Review: The Beach House (The Book Club) – Rochelle Alers

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Throughout one summer spent on an idyllic island off the coast of North Carolina, a weekly book club offers three very different women the chance to rewrite their own stories. In bestselling author Rochelle Alers' second Book Club novel, a new chapter begins as one woman's seemingly perfect life unr...

Throughout one summer spent on an idyllic island off the coast of North Carolina, a weekly book club offers three very different women the chance to rewrite their own stories. In bestselling author Rochelle Alers' second Book Club novel, a new chapter begins as one woman's seemingly perfect life unravels...

It's been almost a year since Leah Berkley Kent left her lavish Richmond home to spend two months on Coates Island, North Carolina. There she found friendship with two extraordinary women, Kayana and Cherie. Together they formed a summer book club, meeting weekly at the Seaside Café. Leah also found the courage to finally stand up to Alan, her domineering husband of twenty-eight years.

With her twin sons now grown, Leah decides to return to Coates Island again this summer. Alan's explosive reaction only convinces her that her marriage, and her old life, may be ending. But what comes next? Helping out at the Seaside Café, Leah grows closer to Kayana's widowed brother, Derrick. He knows what it's like to start over--he traded a Wall Street career for a beachfront house and a slower pace.
Derrick is drawn to Leah, but wonders if she's truly ready to move on.

It'll take a summer filled with lazy beach walks, bold new horizons, and book club meetings rich with shared laughter and support, for Leah to find the answers she's been looking for...

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In this book, we have Leah’s story of a marriage gone south and a return to a place she loves, Coate Island. After a long marriage to a wealthy judge, two kids now grown, Leah has to figure out what to do with the rest of her life. Will she find the answer at a place she loves, or will she return home to a situation that is unbearable for her?

I highly recommend this read and the previous one and look forward to the conclusion of this trilogy. I know some people don’t like to read books written “far apart,” but this came soon enough that I remembered the previous characters and wasn’t lost one bit. If that were the case, I would have had no problem reading book one to refresh my memory.

Buy them both!

Reviewed by: Linda C

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