Welcome to Moonlight Harbor

Format:

Book

Title:

Welcome to Moonlight Harbor

Author:

Roberts, Sheila, 1951- author.

ISBN:

9780778363248

Publication:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : MIRA Books, [2018]

Physical Description:

355 pages ; 24 cm

Series title(s):

Moonlight Harbor series.

General Note:

Includes recipes.

Summary:

"Once happily married, Jenna Jones is about to turn forty, and this year for her birthday--lucky her--she's getting a divorce. She's barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, but now her deadbeat artist ex is hitting her up for spousal support ... and then spending it on his "other" woman. Still, as her mother always says, every storm brings a rainbow. And when she gets a very unexpected gift from her great-aunt Edie, things seem to be taking a turn for the better. Aging Aunt Edie is finding it difficult to keep up her business running The Driftwood Inn, so she invites Jenna to come live with her and run the place. It looks like Jenna's financial problems are solved! Or not. The town is a little more run-down than Jenna remembers, but that's nothing compared to the ramshackle state of The Driftwood Inn. Aunt Edie is confident they can return it to its former glory, though Jenna feels like she's jumped from the proverbial frying pan into the beach fire. But who knows? With the help of her new friends and a couple of handsome citizens, perhaps that rainbow is on the horizon after all. Because no matter what, life is always good at the beach."--Jacket

Subject(s):

Divorced mothers -- Fiction.

Hotels -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction.

Pacific Coast (Wash.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Pacific Coast (Wash.) -- Fiction.

Washington (State) -- Pacific Coast

Genre:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Bestselling author Sheila Roberts returns with a brand-new series set on the charming Washington coast

Once happily married, Jenna Jones is about to turn forty, and this year for her birthday--lucky her--she's getting a divorce. She's barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, but now her deadbeat artist ex is hitting her up for spousal support...and then spending it on his "other" woman.

Still, as her mother always says, every storm brings a rainbow. And when she gets a very unexpected gift from her great-aunt Edie, things seem to be taking a turn for the better. Aging Aunt Edie is finding it difficult to keep up her business running The Driftwood Inn, so she invites Jenna to come live with her and run the place. It looks like Jenna's financial problems are solved!

Or not. The town is a little more run-down than Jenna remembers, but that's nothing compared to the ramshackle state of The Driftwood Inn. Aunt Edie is confident they can return it to its former glory, though Jenna feels like she's jumped from the proverbial frying pan into the beach fire.

But who knows? With the help of her new friends and a couple of handsome citizens, perhaps that rainbow is on the horizon after all. Because no matter what, life is always good at the beach.

Featuring all the warmth, romance and trademark humor of Sheila Roberts's writing, this new series will delight longtime fans and welcome a generation of new readers.

Author Notes

Sheila Roberts has been writing since 1989. Her books include Angel Lane (Center Point Pub 2009), a Amazon Best Pick in 2009, Bikini Season (Gale Cengage 2008), and The Snow Globe (St Martins Press 2010). In 2014 her title Welcome to Icicle Falls, as part of Together for Christmas, made Harlequin's Hot Romance List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* For her fortieth birthday, Jenna Jones received an unexpected gift from her husband: a divorce. As the icing on the birthday cake, Jenna must now pay spousal support to feckless, artist-wannabe Damien Petit because she had been the responsible, wage-earning partner in their marriage. Facing a bleak financial future, Jenna is thrilled when her great-aunt Edie writes and asks her to move to Moonlight Harbor to help run the Driftwood Inn. With her bags packed and her sulky teenage daughter, Sabrina, in tow, Jenna heads out to the small Washington coastal town of Moonlight Harbor, ready for a fresh start in life. But after her first glimpse of the now run-down and ramshackle Driftwood Inn, Jenna isn't sure if her great-aunt's only asset and Jenna's future inheritance is really a dream come true or a nightmare in progress. Roberts' Icicle Falls novels have long been favorites with fans of warm and nurturing contemporary romances, but with this perfect launch to a charmingly sweet new series, Roberts has outdone herself by giving readers the perfect literary antidote to the stress-filled, soul-bruising times in which we now seem to live.--Charles, John Copyright 2018 Booklist

Library Journal Review

For her 40th birthday, Jenna Jones gets to celebrate-her divorce. She not only has primary custody of her 14-year-old daughter, but she also must pay spousal support to her starving artist ex-husband and his new "muse." When Jenna receives a plea from her elderly great-aunt to help her run the Driftwood Inn, it seems her prayers have been answered. Jenna is ecstatic to turn over a new leaf at the Washington beach where she spent some of the best summer days of her life, even if she has to drag her daughter kicking and screaming. Reality sets in when the town of Jenna's childhood memories and the inn itself aren't as rosy as she recalls. Verdict Roberts (Christmas in Icicle Falls) does an excellent job of creating sympathetic and relatable characters with real-life problems in a small-town setting. The beginning entry in this hopeful series will win over readers looking for a comforting escape.-Nicole J. Suarez, Frankfort P.L. Dist., IL © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.