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Colleen CobleThomas Nelson / 2015 / ePubOur Price$12.494.7 out of 5 stars for The Inn at Ocean's Edge - eBook. View reviews of this product. 42 ReviewsAvailability: In StockStock No: WW74116EB
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alwaysreadingAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Well writtenNovember 2, 2017alwaysreadingAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 4Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for The Inn at Ocean's Edge, Sunset Cove Series #1.The inn at Ocean's edge is the first book in the Sunset cove series.
When Claire Dellamare was four years old she went missing. A year later she turns up in the town of Folly Shore unable to remember how she got there or where she has been. As an adult, she has returned the Folly Shore and memories begin to surface driving her to find the truth about that missing year.
Luke Rocco loves his life as a coast guard, but when the body of his missing mother turns up in a local blueberry field after being missing for twenty five years, Luke must make a life changing decision.
I thought that Claire was a very interesting character. She was smart and strong and I felt drawn into her story from the very beginning. Her story unfolds just enough that you need to know her, her backstory and the mystery that surrounds her.
With Luke what we did get to know about him I really enjoyed. I felt however that his story seemed to be overshadowed by Claire. I was also a bit disappointed because I wish that Luke and Claire had more time together as a couple.
The storyline held me spellbound. The author put together one of the best storys I have read in quite awhile. It was original, the mystery and suspense was top notch. The author includes many plot twists and red herrings that keep the reader guessing. It also includes lots of dialogue about God, but never comes across as preachy. Her characters are well written and almost always struggle with some kind of issue. In my opinion Colleen Coble is one of the best writers in Christian fiction.
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MarianneWanham, AlbertaAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5a superb example of Colleen's workAugust 18, 2015MarianneWanham, AlbertaAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5
Inn at Oceans Edge
I knew I would love this novel even before I picked it up, because it was written by Colleen Coble. But the subject matter and plot still totally blew me away. Reading it was so incredibly real I wanted to find out more about it on Google! The angst, the horror of what is revealed took my breath away. I felt the confusion as Claire confronted her father with the rumors, and was disappointed with him. In fact he was a jerk! And her mother seemed to think that what she didn't know couldn't hurt her.
The writing is superb and a great example of Colleen's work.
As awesome as it was, I do wish I had had a print copy of this to read, because somehow no novel is quite the same reading on an electronic device as holding a paper book in your hands, whether it is suspense or romance or anything in between.
Thank you to Amy and Chris at Lifuse Publicity Group, TNZfiction and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this novel. I was given a free Ebook in exchange for an honest review. A positive critique was not required. The opinions are my own
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Bekah5 Stars Out Of 5The Inn at Ocean's EdgeJuly 28, 2015BekahQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for The Inn at Ocean's Edge, Sunset Cove Series #1.Colleen Coble's novel, "The Inn at Ocean's Edge" is set in Maine, and while I've never been there in person, I've always wanted to visit, so one delight of this book was feeling like I actually made a trip to Maine! Colleen's descriptions drew me into every sight, sound, and smell of life on the ocean. {And since I love the water, you should know how very happy this made me.}
She weaves suspense with romance, and blends them in a beautiful way. The book tells the story of Claire Dellamare, a successful young woman working alongside her father to grow their family business. They've arrived at the Hotel Tourmaline on the coast of Maine in hopes of closing a significant business merger, but just after arriving, Claire begins to learn details about her childhood she'd never known before. She begins to hunt for answers to clear her own mind, but it's not long before the hunt takes a series of urgent turns, with lives and reputations at stake.
The rest of the book is a wild ride of surprise twists, unexpected characters, and the never-ceasing internal rush to connect the dots before the characters do. Colleen weaves in splashes of faith, romance, marine life, mystery, and courage alongside the complexity of family relationships that we all experience on some level, even if the details look a bit different for each of us.
I read the book - all 318 pages of it - in one day, and a good chunk of that took place at the salon during a cut and color. I had no clue, until the stylist tapped me on the shoulder to inform me I was done, what length OR color my hair was...that's how deeply I was engrossed in the book. Thankfully, she's trustworthy, and it was only slightly darker and shorter than I'd imagined. But at the conclusion of the haircut, I was only halfway through the book and didn't care if my hair had been green and an inch long. I had to get home to finish the book!
Thanks, Colleen, for the affordable vacation to Maine, the new book-friends I made within the pages, and the gift of your captivating story-telling! -
Amy CVAAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5The Inn at Ocean's EdgeJuly 18, 2015Amy CVAAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for The Inn at Ocean's Edge, Sunset Cove Series #1.The Inn at Ocean's Edge is the first installment of the Sunset Cove series. This suspense filled book is one of those that you do not want to put down and do not want to miss out on what happens next. I had to put off laundry until I had the book finished in one day. I can not wait to read book 2 of the series.
One of the best suspenseful books I have read in a long time.
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Robin WallaceFloridaAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5The Inn at Ocean's EdgeJune 2, 2015Robin WallaceFloridaAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for The Inn at Ocean's Edge, Sunset Cove Series #1.The Inn at Oceans Edge
Colleen Coble
Book Summary: Claires visit to a luxury hotel in Maine awakens repressed memories, threatening all she holds dear. In 1989, Claire Dellamare disappeared from her own fourth birthday party at the Hotel Tourmaline on the island of Folly Shoals, Maine. She showed up a year later at the same hotel, with a note pinned to her dress but no explanation. Nobody knows where Claire spent that yearand until now, Claire didnt even know she had ever been missing. But when Claire returns to the Hotel Tourmaline for a business meeting with her CEO father, disturbing memories begin to surface . . . despite her parents best efforts to keep them forgotten. Luke Rocco lost his mother under equally mysterious circumstancesat the same time Claire disappeared. After a chance encounter reveals the unlikely link between them, Claire and Luke set out together to uncover the truth about what happened that fateful year. With flashbacks swimming just beneath her consciousness and a murderer threatening her safety, Claires very life depends on unscrambling her past . . . even if her family refuses to acknowledge it. Someonemaybe everyoneis hiding something from Claire Dellamare, and it will cost her everything to drag the truth out into the light.
Review: This was such a unique storyline. I liked the characters and they were so multi facetted. It was hard to figure out what the truth was in light of all the years of lies. Claires Grandmother start to give clues that all things set before Claire and the reader that all was not as it was presented. That sets the book into high gear. It was a series of revelations and surprises with a climatic ending that was exciting. There were times that the murder was able to act without anyone knowing or seeing him. I found the book well written. The main and secondary characters were well written. The secondary characters were so realistic. Everyone kept the secret and several had light and dark sides to their character. That was the most realistic for me.
I would like to thank Net Galley and Thomas Nelson for allowing me to read and review this book in return for a free copy and I was never asked to write a favorable review by anyone.
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