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This is the sequel to Barbara Bretton's book 'Shore Lights'. I suggest you read Shore Lights prior to reading 'Chances Are'.The continuation of this story finds Maddy Bainbridge and Aiden O'Malley engaged and planning their wedding. Maddy is unsure of the 'big' wedding her mother wants for her. Meanwhile, Aiden's daughter Kelly is having life difficulties of her own and doesn't feel that she can share her troubles with anyone since she has always been the girl who has always done the right thing. She doesn't want to disappoint anyone. Aiden's sister-in-law Claire is dealing with a lot of emotions and is also given a proposal from Maddy's Mom Rose and Olivia Westmore to help run a new tea shop they plan on opening.There are a lot of characters in this story and they all carry over from the first book. I would like to see a third book in this series to see what happens to Kelly and her Aunt Claire down the road.
Maddy Bainbridge is going to marry the love of her life, Adian O'Malley, but wasn't prepared for all the problems, including the strain on her reltionship with Adian's sister. Maddy is also mothering Aidan's 17 yr old daughter whose mom died years ago and has plenty of challenges in that role.
A wonderful story of hope, promise, heartache and misplaced dreams. This should be the happiest day of Maddy Bainbridges life......but......
In Bretton's fine follow-up to Shore Lights, firefighter and bar owner Aidan O'Malley and radio-show host Maddy (DiFalco) Bainbridge prepare for their upcoming nuptials in Paradise Point, N.J. Their pre-wedding jitters are magnified when PBS films a documentary on Jersey Shore towns and focuses on the O'Malley and DiFalco families, who settled Paradise Point and are now being joined in marriage. Maddy and Aidan are salt-of-the-earth characters, grounded in the realism of past disappointments and tragedy. Aidan raised his teenage daughter, Kelly, on his own, his young wife having died when Kelly was an infant. Maddy in turn lost her previous love when he broke off their relationship after she became pregnant with their young daughter, Hannah. The well-observed interactions between friends and family add depth. Claire, part owner of O'Malley's bar and widow of Aidan's philandering brother, Billy, must come to terms with her deceased husband's infidelity, especially when she remembers Billy's affair with Gina, Maddy's colorful cousin, who has secrets of her own. Kelly, however, may be keeping the biggest secret of all, and it could tear Maddy and Aidan apart. Alternately poignant and humorous, this contemporary romance gracefully illuminates life's highs and lows.
Sequel to "Shore Lights"
Very good book about the characters learning to become a family thru tragedy and unexpected obstacles.
barbara bretton always writes well, this family novel set around a wedding is no exception
A middle of the road book. Not bad not great either.
GAIL L. (my2luvsemmyandmally) reviewed Chances Are (Paradise Point, Bk 2) on + 758 more book reviews
Another good book by Barbara Bretton dealing with family issues and a lot of emotions involved in resolving them!
