It’s Spring and to quote Tennyson, “a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Our Jen, however, is busy thinking about summer days and beach books, but love is never far away from such novels and her pick for this week, “Last Kiss” by local author Luanne Rice is no exception. In case you missed it last year, click to read our interview with Luanne Rice.
Happy First Day of Spring. Let’s put our faces to the sun and pick out beach books early … here’s a good one.
I love to read local authors and Luanne Rice is no exception. The familiarity is refreshing … especially the familiarity of warm summer days at the beach when my toes are frozen.
“Last Kiss” is set in Old Lyme, down by the beach. Griswold Point, Hallmark, and the beach clubs all play an integral part – under assumed names of course.
But we know better.
Hence the fun of a local author.
A young man from town is killed in New York City. He leaves behind a tortured mother and girlfriend who cannot get past the event. Both Sheridan and Nell are trapped in a holding pattern hoping the nightmare of Charlie’s death will end.
Nell calls Sheridan’s old lover to come home and solve the mystery. The unfolding story involves love between many people and pain between others. Luanne Rice is very good at creating an easily believable world and the joys and horrors within.
Will Gavin and Sheridan rekindle their decades old love or is it not to be? Can Nell’s father and Stevie work out their differing opinions on marriage? Does Sheridan’s family really have magical powers and are they enough to repair the damage done by decades of heartache caused by a nasty man? He is nasty – you’ll hate him. Everyone else is quite likable so it’s alright.
It is a page-turner and I highly recommend you put it on your beach reading list. Sitting at the Point, iced tea at hand, this is the book you will be reading. Put sunscreen on first because you won’t put it down for awhile.