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In this enchanting novel set at Cedar Cove’s cozy Rose Harbor Inn, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber celebrates the power of love—and a well-timed love letter—to inspire hope and mend a broken heart.
Summer is a busy season at the inn, so proprietor Jo Marie Rose and handyman Mark Taylor have spent a lot of time together keeping the property running. Despite some folks’ good-natured claims to the contrary, Jo Marie insists that Mark is only a friend. However, she seems to be thinking about this particular friend a great deal lately. Jo Marie knows surprisingly little about Mark’s life, due in no small part to his refusal to discuss it. She’s determined to learn more about his past, but first she must face her own—and welcome three visitors who, like her, are setting out on new paths.
Twenty-three-year-old Ellie Reynolds is taking a leap of faith. She’s come to Cedar Cove to meet Tom, a man she’s been corresponding with for months, and with whom she might even be falling in love. Ellie’s overprotective mother disapproves of her trip, but Ellie is determined to spread her wings.
Maggie and Roy Porter are next to arrive at the inn. They are taking their first vacation alone since their children were born. In the wake of past mistakes, they hope to rekindle the spark in their marriage—and to win back each other’s trust. But Maggie must make one last confession that could forever tear them apart.
For each of these characters, it will ultimately be a moment when someone wore their heart on their sleeve—and took pen to paper—that makes all the difference. Debbie Macomber’s moving novel reveals the courage it takes to be vulnerable, accepting, and open to love.
Debbie Macomber, the author of Blossom Street Brides, Starry Night, Rose Harbor in Bloom, The Inn at Rose Harbor, Starting Now, Angels at the Table, A Turn in the Road, 1105 Yakima Street, Hannah’s List, and Twenty Wishes, is a leading voice in women’s fiction. Nine of her novels have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, with three debuting at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly lists. In 2009 and 2010, Mrs. Miracle and Call Me Mrs. Miracle were Hallmark Channel’s top-watched movies for the year. In 2013, Hallmark Channel produced the original series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove. Debbie Macomber has more than 170 million copies of her books in print worldwide.
The years went on and the rejection letters piled up. Her family was living on a shoestring budget, and Debbie was beginning to think that her dreams of being a novelist might never be fulfilled. She began writing for magazines to earn some extra money, and she eventually saved up enough to attend a romance writer's conference with three hundred other aspiring novelists. The organizers of the conference picked ten manuscripts to review in a group critique session. Debbie was thrilled to learn that her manuscript would be one of the novels discussed.
Her excitement quickly faded when an editor from Harlequin tore her manuscript to pieces in front of the crowded room, evoking peals of laughter from the assembled writers. Afterwards, Macomber approached the editor and asked her what she could do to improve her novel. "Throw it away," the editor suggested.
Many writers would have given up right then and there, but not Macomber. The deeply religious Macomber took a lesson from Job and gathered strength from adversity. She returned home and mailed one last manuscript to Silhouette, a publisher of romance novels. "It cost $10 to mail it off," Macomber told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2000. "My husband was out of work at this time, in Alaska, trying to find a job. The children and I were living on his $250-a-week unemployment, and I can't tell you what $10 was to us at that time."
It turned out to be the best $10 Macomber ever spent. In 1984, Silhouette published her novel, Heartsong. (Incidentally, although Heartsong was Macomber's first sale, she actually published another book, Starlight, before Heartsong went to print.) Heartsong went on to become the first romance novel to ever be reviewed in Publishers Weekly, and Macomber was finally on her way.
Today, Macomber is one of the most widely read authors in America. A regular on the New York Times bestseller charts, she is best known for her Cedar Cove novels, a heartwarming story sequence set in a small town in Washington state, and for her Knitting Books series, featuring a group of women who patronize a Seattle yarn store. In addition, her backlist of early romances, including several contemporary Westerns, has been reissued with great success.
Macomber has made a successful transition from conventional romance to the somewhat more flexible genre known as "women's fiction." "I was at a point in my life where I found it difficult to identify with a 25-year-old heroine," Macomber said in an interview with ContemporaryRomanceWriters.com. "I found that I wanted to write more about the friendships women share with each other." To judge from her avid, ever-increasing fan base, Debbie's readers heartily approve.
"I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.' I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time -- I married. I was a teenager, and Wayne and I (now married nearly 37 years) had four children in five years."
"I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough. Often I'll go into my yarn room (yes, room!) and just hold skeins of yarn and dream about projects. It's a comforting thing to do."
"My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers -- it's what my children call my ‘dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few."
"I'm morning person, and rip into the day with a half-mile swim (FYI: a half mile is a whole lot farther in the water than it is on land) at the local pool before I head into the office, arriving before eight. It takes me until nine or ten to read through all of the guest book entries from my web site and the mail before I go upstairs to the turret where I do my writing. Yes, I write in a turret -- is that romantic, or what? I started blogging last September and really enjoy sharing bits and pieces of my life with my readers. Once I'm home for the day, I cook dinner, trying out new recipes. Along with cooking, I also enjoy eating, especially when the meal is accompanied by a glass of good wine. Wayne and I take particular pleasure in sampling eastern Washington State wines (since we were both born and raised in that part of the state).
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Posted Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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Her books are not generally cliffhangers but you quickly find yourself rooting for her characters. Ms. Macomber's writing is lovely and descriptive. I found it easy to imagine myself in the setting. It's a soothing sort of read and I'm sure many people would find it enjoyable. The highlight of this series is the interesting stories of the guests. All of the stories have been about people finding or re-discovering love, but each one is unique. The common theme of “Love Letters” ties this book together and applies to Ellie, Maggie and Roy, and Jo Marie. I think this was cleverly done and a great way to find common ground between several very different characters. I enjoyed Ellie’s story the most, as she comes to town to meet a man with whom she has been corresponding online. Roy and Maggie’s story was sad as each have hurt the other. Plot twists and the ultimate resolutions in both stories seem a little hard to believe, but are still entertaining. A cliffhanger in Jo Marie and Mark’s story will leave readers wondering what will come next in Jo Marie’s life. Fans of the series and of Debbie Macomber will enjoy reading “Love Letters”.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Debbie, please don't make us wait another year for another Rose Harbor Inn book!!!! The whole series is just wonderful!
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Love Letters by Debbie Macomber
I have read all the other books in this series and enjoy them. Each book brings you up to date so they can also be a stand alone book.
This one continues at the Harbor Rose Inn where Jo Marie runs the B&B and Mark is the handyman. This book is also not only about them and others in town but the guests that have come to stay.
One is to meet a man she met online but her mother is pestering her to be careful. Alternating chapters are also about a couple that need time to mend their marriage.
Each one brings new things to the book, underground tour, Pikes Place Market, sailing, farmer's market and so much more.
Love hearing of the relationships each has and what they must overcome. So many surprises along the way for them all. Letters from the past...
I received this book from early reviewers from Library Thing in exchange for my honest review
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I just finished the next book in the Rose Harbor Inn series, and of course, I want more. Jo Marie is still dealing with the loss of Paul, and Mark is still working as the neighborhood handyman, and being mysterious.
We are about to be involved in the lives of a few more of Jo Marie’s guests at the inn, and by the end we know them fairly well. You will feel the heartbreak of some of them, and the joy of others. It just feels so great to be back in the Cove, and we meet some of our old friends in a pass by visit, and although I would really like to catch up again in their lives, it just felt great to be with them again.
Loved the connecting theme between these stories, Love Letters, and how they played a part in the lives of these people. Letters that later in their lives have a huge impact on them. Will the letters be positive in how they are received or play a roll in ending their relationship?
I wish I was able to spend time on the deck at the Rose Harbor Inn, and cannot wait for the next book, and a slight preview was offered at the end of the book. Enjoy!
I received this book through Edelwiss, and was not required to give a positive review.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2014
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1 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Have loved all her books and this was no exception. Can't wait to read the next one.
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Posted Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
This was perhaps the best in the Rose Harbor series to date! I absolutely enjoyed this sweet story.
Debbie Macomber knows how to write a heart warming story and invites readers to join in the warm and fuzzy feelings. Her characters are real and flawed and the kind of characters we can all relate to.
I found this book delightful and the resolutions to the inn's guests' dilemmas endearing and I am clearly ready for the next installment.....in what? a year?!! Say it isn't true!
I highly recommend Love Letters if you haven't already read it. It is sure to melt your heart
Anonymous
Posted Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
As usual
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Posted Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I enjoyed all the rose harbor books but did not like the ending guess we now have to wait for the next one
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Posted Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed #3 in this series, as I did #s 1 & 2. It was a great book to read while at the beach.
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Posted Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014
enjoyed the book, I always want the books by Debbie to continue I still want to know about Mark.
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Posted Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2014
more stories of people that stay at the rose inn. love this series. hoping the cliff hanger turns out to be a happy story in the next installment. rally like these two people together.
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Posted Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Hello Dante, Rosie Likes you so yah. Also she has known you longer than Dru. So hmm.
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Posted Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I've read most of her books, and enjoyed them. This one was good reading till the so called end of the book. I expected a ending. It just stopped. Felt sad to buy and read this, and be disappointed.
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Posted Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I can't wait for the Rose Harbor Series #4.
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Posted Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I can't wait for the next book in this series.
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Posted Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2014
I absolutely knew I was going to love this book the moment I started reading the first chapter! Def. a must read! Author keeps you wanting for more :)
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Posted Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014
This excellent book features a myriad of human frailties, mistakes, and regrets. The story also highlights our capacity for forgiveness, unconditional love and understanding. Love Letters may be the best of this series so far. The way this books ends guarantees we need to
read the next one.
Anonymous
Posted Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Another installment by Debbie Macomber in the Rose Harbor series. The impact of how a love letter can heal and create.
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Posted Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Debbie Macomber is a great writer. I have read many of her books and she continues holding my interest with her repeat characters and as she adds new ones. Cannot wait until the next one comes out to see where she takes these characters.
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Overview
In this enchanting novel set at Cedar Cove’s cozy Rose Harbor Inn, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber celebrates the power of love—and a well-timed love letter—to inspire hope and mend a broken heart.
Summer is a busy season at the inn, so proprietor Jo Marie Rose and handyman Mark Taylor have spent a lot of time together keeping the property running. Despite some folks’ good-natured claims to the contrary, Jo Marie ...