"Passion isn't just about love and romance, but also about enjoying life"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted December 20, 2014
Romance Contemporary
Carly comes from a wealthy family. Carly wants to prove
that she can make it on her own. Her passion is art.
Carly buys several art studios where she can display art
works of both famous and not so famous people.
Carly's newest project is to host an exhibit for a
painter that she has discovered. It seems that the
paintings are from 1905 and painted by a woman whose
husband felt
that she should not be painting and selling her art. The
artist also happens to be the great grandmother of her
best friend
Ellie. The only problem is that she can't display it in
her studio in New York, she has to display it in the
hometown of Ellie's
grandmother.
Ford is going home to his hometown. Ford has kept a
secret from his family as to what he was really doing
while
he was gone. The family thinks that he was just in the
service. But he really was on secret missions to protect
people from Al Quida. Coming home is very hard for him.
He feels out of place and doesn't know if he wants to stay
in the small town. His mother, Grace is sure that she can
keep him at home. Her plan is for him to take over the
town newspaper that has been in the family forever.
Grace is a writer on the paper, but after taking a fall
down the steps, she asks Ford to take over interviewing
Carly on the new exhibit that she is hosting. Ford and
Carly hit it off. Both do not want to make any kind of
commitment to each other. Carly has her art studios and
Ford
doesn't know what he wants.
I have read several of Mariah Stewart's book. Each is
just
has great as the one before it.
Mariah Stewart has a style of writing that grips you from
the first
page and just keeps you reading until the end. ON SUNSET
BEACH is part of the Chesapeake Diaries series.
I have always loved small town books, and the way ON
SUNSET BEACH is written makes me wonder if Ms. Stewart
lives in a small town.
I enjoyed ON SUNSET BEACH and can't wait for the next one
in the series.
SUMMARY
From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart
comes
a captivating and heartwarming new novel in her beloved
Chesapeake Diaries contemporary romance series—perfect for
fans of Barbara Freethy, Robyn Carr, and Susan Mallery. Carly Summit’s name couldn’t be more fitting, since in
life
she always lands on top. She grew up wealthy and
privileged
in a tony Connecticut town, opened her own gallery in New
York City, and is about to make art world history
displaying
previously unknown works by a prominent twentieth-century
painter. No wonder she possesses a can-do attitude that
can’t be soured. Ford Sinclair is another story. A
military
career in war-torn Africa, where he witnessed unspeakable
violence and suffering, has left him haunted and deeply
cynical. Now he’s looking for a way to forget and a place
to
belong. He hopes to find both back home in St. Dennis. When Carly is forced to move the premiere of her new
exhibit
from her Manhattan gallery to St. Dennis, and Ford agrees
to
temporarily take over the town’s paper, the two cross
paths.
While Ford is confounded by Carly’s unflappable good
cheer,
he can’t help being drawn to her. And undaunted by Ford’s
restless heart, Carly sees a man worth caring for. But
when
a late night phone call takes Ford back to Africa, Carly’s
left to wonder if the pull of the past and its ghosts will
prove stronger than the promise of a future with her.
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