Beach Blues by Joanne DeMaio ~ My Thoughts

Beach Blues

Beach Blues by Joanne DeMaio

Print and e-book, 376 pages

Published: May 17, 2016

New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio invites you to spend the summer by the sea, in a quaint New England beach town where friends and love await just outside the cottage doors.

Celia Gray finds herself house-sitting a silver-shingled cottage at Stony Point. She arrives with her guitar, a few staging jobs ... and a bit of summertime sadness. That is, until an unforgettable group of beach friends draws her in like a breath of salt air.

Sal DeLuca heard the words in a dream: Take me to the sea. So after a decade of demanding work, he takes his first vacation in years. Trading in his suit and tie for blue jeans and boat shoes, Sal unexpectedly arrives at his mother's shabby inn on the Connecticut shore, winding his way into the lives and hearts of the close-knit beach community.

When Stony Point's two wash-ashores, Sal and Celia, meet, some say it's a match made in beach-heaven. And so begins a sweet seaside summer ... forging friendships, adventures and new love. But all is not at ease in the gentle sea breeze as a dark secret turns the tide for the Stony Point crew.

Beach Blues is a novel bringing you right to its secluded fishing shack and weathered boardwalk, to its wooden rowboat and lantern-lit porches. A novel that welcomes you, as much as it may break your heart.

My thoughts about Beach Blues ~~ 

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)

First line—'If a little beach cottage could look forlorn, this one does.'

Beach Blues took me back to that wonderful place called Stony Point. All the people I met before are there and it's like we get to spend another summer together, at the beach. Each one of Joanne's stories introduces new characters and we watch how their lives become intertwined with the 'regulars'. It was wonderful to hang out with all the residents of this quaint little town again and to catch up with them and their lives. It's always like visiting old friends.

In this story, we are introduced to Celia and Sal. They are both broken and looking to make some changes in their lives. I especially loved Sal. What I loved about him was that he seemed to have a healing quality about him. He was such a wise man and he made people around him take a closer look at themselves and the situation they were in and to look past it in order to move forward. He was good for Celia and for so many of the people in Stony Point.

I always try to look for the part of the book that clues me into the meaning of the title. I loved all the references to 'beach blues' in this book. There are so many things that those two words represent throughout the book and I loved how Joanne was able to make it all fit together.  

I have read every single one of Joanne's books and I have been a big fan of her's since that very first one. I love each and every one of her stories! Beach Blues is the perfect book to take along with you this summer—what a fantastic beach read!

About the author

Joanne DeMaio is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She enjoys writing about friendship, family, love and choices, while setting her stories in New England towns or by the sea. Beach Blues is her seventh novel. Currently at work on her next book, Joanne lives with her family in Connecticut.

To learn more about the author, visit Joannedemaio.com. 

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