Sherryl Woods

While dealing with a wealth of family issues, Serenity, South Carolina, resident Maddie Townsend, jobless and newly single, finds herself the talk of the town when her son's baseball coach declares his love. Original.

Stealing Home

I absolutely love a small town romance and this hit all the markers for me. It was low stakes with some scenes that had me on the edge of my seat squealing like a teenage girl over a boyband. I LOVED it and can’t wait to continue the series

Mariana Foster

Carolyn Freid 

I've watched the series already. This is a bit different, but really good.

While dealing with a wealth of family issues, Serenity, South Carolina, resident Maddie Townsend, jobless and newly single, finds herself the talk of the town when her son's baseball coach declares his love. By a #1 best-selling author. Reprint.

It was a typical romance novel, it was perfect!

Laura Webster

celeste

i've never been into chick-lit romances but i picked this book up because i really enjoyed the netflix adaptation. it was wholesome, sweet, diverse and such a feel-good type of show that i was really excited to read the entire series, but this book was nothing of those things. the women hate on other women was just not it, the annoying characters.. oof, if i'm being honest i'll only give the series another shot for annie and ty. the adults are just messy and not what i'm here for.

Chantale

I didn't have high expectations for this book so I was surprised that I actually enjoyed it and I do want to continue on with this series and watch the Netflix show as soon as I finish the show that I am currently watching.

Kaylee Z

Oh how I wanted to like this book. I had so much fun watching the Netflix show but this is one of the rare times that the source material is worse than the adaptation. Where the show brought a layered, heartfelt lightness to the screen, the book was full of frustration and fearing that women have devolved.

I am going try and not make side-by-side comparisons to the show and will stick with my thoughts as the book was written. I will say though, the best part of this book was the relationship between Maddie and her kids. I felt that it was a very honest portrayal to the situation and the ages of the kids and it felt very… real. But that really is where my enjoyment ends. I wanted to root for her and her two best friends and have fun along side them in Serenity but even her friendships seemed to take a backseat to the relationship that is Cal and Maddie.

And when I mean things took a backseat… I mean, plot, character development, humanity… everything. 

This book was full of what is being passed off as ‘small Southern town gossip’ but is really just a town of toxic child-like adults who clearly have nothing better to do with their time than talk about the relationship of Cal and Maddie. To the point where essentially a TOWN MEETING needs to be held to determine if it should be allowed or not. I’m from a small town in Canada but please tell me this is not an actual thing in the South, I beg you. I fear even more for mankind if that’s the case.

I couldn’t even tell you what the rest of the story covers anymore because of how horribly frustrated I was at reading about Maddie’s various relationships. I was hoping for a story about friendship and getting back on your feet when you’re 40 and divorced with 3 kids while your ex and his pregnant mistress tote about town. I was looking for empowerment but just got stuck in a plot of archaic stupidity.

Stealing Home

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