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Family, wounded hearts, and a Texas bed-and-breakfast are in need of repair in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown’s inviting novel about down-home comfort and second chances.
Cousins Tabby and Ellie Mae are due for a change. Running their aunt’s beachfront bed-and-breakfast in Sandcastle, Texas, is just the thing to shake things up…though their lives spin out of control in more ways than one when a hurricane barrels into the coastline. It’s a miracle it didn’t carry them off to Kansas. Not so lucky are the assisted-living center and a small eclectic group of local folks who take shelter with the cousins.
Two estranged sisters, rowdy as a circus, need a referee for a battle that goes back decades. And a pair of veterans, best friends for years, hash out bittersweet old times. There’s also handyman Alex LaSalle and his business partner, Ricky, experts at repairing the hurricane’s damage—and at making Tabby’s and Ellie Mae’s hearts beat a little faster.
As unpredictable, crowded, and stormy as it gets, the Sandcastle B and B is still the perfect harbor for healing past wounds, finding romance, and making up for lost time. Add in Tabby’s homemade pecan pie, and the Texas shore feels like a little slice of paradise.
Critic reviews
“This contemporary romance with a dash of humor is a light read that still doesn’t shy away from heavier topics, such as grief and racism. Both longtime fans of [Carolyn] Brown, as well as new readers, will enjoy her latest.” (Library Journal)
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Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that’s been in her Texas family for generations. It wasn’t her plan. It was an obligation. Now that her parents—less loving kin than strangers—have passed, the whole shebang belongs to Angela. And a legacy she never wanted is hers to uphold. She can’t forsake it now. Her beloved nanny, Mandy, who was always more of a mother, needs a caregiver herself.
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Just a wonderful, feel good story.
- By Kindle Customer on 02-07-24
By: Carolyn Brown
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Paradise for Christmas
- Sisters in Paradise, Book 1
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Since it’s Christmas, all seven sisters will be coming home too. The sisters take the holidays very seriously, and as soon as they’ve celebrated Thanksgiving, it’s on to decorating for Christmas. All of the sisters, and some helpful neighbors, pitch in to make the spirits bright, but younger sister Endora is dismayed to find some of her sisters flirting with the handsome men who’ve come to help.
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Heartwarming and fun
- By Toni on 05-12-24
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Sunshine Club
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Gussie, Ina Mae, and Blanche have been best friends for more than sixty years. From their humble beginnings of founding the Sunshine Club when they were girls to becoming the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas, these three were inseparable. When Blanche passes away, Gussie and Ina Mae feel the best way to honor their dearly departed is with a shot of whiskey, some good music, and making a match for Blanche’s niece, Sissy.
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Good story
- By Carol H on 12-22-21
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Bluebonnet Battle
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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In Bonnet, Texas, Liddy Latham, the queen of funeral dinners, keeps a Southern comfort-food tradition alive - until fancy-schmancy Matilda Monroe moves back to town. She wants room at the table for her own style of consolation and closure: healthy, modern, and vegan. But this is about more than fried chicken versus tofu turkey. Matilda’s return is also stirring up their volatile, unresolved history. And just when they thought it couldn’t get more personal.
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funny and right on the mark
- By Janice F love to read on 03-10-22
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Sawmill Book Club
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Unsure of the future but ready for risks, Libby O’Dell trades big-city life for whatever the back roads hold. In this case it’s the small community of Sawmill, Texas, where Libby’s taken a temporary job putting an antique store in order. Her new boss, Benny Taylor, a handsome charmer with a three-legged dog named Elvis, isn’t a bad change of scenery, either. Across the street Benny’s surrogate grandmothers—the widows Minilee and Opal—are ready with homemade corn bread, sweet tea, and an invitation for Libby to join their book club.
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Not as advertised
- By katwood on 07-27-24
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The Wager
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Lillakah Scott
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and an awkwardness that runs them off. John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth. There’s been no end to the women interested in him, but is it for what he has rather than who he is?
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the story as always with a Carolyn Brown book is wonderful
- By Amazon Customer on 07-12-24
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Small Town Rumors
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Everyone is talking about Jennie Sue Baker and the mess she made of her life in New York. The former high school queen bee - and wealthy darling of Bloom, Texas - has returned home after all these years, riding on a common bus and bearing two bounced alimony checks. In a town that thrives on gossip, Jennie’s fall from grace has shamed her mother, set the town buzzing, and caused old, jealous enemies to whisper in delight. They say she’s taken a job as a housekeeper, gotten a garage apartment, and might be crushing on Rick Lawson, a simple farmer with modest dreams.
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If you like Hallmark movies, you'll like this
- By Ruth on 12-08-18
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Strawberry Hearts Diner
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Being broke, unemployed, and stranded back in the tiny town of Pick, Texas, was not part of Jancy Wilson’s plan. Yet here she is, watching her car literally go up in smoke - along with her last-ditch hope of staying with her cousin in Louisiana. When Jancy spies a Help Wanted sign hanging in the window of the quaint Strawberry Hearts Diner, the memories of the two years she spent there as a teenager - and the lure of the diner’s beloved strawberry tarts - are enough to draw her in and plant her feet...but only temporarily.
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5 The Strawberry Hearts Diner Stars
- By whatcha.listening.to on 11-09-17
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The Perfect Dress
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she’s found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she’s proud they’ve turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success. Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham Harrison walks back into her life, looking for bridesmaid dresses for his twin daughters.
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Never wanted to return an audiobook until now
- By Wendy on 05-06-19
By: Carolyn Brown
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Long, Hot Texas Summer
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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A sassy redhead with an axe to grind…After catching her husband kissing another woman in the barn, Loretta Sullivan Bailey left Lonesome Canyon Ranch and swore she’d never come back. But when her daughter threatens to drop out of college to become a rancher’s wife, Loretta refuses to let her baby make the same mistake she did. She returns to the ranch, determined to get her daughter back in school by the summer’s end…and resolute on ignoring her feelings for her ex-husband.
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Don’t bother
- By CW57 on 05-14-18
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The Matchmakers
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 2 hrs
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Meet Minnie, Dotty, and Stella—all retired and year-round residents on a cruise ship, they have dubbed themselves the unofficial matchmakers aboard. Minnie can ferret out a lonely woman by the second day of the cruise. Dotty can spot an open-hearted man all the way across the Lido Deck. And Stella is great at putting a plan together. Together they’ve been every bit as successful as one of those online dating sites, and they can watch the romance unfold right before their eyes.
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amazing and delightful.
- By melanie sotero on 04-08-22
By: Carolyn Brown
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- Patricia Letarte
- 03-07-23
Wonderfully sweet story
A great cast of characters with a beautiful ending. The choice of ages was a perfect touch of the past blended with the hopes of the future.
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- Letitia
- 04-16-24
Wonderful story of friendship and family
Carolyn Brown is a master of writing believable, complex relationships. She gives depth to the characters and their interactions innway that not only highlights their friendships, but makes you feel like they are your friends too. The Sandcastle Hurricane is the story of two cousins brought together through their shared grief, two sisters torn apart by their life choices and family disfunction, two friends that have weathered a storm few can fully understand, and two men who love the cousins. The relationships and family dynamics throughout the book are complicated and messy, and oh so relatable.
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- Puppymomma
- 08-08-23
Loved Sandcastle Hurricane!
Loved everything about this story! One of Carolyn Brown’s best! Narrated was wonderful at creating the character’s voices!
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- Elaine Dahlgren
- 11-15-22
Who ' d have thought a hurricane could bring love?
An amazing book filled with sadness, laugh out loud full bellied laughter and laced with love throughout.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-27-23
Love Carolyn Brown books
I love listening to these books. I have never been disappointed with the stories or the voices used.
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- grete
- 12-04-22
Love it!
Carolyn always delivers feel good moments in her books!! Thank you Carolyn. I look forward to more feel good reads from you!!
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- Toni
- 12-31-23
Heartwarming
Carolyn Brown always, and I mean always writes the most heartwarming books. Her characters always seem so real and unique within her stories. I can also tell the narrators are carefully chosen and do a superb job portraying the different characters.
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- Pamela Haskins
- 11-27-22
Just Right
The Sandcastle Hurricane is just right: the right amount out love story, humor, family strife. The characters are well developed and very believable. Karissa does a great job of bringing Carolyn's words to life.
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- Kels
- 11-29-22
Entertaining story , light read
I did not enjoy the narrator. I think I would have liked it better if I had read it.
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- Pamela Ann Plumer
- 04-01-24
Wonderful listen!
Wonderfully written characters by the incomparable Carolyn Brown, five fantastic stars! Well done narration also !
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