The lights are out on Gansett, and things are getting steamy!
An island-wide power failure has thrust Gansett into darkness. We’ll take this opportunity to catch up with each of the couples we’ve come to know and love, and meet a few new characters who’ll appear in upcoming books. It’s the heart of summer, the power’s out and things are getting hot on Gansett Island!
Blackout After Dark
By Marie Force
”Hot’ is the word of the day’
Once again visiting Gansett will steal your heart and make you want to pack your bags and move there. So many amazing events….weddings, babys, chance meetings, healing hearts and a heat wave to add even more steam!
Fantastic as always I look forward to the next visit!
A Wonderful Return to Our Favorite Island
What a great way to catch up on your favorite Gansett character! As always Marie does not disappoint when she brings us back to the island.
Sarah and Charlie are having a housewarming party, but first we get a peek into the lives of our favorite characters as they announce pregnancies, attend movie premieres and return to the island.
We are also introduced to several new characters who will surely bring new couples and interesting situations to the island!!
5 Star Review of Blackout After Dark (Gansett Island #23) by Marie Force
AUDIO REVIEW:
This was a sweet, funny and wonderful book of love. It gave us a chance to catch up with all the couples we have come to love so much on Gansett Island. It is always great to read a new story about Gansett Island, it’s like coming home to your family as you get to catch up with what is going on in all their lives.
This book as with others in the series was an extremely well written, sweet, sexy and romantic book. A fantastic addition to the series and the narration by Stella Hunter added to my listening pleasure. Although, having said that I do think that a male narrator for the men would really have enhanced the story, but then that is just my opinion.
I’ve enjoyed all of the Gansett Island Series and it was great fun to catch up with all the different players after all this time. I am still hoping for more from the series – it’s like catching up with distant family members!
This book was a nice catch up of favorite characters and introduction of ones. Also liked how author introduced an African American storyline that was seamlessly woven into the story. This author has the ability to do this with so many different characters. It is why she is one of the best fiction writers.
Definitely one of The Gansett Island Series best. However, it doesn’t make sense to read it out of sequence. Time to binge read the series! It does wrap up a few loose ends that I always wondered about and I appreciated that.
Marie Force wrote a great book bringing back all the Gancett characters from books past and introducing us to new characters for future books. A fun, easy read.
A dream come true for Gansett fans, this novel reminds readers what it was like to fall in love with this series! Brimming with characters, that will grab your heart and make your pulse race, there’s no better time to take a trip back to the island! Five stars for a stellar standout.
Yes we are back on Gansett Island! I love getting more of all the island residents and new island resident. Seriously if you haven’t read this series – READ IT !!
Gansett Island is my favourite escape and for fans of this series Blackout After Dark was a dream come true. It was like celebrating your birthday, Christmas and Valentine’s Day all rolled into one. A full cast book featuring every much loved couple on the island with lots of surprises. We also got introductions to amazing new characters who will be featured in upcoming books.
Everything I ever wanted and much, much more.
Love the characters, always want to hear more
All of Marie Force’s book are exceptional. I would give this 10 stars if I could! Loved it!
What a great way to catch up on all the Gansett characters!
With Blackout After Dark (book 23 of the Gansett Island series), Marie brings us up to date on the lives of EVERY past character. We also are introduced to several new characters. There are a lot of characters in this series so this is an impressive accomplishment. I believe she said there were more than 40 points of view in this forty-five-chapter book along with A Gansett Island Short Story to complete the update.
It is a fantastic return to Gansett Island with the beloved, always entertaining and hilarious McCarthy family and their amazing friends. All the story lines are woven seamlessly into the novel, with gentle reminders of their backstory. There’s a baby boom of epic proportions, engagements, weddings, joys, heartbreaks, and of course steamy chemistry between couples. Many characters end up on the island facing some difficult time in the lives and have found peace there. Gansett Island is great for a reset, and it’s a wonderful series to read to also get away and reset your own life. That’s what this series is known for. This series has a special place in my heart, as well as Block Island, which is the island that the series is based off of. I’ve visited twice so far and am eager to return.
As always Marie does not disappoint when she brings us back to the island. Brilliantly done!
I don’t know how Marie Force did it, but I’m so glad she did! All characters from the whole series were represented in this book and she even threw in cameos from some Quantum series characters and introduced new characters too!
Gansett Island is full of hot men dedicated to their sassy significant others. What to do during a black out in the middle of a heat wave? Well, it seems many of the women are already pregnant, so why not have a wedding, some births and some engagements and lots of practicing for pregnancy.
Talk about a book hangover. Blackout after Dark has it all. Its 22 stories all in one. You can’t help but fall in love with all these fantabulous couples at this magical place that is Gansett Island. Laugh out loud moments as usual with the McCarthy men. Big surprises, engagements, weddings, babies, island drama, a whole lot of new characters, who I can’t wait to read more about. There are tender moments too that will touch your heart, I laughed, I cried ( a lot). I rejoiced and jumped for joy. A highly entertaining read that will have you hooked from page one to the very end. Romance at its best.
I highly recommend Marie Force’s Blackout After Dark! I was engaged in this character driven novel set on Gansett Island from start to finish.
Marie Force is a fabulous story teller. I adore the Gansett Island series because each one of the characters brings something unique to the island community and their stories are important threads in this ongoing series. I enjoyed catching up with my favorite friends Mac and Maddie, Luke and Sydney, Abby and Adam and Dan and Kara…and of course Big Mac!—and being introduced to Dara, Oliver, Cooper, Jack and Piper.
I really love that the novel was a full cast book and that the storylines were told from each characters point of view. I adored the laugh out loud banter between the McCarthy brothers: Mac, Adam, Evan and Grant, the heartfelt conversations between Charlie and Stephanie and checking in with Paul and Alex Martinez and their family. Big Mac McCarthy is the heart and soul of this series; his dream of raising his family and building his business has come true. Loved that Big Mac cares for his community and continues to dream big by working on renovation projects with his son Mac.
Marie Force weaves the important moments — passion, conflict and poignant conversations-into a fabulous cohesive book. She blends the themes of romance, forgiveness and hope with laughter and love in each chapter. I loved meeting the new characters and was drawn into Dara and Oliver’s story and I can’t wait to read their journey. There are lots of surprises in each characters storylines and the conclusion was perfect—yes I cried—I was surprised and loved every word!
If you are looking for the perfect read this holiday weekend—pick up a copy of Blackout After Dark!
Marie’s Gansett series is now 21 books and a few novellas/short stories long and it was so amazing to catch up with all of the fantastic couples we have watched/read their happily ever afters. If you wonder, hey “what it is going on with Adam/Abby, Daisy/David, etc., you will find the answers in this book. You will laugh and cry and meet new people who you can’t wait to read their stories. You will not be disappointed with this book that covers all couples from Mac/Maddie to Mason/Jordan. If you are new to the series and this is your first taste, you will want to read how each couple comes to be by reading their individual stories.
So if you haven’t read this series…DO NOT start with this book. You’ll have sooo many spoilers!
For those that are caught up…so many babies, so many engagements & weddings, so much beautiful chaos that IS Gansett Island! Loved seeing all the characters in one book. So excited for this series to continue and grow
What’s the best way to survive winter … take a trip to our favorite island off of Rhode Island, Gansett Island. In Blackout after dark we get to meet up with our favorite characters and meet some. New ones . Sprinkled in we will see a few surprises that we will love !!! Enjoy your time on the island .
Loved, loved, loved everything about this story!! It’s so much fun to come back on Gansett Island. You get to catch up with all of the characters we have come to adore and always want more of. Come experience all of the emotions, laughs, and love with Mac and the rest of the crew. Another great addition to this series and I cannot wait for more.