- Title: Silver Linings
- Series: Rose Harbor #4
- Author: Debbie Macomber
- Genre: Women’s Fiction
- Pages: 331
- Published: August 2015 – Ballantine
- Source: Publisher/Goodreads First Reads
Description: Set in Cedar Cove’s charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber’s captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find.
Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has grown close to her handyman, Mark Taylor. Jo Marie and Mark are good friends—and are becoming something more—yet he still won’t reveal anything about his past. When Mark tells her that he’s moving out of town, Jo Marie is baffled. Just when she is starting to open herself up again to love, she feels once more that she is losing the man she cares about. And as she discovers the secret behind Mark’s decision to leave, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers.
Best friends Kellie Crenshaw and Katie Gilroy have returned to Cedar Cove for their ten-year high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure. Kellie, known as Coco, wants to finally confront the boy who callously broke her heart. Katie, however, wishes to reconnect with her old boyfriend, James—the man she still loves and the one who got away. As Katie hopes for a second chance, Coco discovers that people can change—and both look to the exciting possibilities ahead.
Heartwarming and uplifting, Silver Linings is a beautiful novel of letting go of the past and embracing the unexpected. (publisher)
My take: Silver Linings is the fourth book in the Rose Harbor Inn series. That said, it can stand alone because author Debbie Macomber gives just enough back story to bring a new reader up to speed.
At first I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy the Katie and Coco storylines but that feeling didn’t last long as I was caught up in their dramas. The possibility of understanding and forgiveness ran through as each hoped for her own silver lining. I appreciated that the road to that silver lining was not a smooth, easy one.
Jo Marie and Mark’s story was more complicated but just as satisfying. Once again, as in the previous novel, we are left with a cliff-hanger. Normally, that’s not very satisfying but Macomber left me hopeful. I can’t wait to read the next book in the Rose Harbor Inn series. Recommended to fans of the author and women’s fiction.
I do like her books 🙂
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Me too 🙂
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I heard Macomber speak one time and loved her. Now I need to try one of her books.
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I went to one of her book events several years ago and found her very entertaining.
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I am really behind on her books….I have recently started watching Cedar Cove on TV, and I’m loving it. Now I want to go back and read the books I missed in that series. Thanks for sharing.
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I read the Cedar Cove series and now enjoy the TV show. I think they’re doing a good job with it.
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I’ll have to try this one in December. Thanks for sharing Mary.
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I read the first couple of ones in this series but then lost touch with it. Must take another look. Sounds like the cliff hanger works this time.
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I liked this one more than the one before it – that said, I really like this series.
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I don’t know why but her books don’t seem as popular here in the UK …. or at least in the north east of England. Of course available to buy via Amazon etc but they aren’t books we see in book shops, our library doesn’t hold copies and I’ve never seen any copies to buy in charity shops – the latter perhaps being a sign that they are popular and people want to keep their copies.
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I’m not sure why they aren’t as popular in the UK. I enjoy plenty of novels from UK authors of the similar genre.
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I’ve only read the first 2 in the series and really enjoyed them but I’ve already bought this one lol … who could resist that cover. Happy to hear they’re still wonderful although the cliffhanger scares me a little.
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I hope you enjoy it, Sheree 🙂
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Glad to hear it’s a stand alone!
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I really enjoy this series! =)
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