June 3rd, 2025
Home | Log in!

On Top Shelf
MIXED INKMIXED INK
Fresh Pick
MY FRIENDS
MY FRIENDS

New Books This Week

Reader Games

🌸 Summer Kick-Off Giveaways


Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

Slideshow image


Since your web browser does not support JavaScript, here is a non-JavaScript version of the image slideshow:

slideshow image
He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


slideshow image
A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


slideshow image
A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


slideshow image
She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


slideshow image
She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


slideshow image

He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Season Of Strangers

Season Of Strangers, June 2008
by Kat Martin

MIRA
Featuring: Patrick Donovan; Julie Ferris
432 pages
ISBN: 0778325547
EAN: 9780778325543
Kindle: B0013TPVWE
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Add to Wish List


Purchase



"A strange day at the beach..."

Fresh Fiction Review

Season Of Strangers
Kat Martin

Reviewed by Marie Toussaint
Posted June 28, 2008

Romance Suspense

On day while real estate agent Julie Ferris and her sister Laura are spending the day at the beach, something strange happens. Afterwards neither Julie or Laura can explain what happened. Julie is left with these blinding headaches that no one can explain but, Julie believes that it has to with the stress , that she has been under since Patrick Donovan took over running his father's company. Patrick parties hard, with woman, booze and drugs until he has a heart attack and nearly dies. After a stunning recovery, Patrick becomes a completely different man. Julie can hardly recognize the new man that Patrick has become. Julie's intuition is telling her something is not quite right but, she's not sure whether it has to do with the strange experience that she had at the beach. As Julie's feeling for Patrick deepens, she's about to discover a link between the happiness that she has found and the strange beach experience that she had. I originally found the idea of SEASON OF STRANGERS very interesting but, it didn't live up my expectations because it got just a little too creepy for me. Even though Julie and Patrick always had feelings for each, I didn't feel the connection between them and felt that their relationship was rushed as a result. I expected to Julie to be more suspicious of the Patrick's sudden transformation but, she really wasn't. I also didn't like Julie's sister, Laura. She was very needy and I wished she would be more self-reliant instead of depending on Julie to fix everything. In contrast, I really liked Julie's character. I found her to be kind, strong and very reliable. She was the kind of person that you can always count on and I felt you really got to know her well -- her hopes, her dreams and her pain.

Learn more about Season Of Strangers

SUMMARY

Dedicated, driven real estate agent Julie Ferris is enjoying a day at the beach with her sister Laura when a strange, almost undetectable charge fills the air. Then, under the hot Malibu sun, time stops altogether.

Neither sister can explain their "lost day"—nor the blinding headaches and horrific nightmares that follow—but Julie chalks it up to the stress she's been under since her boss's son took over Donovan Real Estate.

Patrick Donovan would be a real catch if not for his notorious playboy lifestyle and matching attitude. But when a cocaine-fueled heart attack nearly kills him, Patrick makes an astonishingly fast—and peculiar—recovery. Julie barely recognizes the newly sober Patrick as the same man she once struggled to resist. Maybe it's the strange beach experience fueling her paranoia, but she can't help sensing something just isn't…right.

As Julie's feelings for Patrick intensify, she's about to discover how that day at the beach links her newfound happiness with her wildest suspicions.…


What do you think about this review?

Comments

No comments posted.

Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!

 

 

 

© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net  all rights reserved Privacy Policy