On Ocean Boulevard

On Ocean Boulevard by Mary Alice Monroe

With a bruised ego, broken love affair, and
two suitcases containing all her worldly possessions,
Linnea Rutledge returns home to The Lowcountry
of South Carolina, a place where soft, ocean breezes,
sizzling days, and starlit nights, spell new beginnings.

Linnea's first stop is a visit to Primrose Cottage on
Sullivan's Island to see her Aunt Cara, a woman she's
admired since she was a child. Finding unexpected love
later in life, Cara was then tragically widowed, adopted a
child, and forged a remarkable career with her usual grit
and determination. Linnea needs the advice and guidance
only her Aunt can give, now more than ever.

Both women are about to embark on a summer of
discovery. Cara, now engaged to the dashing,
wealthy David Wyatt, is planning a lavish wedding that
her friends and family want far more than she does.
And Linnea, longing for a purpose in life after experiencing
disappointment and failure, dares to dream of romance
with a man who seems to fulfill her every need.

A season of turmoil and upheaval lies ahead. The cruel reality
of dementia torments a cherished neighbor as dear acquaintances
watch her slip away, and a serious, life-threatening illness
threatens to tear apart a blended family.

The author, true to form, includes research about environmental
issues facing our world with insight and compassion, this time
shedding light on the frightening statistics about plastics in our oceans.
Fascinating facts about the amazing journey and survival of sea turtles,
blends itself gracefully into a story of awakening and starting over.

Mary Alice Monroe envelopes her readers in a soothing, captivating
story about self-reflection, budding romance, forgiveness, and precious
memories, all centered around characters her faithful fans know
and love, and her new readers will come to embrace.

A lovely addition to Monroe's Beach House Series, this soon-to-be-released
novel leaves open all sorts of possibilities about what the future
holds for the next generation of the indestructible, Rutledge women.

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Hello, Summer

Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

Hotshot journalist, Conley Hawkins, is back home
in Silver Bay, Florida, after her dream job in
Washington, D.C. fizzled and died.

Low on money and self-esteem, Conley begins working
at the local, family-owned newspaper, The Beacon, a
small-town publication with financial woes. It means
reporting to older sister, Grayson, who doesn't embrace
Conley's return, overseeing the weekly gossip column,
written by a cantankerous, old relic who's stuck in the
past, and overhauling a paper that's far from current.

When Conley witnesses a horrific accident after a night
of carousing with an old friend, her investigative instincts
take over, and soon she's probing into the shady life of an
esteemed congressman, and decorated war veteran, who
perished in the fiery crash. It takes her down a winding,
dangerous path of dusty, decades-old secrets in a peaceful,
little town that doesn't take kindly to having the past resurrected.

Returning to Silver Bay is turning out to be anything but boring,
as Conley acknowledges painful memories, and the realization
that love can blossom in a place of easy living, powdery, white
sands, and spectacular Gulf water sunsets.

Now, more then ever, we need the mystery, romance, and humor, that
veteran writer Mary Kay Andrews always provides in her stories, and
this new release is no exception. With an intriguing plot, the author
introduces readers to some memorable characters that will make you
smile. There's Rowena, the gossip columnist with her caked-on
makeup, garish ensembles, and bedazzled cane, and G'mama, the shrewd,
steadfast matriarch of the family who may be ancient, but seems to
know exactly what her granddaughter needs for a lifetime of happiness.

Wrap yourself around this warm, witty, beach read, to mark
the beginning of sunny, summer days ahead.