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Friday, May 23, 2025

August Dove by Joanne DeMaio (Book Review)

 





Book Review



August Dove by Joanne DeMaio
Book 24: The Seaside Saga Series
Publisher: Independent Self-Publishing
Publication Date: May 12, 2025
Format: Paperback - 262 pages
               Audiobook - 6 Hours 55 Minutes
               Kindle - 1.9 MB / 262 pages
               Nook: 1 MB 
ISBN: 979-8303159754
ASIN (Audiobook): B0DQWLJ7G3
ASIN (Kindle): B0DPVSJGPZ
BNID: 2940184536194
Genre: Women's Fiction


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Buy The Series: The Seaside Saga Series
Book 1: Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans 
Book 2: The Denim Blue Sea
Book 3: Beach Blues
Book 4: Beach Breeze
Book 5: The Beach Inn
Book 6: Beach Bliss
Book 7: Castaway Cottage
Book 8: Night Beach
Book 9: Little Beach Bungalow 
Book 10: Every Summer
Book 11: Salt Air Secrets 
Book 12: Stony Point Summer 
Book 13: The Beachgoers 
Book 14: Shore Road 
Book 15: The Wait 
Book 16: The Goodbye 
Book 17: The Barlows 
Book 18: The Visitor 
Book 19: Stairway To The Sea 
Book 20: The Liars 
Book 21: The Mistake 
Book 22: Miss Moonchild Starbeam
Book 23: The Shack 
Book 24: August Dove 
Book 25: Hush (Publication Date: August 4, 2025)
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Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author in exchange for my honest review.



Book Description:

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio comes August Dove, Book 24 of The Seaside Saga.

Shane Bradford has to make a decision. It won't be easy since there are plenty of consequences either way. He has to gauge the risk, the reward. He also has to act fast—second nature to him as a New England lobsterman. The clock is ticking. Every minute counts. So as the golden beach grasses sway, as Long Island Sound's lazy waves roll in, as the gulls call, as the tides turn, he decides. But at what cost? 

And The Seaside Saga continues.



My Book Review:

In August Dove, the beach friends' story continues where The Shack left off. Author Joanne DeMaio transports the reader back to the tranquil seashore town of Stony Point, Connecticut. The story takes place in early October, and the readers will catch up with the beach friends' lives.

August Dove is an intricate story of interweaving friendships and ever-changing life events. In this twenty-fourth installment in The Seaside Saga Series, the author continues to weave a story that focuses on Celia and Shane. Upon returning home from the trip to San Francisco, Celia has come to terms with the traumatic reunion with her estranged mom Heather and has put it behind her. But now an unexpected visitor arrives at Stony Point, and Shane is determined to protect Celia at all costs. With drama, secrets, heartache, choices, decisions and regrets, will Shane make the right decision, or will it cost him a chance at losing Celia?

I loved how this installment continued to focus on Celia and Shane. I loved how we get to see how Shane is so protective of Celia, and how he works out the choices and decisions that he makes to ensure that she isn't hurt again. You can't help but feel for Shane as he agonizes over what to do when an unexpected visitor arrives in Stony Point, and the upheaval that this visitor can bring to Celia's life. I struggled over his decision, but I get how he was just trying to protect Celia, and I couldn't help but worry that his decision would cost him when Celia learns what he did. This installment kept me turning the pages, I just had to see how Shane's decision would pan out. 

The author teases her readers with another cliffhanger ending that keeps the reader waiting to see what happens in the aftermath of the unexpected visit, and how Celia and Shane deal with his decision. Let's just say the cliffhanger ending left me in shock! I guess we'll just have to wait and see what is revealed in Hush, the twenty-fifth installment of the series ... sigh. 

In this installment in the series, the reader follows along with the beach friends' lives that are full of friendship, love, secrets, lies, mistakes, regrets, challenges, heartbreak, grief, surprises, and second chances. As you read this installment, the beach friends continue along in their life journey in Stony Point. I loved that the reader also gets to catch up on the rest of the beach friends' lives, it's always fun to see what they have been up to in their daily lives.

So now that I have whet your interest in the beach friends' latest comings and goings, drive under the railroad trestle and enter the enchanting beach town of Stony Point ... pull up a beach chair ... and visit with the close-knit longtime friends in author Joanne DeMaio's delightful novel, August Dove.

The Seaside Saga Series is a heartwarming series of stories of friendship, family, painful secrets, lies, and regrets, new beginnings and second chances. Author Joanne DeMaio weaves a wonderful tale written in the third person narrative, which is set in the present with flashbacks to the past. The reader is transported to the tranquil seashore town of Stony Point, Connecticut, where they follow along with Celia, Maris, Eva, Matt, Jason, Kyle, Lauren, Nick, Elsa, Cliff, Mitch, and Shane as their lives change like the tide's ebb and flow on their little tranquil coastal town.


RATING: 5 STARS 

     





About The Author




Joanne DeMaio is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She enjoys writing about friendship, family, love and choices, while setting her stories in New England towns or by the sea. August Dove is her newest novel. She is currently at work on her next novel. Joanne lives with her family in Connecticut.







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