Dream Lake: Number 3 in series
By (Author) Lisa Kleypas
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
25th September 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
384
Width 200mm, Height 132mm, Spine 25mm
264g
The Friday Harbour series of women's fiction novels is set in San Juan Island just off the Washington State Coast - romantic and varied, with rocky shores, sandy beaches, rich woodlands and pasture land - and the prosperous Friday Harbour area.
The series is centered around the Nolan family, consisting of two brothers and a sister, the owners of an island vineyard and restaurant. The Nolans' mother Jessica has just passed away and a mysterious stranger attends the funeral. He reveals that he is the illegitimate child Jessica had given birth to and given up for adoption, before she married.This family secret leads to many new questions and challenges, which test the bonds of love and loyalty and ultimately show the Nolans what family is all about.It works perfectly. With her effortlessly poetic prose and flawless characterisation, Kleypas managed to make every page feel like a delicious morsel for your mind to devour. We savoured every single word . . . Dream Lake is a thing of beauty from start to finish. Read it! - Heat
A great holiday read - Daily RecordThis is a romance - and a lovely one . . . the tie between the past generation and the present is particularly well done, as poignant as an old song - RT Book ReviewsLisa Kleypas is the author of numerous historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts and competed in the Miss America pageant. After graduating from Wellesley College she published her first novel at twenty-one. Lisa is married and has two children.