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The Beach at Painter's Cove

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The Beach at Painter's Cove

By: Shelley Noble
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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The Whitaker family's Connecticut mansion, Muses by the Sea, has always been a haven for artists, a hotbed of creativity, extravagances, and the occasional scandal. Art patrons for generations, the Whitakers supported strangers but drained the life out of each other. Now, after being estranged for years, four generations of Whitaker women find themselves once again at the Muses. Leo, the Whitaker matriarch, lives in the rambling mansion. She plans to stay there until she joins her husband, Wes, on the knoll overlooking the cove and meadow where they first met. Jillian is a jet-setting actress, down on her luck. She thinks selling the Muses will make life easier for her mother, Leo, by moving her into assisted living. Issy, Jillian's daughter, has a successful life as a museum exhibit designer that takes her around the world. But the Muses and her grandmother are the only family she's known, and when her sister leaves her own children with Leo, Issy knows she has to step in to help. Steph is only 12 years old and desperately needs someone to fire her imagination and bring her out of her shell. What she begins to discover at the Muses could change the course of her future.

©2017 Shelley Freydont (P)2017 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt

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"With charming, believable characters and a delightful setting, this enchanting family drama makes for a perfect beach read." ( Booklist)
Engaging Family Dynamics • Heartwarming Storyline • Excellent Narration • Emotional Depth
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I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book. It was a suggestion that I picked on a whim. It was a sweet story that really pulls at the heartstrings, with sweet blossoming romances, family drama, and reconciliations. Highly recommend for a love and lovely listen!

Surprisingly Sweet and Heartwarming

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The story line and characters quickly suck you into the book. Reader did a great job at voicing different characters. I really loved this book

Amazing!

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Loved it! I loved the family dynamics and emotions in this story. I laughed and cried in the same chapter. The narrator made me feel every emotion and the author painted beautiful scenes.

Family, Romance and Emotion

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Not what you expect a story to be when titled The Beach....at time the story line and characters were confusing and a very slow start. I am glad i stuck with it to the end. The story made me laugh and cry.

The Beach

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Kinda Like a soap opera...
Some of the characters did not get tied up well at the end. It was just an ok read. The setting and described scenery were interesting. Hi hum about reading another from this author

An ok book- Setting and premise are interesting

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Okay for mindless reading. A good edit sorely needed. Redundant throughout. Give a reader some credit for being able to retain the simplest of story line!

Just okay, predictable.

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Loved it looking forward to other books by this author. will share will listen to other stories.

The Beach at Painter's Cove

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It was a wonderful book to listen to. Okay the ending was predictable but the women in the book were fascinating and the description of the house... a good listen!

Very enjoyable

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In this time of COVID, I needed an escape, but cringed at the thought of one more beach read about an old flame moving back home and having tons of amazing out of the world sex with an old flame 50 years later. I am so glad this was not the case with this book! Layers of love and real life and a bit of fantasy and predictability will make you never want it it end. Worth even 2 credits! Now, I have to go and search for my next read by this author.

I want to live in this world forever

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Some characters were a little too "slow" to be real. Story was a little repetitive. Sure was an awful lot of alcohol consumed.

Grateful she Didn't go for steamy.

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