My Review of “Beach House Reunion” by Mary Alice Monroe

My Review of “Beach House Reunion” by Mary Alice Monroe  Gallery Press, May 22, 2018

“Beach House Reunion” by Mary Alice Monroe, is an entertaining, captivating, emotional and heartwarming novel.  “Beach House Reunion” is the fifth book in the Beach House Series, but it can be read by itself.  The Genres for this book are Fiction, Women’s Giveaway, with an essence of ghost-like feeling. The timeline of this  story is set in the present, unless it goes to the past where it pertains to the characters or events. The story takes place in Charleston, South Carolina and the southern family beach-house on the Isle of Palms.

The author describes  her characters as complex, and complicated. Most of the characters have problems of their own.  Cara Rutledge, a 53-year-old widow with a young baby returns to her Grandmother’s Beach- House. Cara is leaving a professional  life but wants to give her daughter a better life. She has to revisit connections with friends and neighbors, and yet work at some type of job.  Since her husband’s death, Cara has not moved forward until now. What lies in store for her?

Cara’s niece, Linnea, has just graduated from college and goes to the Beach House  as well, to try to figure out what she is going to do with her life. She becomes a babysitter-nanny for Cara. Linnea has left her dysfunctional family at home, and looks forward to the beach and the ocean. Linnea loves being part of “the Turtle Team”.

I appreciate that Mary Alice Monroe describes the importance of family, emotional support, friends, neighbors, love, faith and hope.  Is it possible to break the toxic problems of the past? The author discusses  growth, strength and courage for her characters to make better choices. I would recommend this novel to those reader of Women’s Fiction. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest opinion and review.