Jencey's Corner

I think it is time for a little summer in December.   As I write this review there is a winter weather watch just northeast from here.   Everyone is out getting their groceries to prepare for hazardous conditions in Georgia.    So one item that should be included in with those groceries is Here’s To Us by Elin Hilderbrand.   Facebook     Twitter    Instagram “Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things; a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe--a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life--and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they couldn't be more different. Laurel: Deacon's high school sweetheart and an effortlessly beautiful social worker; Belinda: a high-maintenance Hollywood diva; and Scarlett: a sexy southern belle floating by on her family money and her fabulous looks. But their fragile detente threatens to come crashing down a...

Let’s take a trip to the beach!   Today I want to take a step back to one of Elin’s first novel Summer People .   Pull up a chair for some rich relationships and great beach scenery.   What would a town like Nantucket have to offer a grieving family? Facebook    Twitter    Instagram “Every summer the Newton family retreats to their beloved home on Nantucket for three months of sunshine, cookouts, and bonfires on the beach. But this summer will not be like any other. When Arch Newton, a prominent New York attorney, dies in a plane crash on his way home from a business trip, his beautiful widow, Beth, can barely keep things together. Above all, though, she decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and at the same time fulfill a promise that Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett...