The Novelists by Joanne DeMaio
Book 28: The Seaside Saga Series
Publisher: Independent Self-Publishing
Publication Date: September 2, 2026
Format: Paperback - 260 pages
Audiobook - 8 Hours 32 Minutes
Kindle - 237 pages
Nook: 237 pages
ISBN (Paperback): 979-8181723368
ASIN (Audiobook): B0H6QRMYF9
ASIN (Kindle): B0GYVCC1RJ
BNID: 2940185203835
Genre: Women's Fiction
Buy The Book:
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
Book 26: The Diner
Book 27: The Architect
Book 28: The Novelists
Book 29: Driftline (Publication Date: March 2, 2027)
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 The Novelists, Book 28 of The Seaside Saga.
Maris and Neil. To many, they’re known as the novelists of Stony Point. But while Maris is tasked with completing Neil Barlow’s unfinished manuscript, there’s a problem. She’s stymied by the ending. It’s clear her old friend had something in mind—but what? In this New England beach town, Neil’s ghost is ever elusive.
Or is it? Because after a startling confession one evening, Neil unexpectedly returns to Maris—and Jason especially—in an entirely new way. A way that brings a stunning plot twist to Maris and Neil’s manuscript, as well as to Jason Barlow’s life.
And The Seaside Saga continues.
My Book Review:
In The Novelists, the beach friends' story continues where The Architect left off. Author Joanne DeMaio transports the reader back to the tranquil seashore town of Stony Point, Connecticut. The story takes place during early November where the readers will catch up with the beach friends' lives.
The Novelists opens up with Shane still struggling with what direction to take his life and relationship with Celia. Then there is Kyle who has been dealing with the lingering after-effect to the traumatic diner robbery by over-working himself at the diner. Maris is struggling with some of Neil's notes and is trying to finish the last chapters of Driftline before handing off the manuscript to Mitch for editing. Maris also receives a photo from Lauren that has her and Neil sitting on the beach from fifteen years ago, and Jason says it is a picture of the novelists, because that is what they are. Cliff has been dealing with his fifty-year-old secret of being the Little Sailor that caused Mitch's family grief, he considers whether it may be time to come clean about who he was back then to Mitch. Then we have Jason who is the keynote speaker at the annual Architecture Conference, and his moving speech about his brother Neil and dad John leads his friend Ted to give Jason a gift that he had been holding for John, oh what a wonderful but emotional gift it is for Jason ... but the author once again leaves the reader with another cliffhanger ending, we'll have to wait and see how Jason handles the gift in Driftline, the twenty-ninth installment of the series.
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 novel, The Novelists.
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. The Novelists is her newest novel. She is currently at work on her next novel. Joanne lives with her family in Connecticut.
