Cure for the Common Breakup / Beth Kendrick
1,001 Days of Awesome Reads - Day 209 - #TBTReads
Beth Kendrick is a beautiful author who wrote a handful of romantic fiction titles in the 2000s and 2010s.
Her wonderful series, Black Dog Bay, was very romantic but also had some deep dives into characters finding themselves as they also found their soul mates, and she became a much-loved author on my shelves.
THE CURE FOR THE COMMON BREAK-UP was the kick-off title for the series, which also included great female friendships, a fun, quirky beach town, and a hint of fairy dog-mother magic.
All of her titles are entertaining romance-plus, and well worth a read, so it was a disappointment to realize she’d pretty much stopped writing.
That’s why I was so pleased to notice on her Facebook page that she’s actually releasing a new title next week! YAY! (and thanks Tule for publishing it!)
Can’t wait to see what she has in store for us with THE CHRISTMAS CONCIERGE, and so glad this wonderful writer is writing again.
Happy reading! xoxo
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Cure for the Common Breakup | Beth Kendrick
THE CURE FOR THE COMMON BREAK-UP
Welcome to Black Dog Bay, a tiny seaside town in Delaware known as “the best place in America to bounce back from your breakup.” Home to the Better Off Bed-and-Breakfast, the Eat Your Heart Out bakery, and the Whinery bar, Black Dog Bay offers a haven for the suddenly single.
Flight attendant Summer Benson lives by two rules: Don’t stay with the same man for too long and never stay in one place. She’s about to break rule number one by considering accepting her boyfriend’s proposal—then disaster strikes and her world is shattered in an instant.
Summer heads to Black Dog Bay, where the locals welcome her. Even Hattie Huntington, the town’s oldest, richest, and meanest resident, likes her enough to give her a job. Then there’s Dutch Jansen, the rugged, stoic mayor, who’s the opposite of her type. She probably shouldn’t be kissing him. She definitely shouldn’t be falling in love.
After a lifetime of globe-trotting, Summer has finally found a home. But Hattie has old scores to settle and a hidden agenda for her newest employee. Summer finds herself faced with an impossible choice: Leave Black Dog Bay behind forever, or stay with the ones she loves and cost them everything....
You can see all the books I’ve written about so far in my 1,001 Days of Awesome Reads project, which launched 2/14/22:
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About Bobbi Dumas
Hi!
I’m Bobbi and I read, review, blog about and advocate for fiction written by women. I’ve written for NPR, Barnes & Noble and The New York Times Book Review, and wrote over 600 reviews for Kirkus and also penned the weekly Kirkus Romance (and Women’s Fiction) blog for a few years before parting ways with them in 2020. I believe that romance novels are (mostly) by women, for women, about women and of interest to women, and offer more hope, female agency and positive change than any other literary genre.
Women write great books, yet typically get less respect (and less review ink) than men do. While I do occasionally read books by men, I try to spotlight books by women and hold them up for the attention and appreciation they deserve.
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