Sandover Beach Memories

Title: Sandover Beach Memories

Series: Sandover Island #1

Author: Emma St. Clair

Narrator: Hannah Vandeven

Source: Kindle own/Hoopla

My Review:

I love Emma St. Clair's books, but it was very obvious that this was an earlier work, as Emma's writing has matured. I also wasn't wild about the narrator.

Jenna was supposed to be this sweet character that you root for, but she was so mean with her interactions with Jackson, right off the bat. And, there was not a good reason for it. She was still holding on to stuff from high school. The characters were immature, even though they were in their late thirties.

I liked Jackson and loved that he wanted to do right by his daughter, Megan. 

I am not sure if I will continue this series or not. I did like the side characters, but I am not sure if I will connect better with them or not.

★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads):  

She didn’t come home to find love, but he had been waiting for her all along.

When Jenna returns home to Sandover Beach after her mother’s death, love is the last thing on her mind. The ink is barely dry on her divorce from her cheating husband and she simply wants to make plans for a new future. But she can’t seem to avoid her past. Steve, her childhood sweetheart, shows up on her doorstep as though no time has passed. And she continues to run into Jackson, a man she wishes she never had to see again.

Jackson is a changed man--if only he could get Jenna to see it. She makes it abundantly clear that she still thinks of him as the bad boy he was in high school.

Will Jackson be able to show her the man he has become and tell her how he feels? Or will Jenna fall right back into her old patterns with Steve?

Find out in Book 1 of the Sandover Island Sweet Romance Series!