Hideaway Cove (Windfall Island)

by Anna Sullivan

[Sam@WLABB]

"Hideaway Cove" takes place on Windfall Island. A small island off the coast of Maine which is inhabited by generation after generation of the same families who are well intertwined in each others lives. There is the romance -- between Jessica and Hold, which appears to be the central story. Jessica is a single mother of the adorable 7-year-old Benji. His father was her high school sweetheart, Lance, who left the island when she was 3 months pregnant and never returned. Since the day Lance left Windfall, Jessi has focused all her energy on Benji's happiness and well-being. Enter Hold, a handsome southern gentleman researching the Windfall residents' genealogy, when he becomes smitten with Jessi. BUT he is carrying some baggage that will impede this love story. But wait, there's more. There is also the mystery of the Stanton heir and the people who are trying to "eliminate" the heirs.

Generally speaking, this is a nice read. I really liked the characters, even the ones I did not think were necessary in this story (but now I realize were inserted for purposes of the next book). However, it was very ambitious, trying to tell maybe one too many stories, which to me, came at the price of the story's flow.

Last words: good, soapy, fun with characters you begin to care about and a town you become interested in knowing more about.