Book Review: Rosemary’s Cottage by Colleen Coble
Amy came to Rosemary Cottage to grieve, to heal, maybe even find love. But there’s a deadly undertow of secrets around Hope Island . . .
The charming Rosemary Cottage on the beach offers Amy Lange respite she needs to mourn her brother, Ben. She’s even thinking of moving her midwife practice to the Outer Banks community. It’s always been a refuge for her and her family. She also wants to investigate Ben’s disappearance at sea. Everyone blames a surfing accident, but Amy has reason to wonder.
Coast Guard officer Curtis Ireland has lost a sibling too. His sister, Gina, was run down by a boat, leaving him to raise her infant daughter. If anyone knew who little Raine’s father was, Curtis could lose his beloved niece. Yet he can’t help being drawn to Hope Beach’s new midwife, Amy. He even agrees to help her investigate what happened to both Ben and Gina.
Can two grieving people with secrets find healing on beautiful Hope Island? Or will their quest for truth set them at odds with each other…and with those who will go to any length to keep hidden things hidden?
“Coble provides plenty of excitement for readers who enjoy her unique combination of cozy setting and action-packed mystery.” —Publishers Weekly
Rosemary’s Cottage is the second book in the Hope Beach series. Last year I reviewed Tidewater Inn. I think you could read Rosemary’s Cottage as a stand-alone, but I recommend Tidewater Inn first. The series gives a beautiful glimpse of life in the Outer Banks.
Like Tidewater Inn, Rosemary’s Cottage has a good mystery and lots of suspense. There are also grieving characters in Amy and Ben that could bring them together, but also drive them apart. A huge secret is revealed in the last third, and I know I wasn’t expecting it.
This is a suspenseful page-turner that once again shows off a part of America I love, the Outer Banks. My heart broke a little at the mystery, but I think that’s a compliment to Colleen Coble, because I didn’t see it coming. I also enjoyed re visiting characters from Tidewater Inn.
I think Rosemary’s Cottage is just the pick for a vacation read. It has everything you’re looking for–suspense, mystery, romance, and take away lessons to think on long after. In fact, Colleen shares that this is the book that was inspired in part by her own brother’s death years ago. I pray God blessed Colleen with healing as she wrote as much as her writing blesses her readers.
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I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
