The Lighthouse on Moonglow Bay: A Novel
Written by Lori Wilde
Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
5/5
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About this audiobook
Lori Wilde returns to Moonglow Cove, Texas, with a heartwarming novel about two estranged sisters who must come together after they receive a bizarre inheritance from their grandmother.
It was an inheritance neither sister expected—a lighthouse in Moonglow Cove, left to them by a grandmother they never knew! Harper and Flannery weren’t exactly best friends either. For years, Flannery had held down the home front, taking care of their sick mother and raising a daughter, while Harper sent nothing but checks. And after their mother’s funeral the two sisters had an argument that left them not speaking for six years—why, Harper didn’t even know she has a niece!
But life has a way of changing when you least expect it. And the sisters discover their grandmother’s will has a stipulation: the two of them must live there, work out their issues... and compete in baking challenges with a hundred-year-old sourdough starter. If either of them gives up, or fails to keep the starter alive, they lose the lighthouse. Will they be able to come together and see their grandmother’s wish come true? Or will these two sisters forever be estranged?
Lori Wilde
Lori Wilde is the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of 97 works of romantic fiction. She’s a three-time Romance Writers’ of America RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Readers’ Choice Award. She has won numerous other awards as well. Her books have been translated into 26 languages, with more than seven million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her breakout novel, The First Love Cookie Club, was made into a Hallmark movie titled A Kismet Christmas. Lori is a registered nurse with a BSN from Texas Christian University and an MLA from the same university. She holds a certificate in forensics and is also a certified yoga instructor. A sixth-generation Texan, Lori lives with her husband, Bill, in the Cutting Horse Capital of the World.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great interesting storyline in this series with believable characters.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I started listening to this book after SEVERAL disappointing dnfs.....and this one hooked me from the start.
I've seen this referred to as a "contemporary romance" several times, and....it's really not, at all. I mean, it had romance (sort of) IN it, from the very beginning. But it's very much NOT about the romantic relationships, and very much IS about familial relationships.
If I'd known how little romance would actually be in it, would I have read it to begin with? Probably not, because I'm an unabashed romance junkie. But am I DISAPPOINTED that I read it? Not at all! It was a great story, told well.
The Big Huge Dramatic Crisis towards the end of the book was kinda cheesy, but I could easily see this book being made into a movie. Someone needs to jump on that!
4 "no regerts" stars!!!! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Harper and Flannery had not spoken to each other since their mother's funeral six years earlier. Harper moved to NYC and had a great job in advertising and sent checks home to take care of their mother while Flannery stayed home and took care of her. They got a call to attend the reading of their grandmother's will in Moonglow Cove and the biggest surprise is that they had always been told that they had no family because they had all died before the sisters were born. Both sisters are at crucial places in their lives when they get the summons from the lawyer - Harper's career had just disintegrated because she tried to help the wrong person. Flannery had snuck away from their home to hide from her abusive husband along with her 5 year old handicapped daughter Willow. When the will is read, they find out that their grandmother had left them the lighthouse but there were several stipulations: they must live at the lighthouse and try to work out their issues. Even more strangely, they had to keep a 100 year old starter batch of sourdough bread alive and win the local sourdough baking contest. Neither of them knew anything about sourdough but they both agreed to give it a try. An aunt that they had never met, helps them understand what has to be done to keep the starter batch going.As the two sisters begin to spend time together and work on the sourdough starter, they begin to realize how much they had missed each other over the last six years and slowly begin to share their lives with each other. Willow was one of my favorite characters. Despite spending her days in a wheelchair, she has a positive outlook in life. The big question throughout the book is whether the sisters will reconcile or will they stay estranged and go back to their old lives without each other? And if they become friends, will they be able to win the baking contest?This book has everything it needs to be a fantastic read. It has sisters, romance and a great mystery that they need to solve to move ahead with their lives. Once they begin to look at the family history they find abuse - both from parents and spouses and the trauma that comes from abuse through their family for generations back. By the end of the book, both sisters realize how strong and resilient they are and learn again how important their family is for each of them.I've just ordered the first two books in the series. The only connection between the books appears to be the setting in Moonglow Cove. I enjoyed this book and location so much that I'm looking forward to reading The Keepsake Sisters and The Moonglow Sisters. NOTE: This is book 3 of the Moonglow Cove series but can be read as a standalone. I didn't even know that it was part of a series until after I'd read it.