Review: After a Slow Start, the Novella Takes Off
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
Olivia Thomas, a loan officer in her forties, finds that compassion really does pay. A man  she loaned start-up capital for his business when no one else would has made it big and gifts her five million dollars. She decides to take a long vacation to make plans about what she wants to do, and her best friend suggests she go to Caden Cove, Maine. It’s a quaint little town on the coast, filled with tourists in the summer but not many in the winter. Olivia is enthralled with the place, especially with the often grumpy bookseller to her surprise. When she learns of the legend associated with the B & B where she is staying, she shrugs it off, but then, she wonders if the curse may have found her after all.The first of the book seemed very slow to me, and I couldn’t  get involved. I didn’t begin to really care about Olivia until she starts sparring with Trevor. Then the novella took off for me and became a page-turner. It was wonderful. I’m really looking forward to the next one in the series now, although the romance the author is having with the UPS man is getting a little redundant and needs some new life.