The final book in the series so many have fallen in love with: Pawleys Island Paradise!Life’s a beach in Pawleys Island!Can men and women be “just friends?”Loneliness. It has a way of creeping in and taking over. Rita Ashbrook should know the drill. After all, she’s been married to Bo, a true American hero, for years, and this is his third deployment. But this time, the loneliness is nearly … this time, the loneliness is nearly unbearable.
Determined to get out more, make some friends, and immerse herself in the community, Rita embraces the church and all the camaraderie it offers, while helping others at the same time. Becoming friends with Glenn Arby fills the emptiness she experiences while her husband’s gone.
Still reeling from his wife’s death, Glenn welcomes the companionship another member of the church brings. Having a friend makes him feel alive again–something he never thought he’d want again. But when their closeness leads to one, innocent kiss, Glenn and Rita begin to question everything–their friendship, their future, and possibly even her marriage. Now, Rita must find a way to reveal the truth to Bo, the only man she’ll ever love. Will the truth destroy everything they’ve built as man and wife?
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Can I man and a woman be friends? That was the question, the author tackled in this book. As Bo was deployed again, Rita decided to return to her church roots while he was away. She met Glenn, who had lost his wife the year before. Two lonely people turn to each other as friends and only friends. But as time goes on, Glenn discovers, he is ready to love again but not with Maggie so he goes to the early sermon. But doesn’t tell Rita and when she learns what he has done she went to his house and talks to him. He tells her his reasons and for some reason as she is leaving they end up in a kiss. She doesn’t know what has come over her but what I kept seeing was these two people were going to church but they weren’t turning to God for guidance. They go their separate ways and when Bo comes home Rita tells him what she has done. Bo did a lot of thinking and when he came back to Rita, they talked and was going to work on their marriage. Bo realized he had been taking Rita for granted and hadn’t told her how much he loved her or how attractive he still was to her. Their marriage became stronger. They go to Pawleys Island for Jasmine and Dax wedding.
As Jasmine and her mother are walking along the beach, they meet a man in a long gray coat and boots. It made Leslie uncomfortable and he then disappeared. When she got home she told her husband Hank about it and he said she met the ghost of Pawleys Island. When there was a storm coming, of someone saw him their house would be spared. She didn’t know there was a storm coming but there was and her house was spared. Hank was helping the neighbors repair their houses but his and Leslie’s had no damage at all. With the storm, planes were grounded and Dax and Pedro weren’t able to fly out. But they all turned to God for guidance and the storm passed and there was a rainbow. People were starting to arrive and Dax and Pedro were able to get a plane out and arrive in time for the wedding. I guess it was my time to discover this amazing author. I saw it was written a few years ago and I guess God guided me to find this author and this series now. I have enjoyed it, learned some things and enjoyed seeing the way God worked in peoples lives. I would recommend this series and I think will reread it again and maybe again. It is a reminder of what happens when you turn to God and when you forget. I think I needed a reminder and might need one in the future sometime.
This is the end of a wonderful series. I blew through the six novels in about four days. I just could not put them down. I will miss these wonderful friends and their great stories. I highly recommend the entire series.
A refreshing story of realistic characters, events and emotions.