Beau DeVilliers, a handsome widower of forty, visits his Aunt in Ocean Breeze, Florida. Her neighbour, Lise MacLean, makes a deep impression on Beau. They begin a friendship, and Beau saves her from the unwanted attentions of an unpleasant womanizer. Their friendship escalates to a passionate love affair. Several women try to direct Beau's attentions to themselves, to no avail.

Beau invites Lise to move in with him. His Aunt is shocked and advises a less passionate approach to getting better acquainted.

Beau and Lise are planning their wedding, when the cousin of Beau's dead wife - whom she closely resembles - insists he leave Lise and marry her, the cousin, instead.

Beau won't hear of it, but his Aunt counsels caution and waiting, as do his former in-laws.
Beau's best friend, Miguel, does his best to deflect the various attempts at preventing his friend from marrying Lise.

Will Beau and Lise, having found each other, succeed in defeating the attempts of so many at keeping them apart?
 

Reviews:

Alicia MacLean is a best-selling author and a widow for four years. She is beautiful, but shy and retiring, and very fond of her elderly friend Jane who lives next door.

Beau DeVilliers is a writer of historical fiction and the nephew of Jane. He has been a widower for eight years and very much enjoys his freedom.

Ocean Breeze West is a community occupied mostly by writers and very exclusive. Alicia and Jane are neighbors and good friends and become much closer when Jane’s very handsome nephew Beau comes for a long visit and decides that his bachelor life is over when he falls in love with Alicia.

Welcome back to Ocean Breeze where the heroes are handsome and rich and the heroines are beautiful, sweet, shy, and very domesticated. This story is no exception and is a bit predictable, but very soothing and entertaining to read. Even though the heroines are in a bit of a time warp, they are very appealing and Alicia or Lise is no exception. She is strong, if a bit prone to tears, and Beau is very sexy, if a bit selfish. Their love story has several interesting ups and downs with a very happy ending. I enjoyed it very much and only have to say two somewhat negative things. First, the story of the death of Alicia’s husband should have been told at the beginning, if at all, it really did not make sense where it was placed, and second, it seems that most professional women, except for novelists, are seen as predatory man eaters in these stories. Despite these two minor things this is a very easy and entertaining read.

Rating: 3 Cups

Maura
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance

Beau DeVilliers, a handsome widower of forty, visits his Aunt in Ocean Breeze, Florida. Her neighbour, Lise MacLean, makes a deep impression on Beau. They begin a friendship, and Beau saves her from the unwanted attentions of an unpleasant womanizer. Their friendship escalates to a passionate love affair. Several women try to direct Beau's attentions to themselves, but.....

Beau invites Lise to move in with him. His Aunt is shocked and advises a slow and less passionate approach to getting better acquainted.

Beau and Lise are planning their wedding, when the cousin of Beau's dead wife - whom she closely resembles - insists he leave Lise and marry her, the cousin, instead.

Beau won't hear of it, but his Aunt counsels caution and waiting, as do his former in-laws.
Beau's best friend, Miguel, does his best to deflect the various attempts at preventing his friend from marrying Lise.

Will Beau and Lise, having found each other, succeed in defeating the attempts of so many at keeping them apart?

Beau Devilliers' quest is Alicia MacLean. He is a handsome, rich, historical fiction writer, she a best-selling author, which makes for a much better than "Oh, John", "Oh, Mary" --- pant, pant, pant, book. They don't fall in love as they go over a cliff, but the book makes for interesting reading and a relaxing, enjoyable time.

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