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Book Reviews of The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1)

The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1)
The Homecoming - Shelter Bay, Bk 1
Author: JoAnn Ross
ISBN-13: 9780451416674
ISBN-10: 0451416678
Publication Date: 9/25/2012
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Signet
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ErinMc avatar reviewed The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1) on + 373 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is a wonderful story and with enough twist and turns to keep you guessing. Romance and real life in the mix to keep you on your toes.

A great summer read
reviewed The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1) on + 286 more book reviews
I am a huge fan of Joann Ross. This book was well written and I enjoyed the characters and the depictions of scenery of the Oregon coast. However, I did think this book was a bit slow moving with not enough happening in a timely manner. Nothing specific, just an overall feel to it. I thought the ending was excellent and bittersweet.
reviewed The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1) on + 929 more book reviews
This was a very sweet book. I thought it would concentrate more on solving crimes but it was really about people rebuilding their lives after losing the ones they cherished.

My only problem with the book was that Ross recycled characters and give them different names. Faith (heroine's mother) is very similar to Erin O'Halloran in "Fair Haven." I know in the next series of Shelter Bay stars a retired photojournalist which is basically Michael Joyce in "Fair Haven." One of the side characters is pretty much Quinn in "A Woman's Heart" down to lost childhood pets due to drunk parents. I find that very insulting in a way that Ross keeps reinventing these same people instead of creating new ones.

Despite that, it was still a pretty good read, definitely more romance than erotic.
mamawaite avatar reviewed The Homecoming (Shelter Bay, Bk 1) on + 175 more book reviews
I loved the relationship between the hero and the heroine's son.