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- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
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It's been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie.
Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional lifestyle to become a strong single mother and aquarist at the South Carolina Aquarium. But success has taken its toll, leaving Toy fearful of change and risks.
Caretta Rutledge, Florence Prescott and Emmaline Baker have all experienced loss. This summer, with each other's friendship and support, they will try to make their dreams a reality.
The turtle season begins the day Toy rescues a sick sea turtle on the beach. When Toy brings the loggerhead to the aquarium, she begins a turtle hospital with the help of her boss, Ethan. As the summer progresses and the sea turtles take their measured steps toward healing and freedom Toy, Cara, Flo and Emmi must find their own strength to face their fears and move courageously toward their futures.
Mary Alice Monroe delivers another deeply satisfying novel written with an eye to nature and keen insights into the connections between women.
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Being a good mother is never simple: each day brings new choices and challenges. For Diane Robbins, being a devoted single mother has resulted in her greatest joy and darkest sorrow. Weeks before her daughter was born, she and her husband, Tim McIntosh, received the news that every parent fears. Tim had not reckoned on their child being anything less than perfect, and abruptly fled to a solitary existence on the sea. Diane was left with a newborn - almost alone.
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Firefly Beach
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Coolly sophisticated and steadfastly single, Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline thought that they had all put the past behind them. But as summer gets under way, a mysterious man arrives—a man who has the power to bring it all back....
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sorry, boring
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The Sound of Glass
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It has been two years since the death of Merritt Heyward's husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected news - Cal's family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal's reclusive grandmother, now belongs to Merritt. Charting the course of an uncertain life - and feeling guilt from her husband's tragic death - Merritt travels from her home in Maine to Beaufort, where the secrets of Cal's unspoken-of past reside among the pluff mud and jasmine of the ancestral Heyward home on the Bluff.
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You'll LAUGH, LOVE, and maybe CRY a little
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A Killer Plot
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Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip. Ever since her mysterious return to the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, North Carolina, Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel. With a little cajoling from charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers to break her writer's block and even make a few friends. But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect.
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My new favorite Cozy Mystery Series!
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Casting Off
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On a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, the fishermen's handmade sweaters tell a story. Each one is unique - feelings stitched into rows, memories into patterns...It is here that Rebecca Moray comes to research a book on Irish knitting. With her daughter, Rowan, in tow, she hopes to lose herself into the history of the island and to forget her own haunting past. Before long, the warm embrace of the townsfolk wraps Rebecca and Rowan in a world of friendship, laughter, and love...
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Great yarn...
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Finding the Grain
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Kentucky was only ever going to be a summer job. Come fall, Blue Riley would be back in North Carolina, in college. But one job led to another, one town led to another, and one woman led to another. Now, after twenty years Blue faces the hardest question of all - is it time to go home?
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The Passage of Time feels undefined.
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As the Tide Comes In
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After losing two loved ones in a devastating tornado and suffering a head injury, Tara Abbott flees to St. Simons Island, where her disorientation causes the lines between imagination and reality, past and present to blur. There she encounters island residents Julep Burnside, Luella Ward, Sue Beth Manning, and Dell Calhoun - The Glynn Girls - who have been friends since Bible camp, 40 years earlier. When Julep's son Gavin identifies a troubled soul in need of help, can the Glynn Girls guide Tara back to herself?
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enjoyed
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Summer of Two Wishes
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Macy Lockhart’s life shattered in a moment with the news that her husband, Finn – serving in the military overseas – has been killed in the line of duty. Their ardent marriage is over, leaving Macy alone, empty, directionless. But while she tries to sustain herself with memories of Finn, who made her and their small Texas ranch the center of his life, it is wealthy Wyatt Clark who slowly brings joy back into her life - until the day that Finn, miraculously spared from death, returns home to claim his bride….
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Excellent!
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Very nicely intertwined plot
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- Mona
- 11-03-21
Delightful conclusion of series
Heartwarming, fun, and sea turtles! who could go wrong. loved the depth of characters and happy ending.
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- Brandey
- 07-12-15
Continuing reconciliation
Great multifaceted story to continue the story of turtle rescue and finding home to finish the trilogy
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- Rosemary Reedy
- 10-26-16
Great book!
All of Mary Alice Monroe's books are so great! She puts so much work into researching!
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- poto
- 12-12-18
I now love turtles!
Beach House was actually my favorite book of all time!! TRUST ME... read it. However the following novels, of which this is one, carry the story further and I was actually sad when I finished all of them. I couldn't wait to get home from work and settled and find myself in a lovely cottage facing the ocean.
I have read BEACH HOUSE several times. Her characters are outstanding as well as her descriptions of the area. A movie was made from Beach House and it was entertaining, but of course, the book is better. I
I recommend anything she writes!
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- Andrea Strickland
- 08-06-18
Welcome to the Lowcountry
Isn't it wonderful when you discover a series that you love? Especially when there are already numerous books released, elimunatig that excruciating wait for the next novel to come out?
The Beach House series is that for me. I adore the characters, the setting, and the plots.
On to the next!
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- Cory
- 08-27-22
Beautiful story
Ugh I love the family aspect of the beach house.. and to see that love and support and growth and healing continue in this book as well it. It’s just amazing. I think having the author read it as well just really makes the characters come to life. I got to watch sea turtle conservation happen at Huntington island st park as a teen in early 2000s and to learn every more through these books it brings back so many fond memories of my own.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-23-21
Love Mary Alice Monroe
Her books bring me peace of mind in a crazy day. I really enjoy her stories.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-05-23
A warm story
It takes a while to climax, but overall a great story. I've enjoyed reading her books so far. I just finished the Beach House before reading this one, which I would suggest.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-19
loved it
loved it , but I do love all her books and she does a great job narrating the story. I really enjoy the turtles too .
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- Anonymous User
- 09-16-23
Not As Much
I love Ms. Monroe’s books because I usually do not have to hear the Gd word or skip inappropriate moments, but not in this one for the word and I lost respect for Emmie in chapter 13, and Toy reveals that she’s learned nothing from her experience and only in a book would a good man come back after being told to leave once, much less twice.
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