Beach Three (Beach Rental, Beach Towel, Beach Winds): Emerald Isle, NC Stories
Grace Greene invites you to enjoy three stories of love, suspense and sweet inspiration. Travel with Juli, Carrie and Frannie to Emerald Isle, NC where “It’s always a good time for a love story and a trip to the beach.”
BEACH RENTAL and BEACH WINDS, were each awarded 4.5 stars and Top Pick by RT Book Reviews.
BEACH RENTAL
On the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in the small town of Emerald Isle…
Juli Cooke, hard-working and getting no
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Beach Rental: An Emerald Isle, NC Novel (#1) (Emerald Isle, NC Stories)
On the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in the small town of Emerald Isle…
Juli Cooke, hard-working and getting nowhere fast, marries a dying man, Ben Bradshaw, for a financial settlement, not expecting he will set her on a journey of hope and love. The journey brings her to Luke Winters, a local art dealer, but Luke resents the woman who married his sick friend and warns her not to hurt Ben—and he’s watching to make sure she doesn’t.
Until Ben dies and the stak
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Stunning Debut Novel,
Juli spent her life shuttling from one foster home to another, so she has low expectations, but when she meets Ben Bradshaw at a fancy party where she works as a server for the caterer, things change. Ben is ill and asks her to drive him home, then offers to pay for a cab to take her to her apartment. The following day she’s at her day job, checking at a grocery store, when Ben invites her to lunch and has a proposition: marry him, and he’ll settle a sum of money to help her financially when he’s gone.
Ben, the co-owner of a couple of art galleries with his cousin Luke, has terminal pancreatic cancer. He wants companionship with someone who won’t grieve for him while he’s still alive and who won’t be emotionally invested in him when he dies. He considers himself a good judge of character, and he likes what he sees in Juli. Wary, Juli considers the offer, and finally decides that Ben is a kind man and she can make both their lives better by accepting his generous offer. What she doesn’t count on is the love that follows. She’s not in love with Ben, but she grows to love the wonderful person that he is, even though Ben’s family consider her a golddigger. Especially Luke Winters, his cousin, who warns her off hurting his best friend.
When Ben dies, everything changes. Can Juli cope with her new-found status, with the resentment of Luke and Ben’s family, and with her past?
I loved Beach Rental. Long after I finished this superbly written story, the characters remained in my mind. Ms. Greene’s debut novel is stunning in both depth of content and characterization. Juli has some hard edges when the story opens, but her kindness and humanity soon have you rooting for her, and Ben is simply wonderful, a man of faith in the nicest way. Luke is edgy and exciting, and has to find his own transformation. Maia, Anna and the other secondary characters are three-dimensional and well defined. Then there’s the Carolina coast, itself a character of comfort and drama. This is a sweet romance, but packed with emotion. Faith plays a major role in bringing the protagonists to their own thrilling fulfillment, yet it’s done in a delightful, non-preachy way. Author Grace Greene has developed multiple layers in her wonderful story: a tender romance, emotion, great pacing and superb characterization. Kudos to Ms. Greene in her stunning debut. She is definitely an author to watch.
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|A story as lovely as the cover.,
Grace Greene has a wonderful way of stringing the right words together to sweep you away like the tide and make you feel like you’re right there with Juli and Ben. You’ll smell the salt in the air, feel the spray on your face, and swear you just heard the sound of a distant gull. A beautifully written story, perfect for your vacation escape.
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