchanan shares her life story on videotape, as part of a history project, with high school student Beth. Shortly after finishing the tapes, Beth leaves town and runs off to Nashville, never to return.
In 2018, we meet Lucy, Beth's daughter. After Beth passes away, Lucy finds out she has mysteriously inherited the Winter Cottage from Mrs. Buchanan. She returns to the town of her mother’s birth, to a place and people her mother never spoke of.
Again, all these time warps were a bit hard to keep track of, and there were all these mothers dying and babies being given up and confusion about who was the father and whatnot. And I just flat out never understood the inheritance situation. Lucy owned the house but but there was only money in trust to maintain the house, not for her to spend; and if Lucy left, it would all go to Hank. Meantime, Hank had some plans for the land that would help the town...but he needed Lucy to sign papers because she owned the land? I really didn't understand it at all.
So in summary, this was by no means a great book, it was kind of a big, silly soap opera set in three different time periods. All the loose ends may or may not have been tied up...I was so confused I'm not even sure and maybe the author wasn't, either. But I liked it enough to at least finish it and see what happened.
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The following is what I call a Personal Memory Enhancement Summary (PMES) because I usually can't remember much about a novel after I've finished it. SPOILERS! DO NOT READ THIS SUMMARY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
September 11, 2018
Original review can be found at https://kristineandterri.blogspot.com...
** I received an advanced readers copy from Montlake Romance via NetGalley in exchamge for an honest review. Thank you!**
Winter Cottage was the story of different generations of people with a house in Cape Hudson in common. It weaved back and forth in time to connect the dots to present day. Lucy inherited the cottage, which was not a cottage at all, from a woman she had never met in a town she had never heard of that had a direct link to her recently deceased mother. With nowhere else to go and in the hopes of getting some answers she travelled from Nashville with her mother's dog to do just that. The cottage came with some conditions though. Lucy had to live there for at least a month and and all of the money attached to it was meant only for renovations to the house. On top of that, she wasn't the only one wanting the house or land attached to it. Also, she seemed to unintentionally inherit a young girl as well.
I was all in with this book. This was the type of book that I generally always enjoy. A story with secrets that span generations that unfold to make sense of the present. I wanted to know what Lucy's connection to the past was and why she was gifted the house. The house swept me away and I was enjoying all aspects of it. In this type of story I normally enjoy the past story the most but I found myself enjoying Lucy and the present day story equally as much. I especially enjoyed her relationship with her unintentional house guest and I wanted to know why her mother left and never looked back.
The story flowed nicely and it was easy to get caught up in the plot and the setting. I found Cape Hudson and it's characters so charming and easy to like. I almost felt like I was there and experiencing everything with Lucy in the present and Beth and Claire in their respective pasts. It was no wonder that I was able to finish this book so quickly. One sitting was all it took.
This was the first book for me by Mary Ellen Taylor but judging by how much I enjoyed it, it certainly won't be the last. I very much look forward to what she comes out with next and will be sure to check out her previous work.
** I received an advanced readers copy from Montlake Romance via NetGalley in exchamge for an honest review. Thank you!**
Winter Cottage was the story of different generations of people with a house in Cape Hudson in common. It weaved back and forth in time to connect the dots to present day. Lucy inherited the cottage, which was not a cottage at all, from a woman she had never met in a town she had never heard of that had a direct link to her recently deceased mother. With nowhere else to go and in the hopes of getting some answers she travelled from Nashville with her mother's dog to do just that. The cottage came with some conditions though. Lucy had to live there for at least a month and and all of the money attached to it was meant only for renovations to the house. On top of that, she wasn't the only one wanting the house or land attached to it. Also, she seemed to unintentionally inherit a young girl as well.
I was all in with this book. This was the type of book that I generally always enjoy. A story with secrets that span generations that unfold to make sense of the present. I wanted to know what Lucy's connection to the past was and why she was gifted the house. The house swept me away and I was enjoying all aspects of it. In this type of story I normally enjoy the past story the most but I found myself enjoying Lucy and the present day story equally as much. I especially enjoyed her relationship with her unintentional house guest and I wanted to know why her mother left and never looked back.
The story flowed nicely and it was easy to get caught up in the plot and the setting. I found Cape Hudson and it's characters so charming and easy to like. I almost felt like I was there and experiencing everything with Lucy in the present and Beth and Claire in their respective pasts. It was no wonder that I was able to finish this book so quickly. One sitting was all it took.
This was the first book for me by Mary Ellen Taylor but judging by how much I enjoyed it, it certainly won't be the last. I very much look forward to what she comes out with next and will be sure to check out her previous work.
August 8, 2019
The best character is the dog
I often think 3rd-person omniscient writing is prone to weakness & lack of development because the writer is free to flit from character to character, revealing the bare minimum of what is needed to further the plot in the moment, rather than more carefully crafting & probing deeply into a single POV. This is my main issue with this book-- I don't really care about the characters because I spent such a brief time with each of them & thus never really got to know them. This is especially problematic for Jimmy and Hank, the two romantic interests in the story. I know they're rugged and masculine and handy, and that's about it. There is very little chemistry in any of the romances because the relationships are extremely undeveloped & we have no sense of why these people love each other, other than because the author says so, which is just lazy writing. Similarly, the villain turns himself in at the end and just stops being a villain for no real reason (after everyone has gone on and on about how mean he is / how he'll never give up), I guess just because the writer was ready to be done and couldn't think of another way to resolve things.
Otherwise, the writing is often clunky / misses obvious opportunities for streamlining and strengthening. The most annoying thing for me is the repeated misspelling of "brooch" as "broach." If this were an accessory that was mentioned only once or twice, then whatever, I could live with the typo. But it's a key keepsake that is meant to link past-to-present, and it's brought up repeatedly-- always misspelled, and sometimes appearing 3 times in the same paragraph. I know it's a small thing, but this really made me think less of the author's craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Still, not an awful book. I finished it. The best / most well-developed character is the dog.
I often think 3rd-person omniscient writing is prone to weakness & lack of development because the writer is free to flit from character to character, revealing the bare minimum of what is needed to further the plot in the moment, rather than more carefully crafting & probing deeply into a single POV. This is my main issue with this book-- I don't really care about the characters because I spent such a brief time with each of them & thus never really got to know them. This is especially problematic for Jimmy and Hank, the two romantic interests in the story. I know they're rugged and masculine and handy, and that's about it. There is very little chemistry in any of the romances because the relationships are extremely undeveloped & we have no sense of why these people love each other, other than because the author says so, which is just lazy writing. Similarly, the villain turns himself in at the end and just stops being a villain for no real reason (after everyone has gone on and on about how mean he is / how he'll never give up), I guess just because the writer was ready to be done and couldn't think of another way to resolve things.
Otherwise, the writing is often clunky / misses obvious opportunities for streamlining and strengthening. The most annoying thing for me is the repeated misspelling of "brooch" as "broach." If this were an accessory that was mentioned only once or twice, then whatever, I could live with the typo. But it's a key keepsake that is meant to link past-to-present, and it's brought up repeatedly-- always misspelled, and sometimes appearing 3 times in the same paragraph. I know it's a small thing, but this really made me think less of the author's craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Still, not an awful book. I finished it. The best / most well-developed character is the dog.
November 4, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. The 3 Stars reflects the fact that I found it VERY confusing. There is an ancestry tree in the front and I swear I had to flip back to it at least 3 dozen times. But overall, a good story.
April 18, 2022
4.5 stars. A new author to me and I was totally immersed into it. Lucy finds out she has inherited a 'cottage' from someone she has never heard of and when she turns up to claim it all kinds of unknowns await her.
The cottage isn't exactly a cottage either. Lucy has never known her father, her mother has just died and there are mysteries abundant. As well this is a dual timeline that goes back into other eras. Usually I am not so fond of that but this one was seamless.
There is mystery, complex relationships, plus a dog and a twelve year old girl all adding up to a story that kept me wanting to read.
The cottage isn't exactly a cottage either. Lucy has never known her father, her mother has just died and there are mysteries abundant. As well this is a dual timeline that goes back into other eras. Usually I am not so fond of that but this one was seamless.
There is mystery, complex relationships, plus a dog and a twelve year old girl all adding up to a story that kept me wanting to read.
October 7, 2018
This is my first time reading Mary Burton's alter persona, Mary Ellen Taylor. This "softer" side of Mary is nice. A very good change from the thrillers. Although, my favorite will be the thrillers. I enjoyed this book a lot that I will have to check out other books from this persona.
The duo storylines were good. Yet, I was more partial to the past time period of 1988 and Claire. Instantly, the emotional connection that I formed with Claire was strong. Whereas; with Lucy, it took a bit longer for me to warm up to her. However, as the story progressed and I learned her story, I did feel for her. The more I read; the more invested I became in the story as well as the characters. Thus, making this an easy and quick read. Mary Ellen Taylor pens a heart warming story that will touch readers in the heart with Winter Cottage!
The duo storylines were good. Yet, I was more partial to the past time period of 1988 and Claire. Instantly, the emotional connection that I formed with Claire was strong. Whereas; with Lucy, it took a bit longer for me to warm up to her. However, as the story progressed and I learned her story, I did feel for her. The more I read; the more invested I became in the story as well as the characters. Thus, making this an easy and quick read. Mary Ellen Taylor pens a heart warming story that will touch readers in the heart with Winter Cottage!
September 16, 2021
Nice quick and easy read. A bit predictable, and hard to follow at times, but overall a decent summer read. I do feel that some of the relationships seemed forced and some details were glossed over to wrap things up...a little too neatly for my tastes. But the story was intriguing and I like a straightforward read without too much fluff.
February 2, 2020
Just ok. Contemporary romance is not my favorite genre, and this book took me to the end of patience with its length and construction going back in time and then current time. There was a lot I did not care for, actually, but I did stick with the book to the end so the author did win the battle getting me to care about the fate of the main young female character. It's about finding roots, simply put.
Rich people, poor people, eastern shore, some tacky romance and being a stand-up independent young woman who carries her own weight.
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Rich people, poor people, eastern shore, some tacky romance and being a stand-up independent young woman who carries her own weight.
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July 29, 2019
Shallow and predictable
The characters were stereotypical, the men abusive for no reason and the women were casually promiscuous In unbelievable circumstances and when the times would not have allowed for. The plot was trite and almost silly. And supposed plot twists were never explained or even completed. At least it was so simplistic that they were obvious to even the casual reader. The worst part was the reader of the audio portion. She was embarrassingly terrible in every character and in every inflection. No one spoke in a believable tone and were always frantic or emphatic even in mundane conversations. I have no idea why I actually finished the book. Seems I should have rated it a 1 star.
The characters were stereotypical, the men abusive for no reason and the women were casually promiscuous In unbelievable circumstances and when the times would not have allowed for. The plot was trite and almost silly. And supposed plot twists were never explained or even completed. At least it was so simplistic that they were obvious to even the casual reader. The worst part was the reader of the audio portion. She was embarrassingly terrible in every character and in every inflection. No one spoke in a believable tone and were always frantic or emphatic even in mundane conversations. I have no idea why I actually finished the book. Seems I should have rated it a 1 star.
September 29, 2018
My first read under the name Mary Ellen Taylor and a delightful book it was. I am so used to reading this author as Mary Burton that it took me by surprise how gentle and interesting it was. Lucy has come to bring her Mother's ashes back to her small hometown, not wanting to stay as she loves her life in Nashville, but there is a hero called Hank and things go on from there. I particularly liked the time shift, going backwards to Claire's story and retold to Beth, Lucy's Mum, by Mrs Buchanan who had her own love story to tell. All in all, different but well worth a read.
August 17, 2019
Highly recommend. Three different generations, but easy to follow. Good story.
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