Monday, December 21, 2009

Summer at Willow Lake

62258  Summer at Willow Lake is the first in Susan Wiggs' Lakeshore Chronicles. (The most recent is Lakeshore Christmas, new this season). Apparently, you don't need to read each of the books in the series... you can pick up any one you want and you will be fine. However, I like to read a series from the beginning, even if just because that's the way it was written.

Summer at Willow Lake is Olivia Bellamy's story. Olivia is a successful designer who stages homes for the real estate market; setting up homes with a few small changes or improvements to make them more inviting and sellable. She loves her job, and is happy enough with her life. However, when she and her boyfriend break up she agrees to take a job from her grandparents; to spruce up the summer camp that they owned (which all the children in their family attended... including Olivia) for their 50th anniversary and vow-renewal ceremony. Along with her best friend and sometimes partner, Freddy, and closest cousin, Dare, Olivia begins the camp restoration project. The setting itself is perfect for those of us who have fond and numerous camp memories of our own, but thrown in Connor Davis (Olivia's old camp love), a family secret, and a good dose of hope and restoration for the people in this story as well, and you've got a 534 page cozy, charming read for anyone. 

I already have The Winter Lodge (#2 in this series) waiting to be read, and if they are all this comforting I will be finishing this high-GoodReads-reader-rated series before you know it!
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The Coconut Librarian

Dec 21, 2009 7:00:00 AM | Chick-Lit, Heartwarmers, Three Stars, Titles Q-T

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