THE SUMMER COTTAGE by Annie Rains

  

Publisher: Forever
Date Published: May 25, 2021  
ISBN#   978-1538703427
Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by Gina (myreviewbooks@aol.com)
Obtained via publisher

2-1/2 Hearts

Trish Langly needed a new start on life for her and her son. Disgusted with her now ex-husband for the financial scam he ran bilking his victims of millions of dollars she could no longer remain in her town of Sweetwater Springs. When she saw an ad for a property manager in Somerset she jumped at the chance. For the most part her job is ideal and while she hasn’t exactly gone out and about town, she’s enjoying the safety and security she’s found there.

Jake Fletcher left Somerset years before hoping to run from the grief of the love of his life dying. Now, years later, he’s ready to leave a thriving law practice and join his family in Florida. First though he has a stop to make.  At the behests of his parents and their siblings they have determined it is time for his grandmother, Vi, to sell her cottages at Somerset Lake.

Selling her cottages is not what Vi wants for herself. In fact, that’s why she hired Trisha. With Trisha, Vi and Jake at cross purposes for their futures, only one can come out the winner. Or, can everyone have what they most need and want?

I hadn’t read Annie Rains before but the blurbs on her stories sound so good. This one looked like it was going to be a sit down and sigh with pleasure beach read. It wasn’t the most awful book. There were parts that were pretty good reading. For the most part the writing came across pretty juvenile. I wondered if maybe a teen daughter or relative wrote it at different points. There was just no emotion to the story. I didn’t feel there was any chemistry between Jake and Trisha and aside from stowing away in Jake’s plane, Petey was just a too good to be true seven year old.

That said, it is actually an ideal read to introduce a teen to romance. It’s about respecting boundaries, respecting people, especially women. It’s about caring for not only family, but those around us.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.