Happy Friday! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the weekend. The weather is finally starting to feel like summer here in Maine, too! I just got a package from Baker Book House with some great new books that just released this month, and I can’t wait to dive in to those this weekend.

But first – it’s First Line Friday, a weekly linkup hosted by Hoarding Books! Today I’m featuring On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher, which also released in May and is set in my home state of Maine. May’s First Line Friday theme is book covers that make you happy, and the coastal scene on this cover looks pretty inviting right now!

“Just before Maddie unlocked the door to her office, she straightened the name plaque on the wall: Madison Grayson, Marriage and Family Therapist.”

On a Coastal Breeze by Suzanne Woods Fisher

The Basics

Title: On a Coastal Breeze

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher

Series: Three Sisters Island (Book 2)

Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance

My Rating: 3.5/5 stars

From the Back Cover: For Madison Grayson, life is good. Newly licensed as a marriage and family therapist, she can’t wait to start her practice. Despite the unfortunate shortage of eligible bachelors on the island–they’re all too young, too old, or too weird–Maddie feels like she’s finally found her sweet spot. Not even one panic attack in the last year. Not one.

And then Ricky O’Shea drops in. Literally. Floating down from the pure blue sky, the one man in the world she hoped never to see again–the one who’d been her archnemesis from kindergarten through her senior dance–parachutes into town, landing on Boon Dock, canopy draping behind him like a superhero. Ricky O’Shea. Now Pastor Rick, the new minister on Three Sisters Island.

Time to panic.

With wit and a bit of whimsy, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher invites you back to Three Sisters Island where family, forgiveness, and a second chance at love await.

My Thoughts

So far, this book is my favorite in the series! It can be read as a standalone, but you’ll probably get more from the story if you read On a Summer Tide first. It was fun to return to the beautiful fictional setting of Three Sisters Island in Maine! I really enjoyed Maddie and Rick’s story, as they grew from “frenemies” to friends and finally more. It was sweet to see how they balanced each other out – Maddie helping Rick focus on his health, and Rick helping Maddie face her fears – after they finally got past the heartbreaking misunderstanding that had torn them apart years earlier.

The three sisters’ relationships were also fun to see develop, as they grew closer throughout the book. The parts of Blaine’s story that were woven into the story gave us a taste of what’s in store for the next book. This is not a novel with an incredibly layered or complex plot or characters, but it is a sweet, fun, heartfelt story.

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I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.