Ms. Stewart returns to the fictional town of St. Denis, Maryland, for the seventh entry in her Chesapeake Diaries series. As a fan of the series, I enjoyed the story overall, and I loved Xe Sands’ narration. However, the story has problems that may irritate readers who haven’t read the earlier entries. Prosecuting attorney Sophie…
Even though I review a lot of small town romances, I can say that the pull is not the small town, but the time spent building relationships and the sense of community. That is something that Ms. Stewart does very well. So even though I have forgotten more characters in St. Dennis, Maryland than I…
The author’s older contemporary romances have a special place in my library. I followed the author into romantic suspense, but they were hit or miss for me. While I picked this one for review believing it would be romantic suspense, I was delighted to discover that Mariah Stewart is again writing the kind of contemporary…