Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer
Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer has a plot similar to the previously reviewed Folly Beach. But I liked Heat Wave a lot better.
In both books, the main character suddenly finds herself widowed and penniless in search of a way to support herself. Both eventually find new love. Both are set in resort communities (Folly Beach and Nantucket, respectively).
I guess the reason I liked Heat Wave more is that it seemed more realistic. Carley, the main character, is dealing with not only the loss of a husband and a lack of income but also with interfering in-laws, a sometimes bratty preteen daughter, one girlfriend who's cheating with another girlfriend's husband and doesn't see anything wrong with it because she's so happy, and the other girlfriend who's mad at Carley for not telling her about the affair. All those factors made Carley a more textured, more sympathetic character than the heroine of Folly Beach.
If you can't afford to go on vacation this summer, Heat Wave is a nice way to spend the summer vicariously on Nantucket.
In both books, the main character suddenly finds herself widowed and penniless in search of a way to support herself. Both eventually find new love. Both are set in resort communities (Folly Beach and Nantucket, respectively).
I guess the reason I liked Heat Wave more is that it seemed more realistic. Carley, the main character, is dealing with not only the loss of a husband and a lack of income but also with interfering in-laws, a sometimes bratty preteen daughter, one girlfriend who's cheating with another girlfriend's husband and doesn't see anything wrong with it because she's so happy, and the other girlfriend who's mad at Carley for not telling her about the affair. All those factors made Carley a more textured, more sympathetic character than the heroine of Folly Beach.
If you can't afford to go on vacation this summer, Heat Wave is a nice way to spend the summer vicariously on Nantucket.
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