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| Title | : | Summer at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Susan Wiggs |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 534 pages |
| Published | : | July 25th 2006 by MIRA (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Contemporary Romance. Contemporary. Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit |
Susan Wiggs
Paperback | Pages: 534 pages Rating: 3.96 | 11414 Users | 772 Reviews
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Olivia Bellamy has traded her trendy Manhattan life for a summer renovating her family's crumbling holiday resort. Tempted by the hazy, nostalgic memories of summers past - childhood innocence and the romance and rivalries of her teens - it's the perfect place to flee after her broken engagement. But what began as an escape may just be a new beginning...As Olivia uncovers secrets buried thick with dust, one by one her family return, their lives as frayed at the edges as the resort.
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| Original Title: | Summer at Willow Lake |
| ISBN: | 0778323250 (ISBN13: 9780778323259) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lakeshore Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Olivia Bellamy, Connor Davis |
| Setting: | United States of America Willow Lake, Avalon, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Contemporary Single Title Romance (2007) |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 11414 Users | 772 ReviewsPiece Containing Books Summer at Willow Lake (Lakeshore Chronicles #1)
So far I'm on page 105 and have learned a good lesson: why NOT to use flashbacks. The story itself seems to be ok but I'm getting so tired of the "here and now" being interrupted that I'm about to give up on it. Also there seems to be too many characters to keep track of...I discovered this author last Christmas and having read "Christmas At Willow Lake" and loving it, just had to read some more of hers.As usual the story gets off to a good start but wasn't sure it was going to be as good as the first one. The story is about a family who owned a summer camp and it goes backwards and forwards through time to tell the back story in order to progress the plot. The main character, Lolly, found her first love there and on going to back to renew the now closed camp for
Summer at Willow Lake is the first book I have read by Susan Wiggs and I really enjoyed it. It's really a 4.5/5♥ for me. It's set up in the Catskills of New York in a small town and switches time frames from 1977 to present. The main character, Olivia Bellamy, returns to her family's summer campground to restore it to it's former glory in time for her grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. While there, she has to work with Connor Davis, a local contractor whom she knew from when she was an
I had high expectations of this book even though the only books I have read from this author are her older "historical" romances ones and I remember loving them, however I don't think this matched them.I expected the story to be a bit more in depth to what it really was.It starts of with Olivia (Lolly) hating Connor over what happened one summer when she was 17 and years later asking him for help on renovating their old camp.The story took a while to get started and it consisted of one chapter
Definitely not my favourite of hers. I have read this author before and enjoyed her books. But not this one. Not even sure why I continued to read it. Maybe because I kept waiting for this one to get better. I skipped bits. I got sick and tired of hearing about the Connor's erections and the size and shape of breasts of various females, though that was not the term used in the novel. Since I abhor the other term and never use it, I will stick with the correct terminology. I also got tired of
2.5 starsOriginally I rated this 3 stars, but then I thought about it some more and realized that I didn't care enough about any of the secondary characters to consider continuing the series. This is one of those family/anyone-loosely-connected-to-the-family sagas, so there are numerous threads to follow/pique your interest . . . except they didn't--with one possible exception (male MC's brother), I couldn't care less about any of them. SO. Docked half a star for the sheer mediocrity. Even the
To all of my "Virgin River" goodreads friends: Run...do not walk to get this book (if you have not already)! Wow! I am so happy to have accidently stumbled upon this author recently. The "Virgin River" books by Robyn Carr are one of my favorite contemporary romance series and I am always looking for another series like it. I have found it with these books by Susan Wiggs! The story is told with a combination of flashbacks and present day situations. I was not sure I would like it and I found
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