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The Beach House

by Rochelle Alers
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In Rochelle Alers' thoughtful, heartwarming series set on a picturesque North Carolina island, one woman's seemingly perfect life unravels—and a new chapter begins . . .

It's been almost a year since Leah Berkley Kent left her lavish Richmond home to spend two months on Coates Island, North Carolina. There she found friendship with two extraordinary women, Kayana and Cherie. Together they formed a summer book club, meeting weekly at the Seaside Café. Leah also found the courage to finally stand up to Alan, her domineering husband of twenty-eight years.

With her twin sons now grown, Leah decides to return to Coates Island again this summer. Alan's explosive reaction only convinces her that her marriage, and her old life, may be ending. But what comes next? Helping out at the Seaside Café, Leah grows closer to Kayana's widowed brother, Derrick. He knows what it's like to start over—he traded a Wall Street career for a beachfront house and a slower pace. Derrick is drawn to Leah, but wonders if she's truly ready to move on.

It'll take a summer filled with lazy beach walks, bold new horizons, and book club meetings rich with shared laughter and support, for Leah to find the answers she's been looking for . . .

Praise for The Inheritance

"The ambiance and flavor of New Orleans are on full display."
—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars

"A novel that resembles female bonding romance series like The Bride Quartet by Nora
Roberts. . . . Capitalizing on its assets: the sensuous Big Easy setting and the rarely encountered middle age romance."
—Kirkus Reviews

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Book Club

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 25, 2021

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781496721891

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      • ISBN: 9781496721891
      • File size: 624 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      May 1, 2021
      The second book in the Book Club series by popular and prolific African American author Alers, following The Sea Caf� (2020), focuses on prodigy Leah Kent. After graduating high school at 15 and Vanderbilt University on a full academic scholarship at 18, Leah is pursued and seduced by a prominent Richmond attorney who is twice her age. Pregnant with twins, Leah marries him and lives a life of wealth but no freedom. Thirty years later, after being hospitalized after a nearly fatal beating by her husband, Leah heads to Coates Island off the coast of North Carolina to rejoin her friend Kayana Johnson, co-owner of a caf�. Kayana, newly married, offers Leah the use of the apartment over the caf�, and sparks soon fly between Leah and Derrick, Kayana's widowed brother and business partner. While there are lovely descriptions of clothing, home furnishings, and delectable food, a discussion among Leah and two book club members is one of the tale's most enjoyable aspects. Novels by Tracey Livesay, Brenda Jackson, and Reese Ryan offer other steamy romances featuring affluent multicultural characters.

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    • Library Journal

      May 28, 2021

      After a chance meeting, 18-year-old overachiever and recent college graduate Leah Berkley is doggedly pursued by wealthy and distinguished lawyer Alan Kent, who is twice her age. Then an unplanned pregnancy leads Leah to agree to marry Alan, and she is never allowed to forget that she's unworthy of her allowance into Alan's stately Richmond, VA, family. For the next 30 years, Leah focuses on her twin sons and her career as an educator, looking the other way while Alan continues his womanizing ways. When a disagreement turns violent, Leah retreats back to Coates Island, NC, where she had spent some time the previous summer and developed close friendships with women in her book club. Her friend Kayana Johnson provides the safe haven Leah needs to recuperate. Soon, the attraction between Leah and Kayana's brother Derrick becomes undeniable, but they'll both need to be ready to move on. VERDICT Alers (The Seaside Caf�) doesn't gloss over baggage that comes with mature love in this second-chance romance, but wordy descriptions tend to bog down the pacing of the book. Best suited for libraries where the first book in the series or the author are popular.--Nicole J. Suarez, Frankfort P.L. District, Frankfort, IL

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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