This is my first Rochelle Alers book. There are five in the Cavanaugh Island series and I am going to read them all.

I hesitate to give a writer three stars because even though that means I liked the book, three stars translates as something different to a person who may be trying to decide whether or not to read a book. As a pre-published author, I know how much goes into writing a book and I don't like tearing apart anyone's work.

Let me explain why I gave the book three stars. First, the author felt the need to explain everything. When I read a book, I like to become so engrossed in the story that I forget I'm reading fiction. The author pulled me out of story quite a few times with the history facts about the Gullah people. Don't get me wrong, I love learning about the history of my people, but the way she did it here kind of disrupted the story.

Second, is the very brief amount of time that Deborah grieved the loss of her husband. God forbid I lost my husband, I would still be in a grief stupor after four weeks. I just didn't find this believable. She also said that she felt things with Asa that she never felt with her husband, yet she said she and her husband had a healthy sex life. There was a disconnect there for me.

However, the story was still a good one and the romance scenes were steamy like I like them. I will continue on with the series because overall I think the author is a very solid writer.

Even though I only gave it three stars, it's a very good story line and it's worth the read. I'm curious to see what develops on Cavanaugh Island.