Book Reviews of Summer of Roses

This was one of my favorites from Luanne Rice about friendships, love, and lessons learned. This is the second book in a series of two.

A good read. Shows what Domestic Abuse can do to loved ones, and the lengths they go to escape.

Lily Malone and nine year old Rose are making a new home in Novia Scotia and meet new friends Marisa Taylor and her daughter, Jessica. Both women have been treated badly by men and are learning to move on...

Continues the story started in Summer's Child.
Very sweet story, and I enjoyed reading the rest of the story about the characters in her previous book.

In Connecticut, Lily learns that Maeve has carbon monoxide poisoning. She believes Edward tried to murder her grandmother, hoping to bring Lily home. Edward finds Rose in spite of Liam and Lily's attempt to hide her. When Edward and Lily meet, he threatens her, saying she has no idea what will happen next. His threats are especially terrifying since Rose has suspected him of being a serial killer.

This sensitively written work of women’s fiction is a direct follow-up to SUMMER’S CHILD. Nine years ago, heavily pregnant Mara Jameson escaped her abusive husband, Edward, by faking her death and changing her name to Lily Malone. Despite the health problems of her daughter ,Rose, Mara/Lily has found a measure of happiness in Nova Scotia with another man, one-armed oceanographer Liam Neill. But now her carefully constructed new life is threatened. Lily’s beloved grandmother is seriously ill, impelling Lily’s return to her Connecticut hometown...and to a confrontation with Edward, who, alerted that his wife and child are still alive, becomes determined to gain custody of Rose

Rice continues the compelling story she started inSummer's Child. A terrific thriller.

An exciting tale of hope and despair. Exploring human emontions and the healing power of love.Takes place on the coast of Nova Scotia,2 friends and their daughters have found refuge in a small town.Both hiding from the past.But a stranger comes to town , bearing secerts from the past and news of an uncertain future. Each woman will face choices that will shape all seasons to come, between lives left behinde , mystries unsolved, and loves that must be reclaimed or abandoned forever. Good book!!!

Probably the best of any of her books, and I've read them all. A continuation of the story and characters introduced in Summer's Child.

Has you rooting for good over evil.

it's the murderous husband and runaway wife plot . .with a twist

On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and thier young daughters have found refuge in the rugged community of Cape Hawk. Lily Malone and nine-year old Rose are making a new home with a man who will do whatever it takes to protect them. Marisa Taylor and young Jessica are beginning to recapture the music that once filled their world with joy. But now a stranger from faraway New England has made his way to Cape Hawk, bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain future. And each woman will face choices that will irrevocably shape all the seasons to come - between the lives left behind, mysteries unsolved, and loves that must be reclaimed or abandoned forever.

very good story

"Luanne Rice...brings full circle one of her most compelling explorations of the heart...all teh ways it can be broken...and the magic that makes it whole again."

Follows Summer's Child

This book is compelling explorations of the heart..all ways it can be broken..and the magic that makes it whole again. Very good reading

On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and their young daughters have found refuge in the rugged community of Cape Hawk. Lily Malone and nine-year-old Rose are making a new home with a man who will do whatever it takes to protect them. Marisa Taylor and young Jessica are beginning to recapture the music that once filled their world with joy. But now a stranger from faraway New England has made his way to Cape Hawk, bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain future. And each woman will face choices that will irrevocably shape all the seasons to come---between lives left behind, mysteries unsolved, and loves that must be reclaimed or abandoned forever...

Luanne Rice brings full circle one of her most compelling exploration of the heart, all the ways it can be broken and the magic that makes it whole again.

This is the companion book to "Summer's Child". Good storytelling by Rice, as usual.

This was a very good book. Easy reading. Finished it in one day

This book is really book two of Summer's Child. I highly recommned you read that book first or you will have no idea what is going on. This book should have been in the first book and read as one book. Please order Summer's Child first. I would have posted that book but it fell apart. The glue used to keep the pages together failded. Great book and nice easy reading.

This is an incredible book! I loved this book and the book that this one followed- Summer's Child. Luanne Rice just pulls you into the lives of her characters so well that you find yourself almost caring for them. That's the sign of a truely incredible author. I have read three books by Luanne Rice now but I think I would recommend anything that she's written.

This is the continued story about Mara Jameson/Lily Malone from the 1st book "Summer's Child" this 2nd book explain's the whole story. " On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and their young daughters have found refuge in the rugged community of Cape Hawk. Lily Malone and 9 year old Rose are making a new home with a man who will do whatever it takes to protect them. Marisa Taylor and young Jessica are beginning to recapture the music that once filled their world with joy. But now a stranger from faraway New England has made his way to Cape Hawk, bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain future. And each woman will face choices that will irrevocably shape all the seasons to come-- between lives left behind, mysteries unsolved, and loves that must be reclaimed or abondoned forever.....

I lost interest in this book and did not finish it.

SUMMER OF ROSES is the perfect sequel to last year's SUMMER'S CHILD. The relationships that began in that first book--that between Lily and Liam; the health of young Rose; the fleeing of Marisa and her daughter, Jessica; the culmination of former detective Patrick's search for Maura; the ending health crisis of Maeve; the horrors rendered by abuser Edward Hunter--are all beautifully brought to a conclusion.

I loved SUMMER'S CHILD, but was sometimes irritated at the slow pace of the storyline starring Liam and Lily. Although the abuse she'd suffered at the hands of her first husband, Edward, forced the progression to be a slow one, nine years is a really long time!

Thankfully, things move faster in SUMMER OF ROSES, and I treasured each scene as it unfolded. Although the book can stand alone, I highly recommend reading SUMMER'S CHILD first, because the background information you'll gain on each character will make you appreciate this current offering even more.

The New York Times bestselling author of Dance With Me and Beach Girls revisits characters from Summer's Child in this examination of the emotional fallout of battered woman syndrome. When Mara Jameson thinks about her wedding, she painfully and vividly recalls her betrothed, Edward Hunter, the Harvard rugby player with a "blank yet somehow charged" stare. Mara ran away after Edward began abusing her and shortly before she had her daughter, Rose. Now, nine years later, Mara's living as Lily Malone in an isolated cottage near Cape Hawk, Nova Scotia, with Liam Neill, a member of the village's pre-eminent family. When Mara-cum-Lily learns Maeve Jameson, her grandmother, is comatose after suffering an undiagnosed "neurological event," she, believing Edward was involved, comes out of hiding to try to save her. Edward, ever the epitome of evil, soon hears the news of Lily's return and welcomes her back with an incendiary custody battle. Back in Cape Hawk, Lily's best friend Marisa, also a battered wife, longs to be reunited with her estranged sister in the Fallen Angels, their college fiddle and song duo. Prolific romance novelist Rice handles the complex plot with aplomb so all her likable characters win in the end and Edward, naturally, gets his comeuppance.

I really liked this book. It was intriguing.

Made me laugh, cry, and stay up all night reading it

A story about two friends and their young daughters on the coast of Nova Scotia. A good book.

I usually enjoy books by LuAnne Rice - but this one didn't grab me enough to finish.

Good book

Good one

I just love Luanne Rice. A great story. This is a sequel so read the other one first!

the sequel to Summer's Child - great read!

This is another of Luanne Rice's books set in Hubbard's Point and Nova Scotia. It is as fantastic as all her previous books.

The third book in the series about women who escape abusive men. This is about Lily and her daughter who escaped her husband many years ago. She now returns to care for her grandmother who is very sick. Great book!

I loved it! A real page turner!

Really good book! Goes along with Summer's Child.

Just what you would expect from Luanne Rice in this sequal.

Sequel to Summer's Child. Find out what happens to Rose and her mom when they come out of hiding to reunite with their dying loved one.

Good read. the 2nd book following "Summers Child"

Excellent book. Romance, mystery, it has it all. Very much enjoyed this book and this author.

In Nova Scotia, two friends and their daughters found refuge in the rugged community of CapeHawk. Lily Malone and 9 yr. old Rose are making a new home w/ a man who will do whatever it takes to protect them. Marisa Taylor and young Jessica are beginning to recapture the music that once filled their world with joy. Now a stranger from faraway New England has made his way to Cape Hawk, bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain future. Each woman will face choices that will irrevocably shape all theseasons to come between lives left behind, mysteries unsolved, and loves that must be reclaimed or abandoned forever......
I couldn't put the book down........very good, I love reading her books anyway.

Very enjoyable book. A quick and easy read.

I couldn't put this book down. I suggest reading Summers Child by Rice before this one. It is very good story line about an abused woman who had the courage to leave her situation and learn how to trust people again, then take her life back. I have never read any bad by Luanne Rice.

Sequel to Summer's Child. On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, two friends and their young daughters have found refuge in the rugged community of Cape Hawk. Lily Malone and nine-year-old Rose are making a new home with the man who will do whatever it takes to protect them. Marisa Taylor and young Jessica are beginning to recapture the music that once filled their world with joy. But now a stranger from far away New England has made his way to Cape Hawk,bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain furture. And each woman will face choices that will irrevocably shape all the seasons to come-between lives left behind,mysteries unsolved and loves that must be reclaimed or abandoned forever..........great read and answers all those questions left over from Summer's Child

Excellent book, with mystery and romance.

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