Snowfall on Lighthouse Lane

September 3, 2018
Love for Honeymoon Harbor, Wash., and the families that make it home bring a former high school couple back together for the holidays, only to find they may not want to leave. After a high school romance and painful breakup, Aiden went to the Marines and then the LAPD, and Jolene moved to L.A. to be a makeup artist. When Aiden’s partner is killed in a shoot-out, he heads home to decide what to do with his life, temporarily replacing the chief of police. Jolene is told her mother may have cancer and goes north to help her. With little to return to in L.A., Jolene and Aiden consider giving in to their families’ attempts to reunite them. A little meta humor (“If this were a romance novel”) lightens what could have been a saccharine tale. Readers won’t want to leave the heartwarming stories of Honeymoon Harbor and its characters’ second chances at life and love. Agent: Anne Marie O’Farrell, Marcil-O’Farrell Literary.

Narrator Ashley Klanac brings to life the romance between Aiden Mannion and Jolene Wells, who were high school sweethearts in Honeymoon Harbor in the Pacific Northwest. Years later, Aiden Mannion returns home to take over as the local sheriff after he's shot in the line of duty and his partner is killed. Jolene, a Hollywood makeup artist, also returns home to help her mother cope with a health scare during the holiday season. Aiden is haunted by the ghost of his deceased partner, Bodie, who had a laid-back surfer dude attitude, which Klanac ably articulates. Klanac covers the range of emotions that Aiden and Jolene experience--from Jolene's worry over her mother to the humorous situations that Aiden finds himself in. This story successfully evokes a small-town feel. S.B. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

October 15, 2018

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