SEAVIEW INN
Sherryl Woods
Mira
ISBN: 0-778325296
March 2008
Women’s Fiction

With this latest offering by the talented Sherryl Woods, readers are introduced to Hannah Matthews, a single mom, PR executive, and breast cancer survivor. Living in New York City with her daughter in college in California, she has just returned to her childhood home in Florida, the tiny Seaview Key island to talk her elderly grandmother into selling the family inn.

Hannah’s feisty eighty-five year old grandmother has other ideas, especially since her only child, Hannah’s mother, has recently died from breast cancer. With Hannah also just finishing chemotherapy, Grandma Jenny is determined to make the inn a success, a legacy. Complicating all of this is the appearance of Hannah’s high school crush, handsome orthopedic surgeon, Luke. Trying to recuperate from a major leg injury from a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq he has joined the ranks of the walking wounded after his wife tells him, via email, that she is having an affair with his business partner and wants a divorce. With this occurring just before his injury he has buried his feelings during rehab. At discharge Luke retreats to the best place he knows of to rest—Seaview Key—and unexpectedly encounters Hannah. Sparks fly as they          try and work out their developing relationship.

On top of all this is the announcement from Hannah’s daughter that she is unexpectedly pregnant and is dropping out of college. Could it get any more complicated?

This is a terrific novel written in true Sherryl Woods form with excellent character development, a careful view of each generations’ angst, and a top-notch romance for both Hannah and her daughter. Woods’ fans will enjoy this one and are likely to find themselves reading this book far into the night.

Reviewed by: Jeri Neal
Rating: 4 ½