Sandpiper Shore by Debbie Mason is a light-hearted contemporary romance. This latest release is the sixth installment in the Harmony Harbor series and should be read in order since there are many guest appearances by characters from previous books.

Jenna Bell is a matchmaker with an amazing track record so she is blindsided when her feckless fiancé Lorenzo Romano abruptly dumps her a week before their wedding. Compounding her humiliation is the discovery Lorenzo is romantically involved with her greedy stepmother. Even more embarrassing is the public brawl that ensues after Secret Service Agent Logan Gallagher saves her from getting hit by a car. With her stepsisters, Arianna and Serena, furious at the spectacle and the monetary loss from the cancelled nuptials, Jenna drowns her sorrows at a local bar. After Logan once again rescues her, they end up in a compromising position on the beach. Recovering from her broken heart at breakneck speed, Jenna is quite smitten with Logan but he swears he is not the marrying type. Will this wistful matchmaker who dreams of a happily ever after find the prince who will make her dreams come true?

Jenna's heart is in the right place as she tries to salvage her stressed relationship with Serena and Arianna. Unfortunately, her efforts to placate them give the impression she is a pushover who will do anything to please them. Jenna quickly recovers from her broken engagement and immediately jumps into a long distance flirtation with Logan.

Logan is quite charming and loves his zany family but he has no desire to settle down. His chivalrous rescue lands him in a heap of trouble due to the machinations of a local cop who has it in for his family. Logan is intrigued by Jenna but when duty calls, he does not hesitate to leave. Before he leaves for his assignment, Logan secures a position for Jenna that will hopefully salvage her tarnished reputation.

At this point, the storyline becomes a tangled mess of several story arcs and a dizzying array of characters. Jenna's broken engagement becomes a complicated storyline featuring the dastardly deeds of Lorenzo and her stepmother's attempt to swindle Jenna, Arianna and Serena out of their inheritance. The Gallagher family has plenty of trouble since Logan's mother is facing a health crisis and she has recently left his father. The ghost of Colleen Gallagher is still trying to right the wrongs she made during her long and illustrious life. Logan and the princess he is guarding unexpectedly turn up in Harmony Harbor which puts Jenna in an uncomfortable situation that she cannot wriggle out of. The smarmy cop with a grudge continues to bedevil everyone who crosses his path.

Sandpiper Shore is a madcap adventure featuring an insta-love romance and numerous storylines. Jenna and Logan are likable characters but their relationship is sorely underdeveloped due to the convoluted plot. Longtime fans of Debbie Mason's Harmony Harbor series will enjoy this latest outing but newcomers will most feel lost amongst the various characters and their complicated connections to one another.
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Jenna Bell has had everything in life stripped from her in one way or another, but when her Mom married Richard Bell, everything changed, she had sisters, even if they were sisters that treated her little better than Cinderella! But for Jenna, being apart of a family was everything.

But of course Jenna's luck couldn't hold, when her fiancé dumps her days before their wedding, for her widowed stepmother, who stole her matchmaking business from her, everything her life entered a tailspin, even if meeting Logan Gallagher was the highlight of that tailspin! But even that headed down the toilet when it turns out he is engaged to be married to a princess! But nothing is as it seems!

It's great to be reading the next book in the Harmony Harbor series, and while I'm not 100% loving the ghost angle, mainly cause they creep me out! I do love that her and her diary are the linchpin for this whole series!

Jenna's character is one that you cannot help but like from the first page of the book, but her sister, not so much, in fact by the end of the book I still didn't like Arianna all that much, though I think she will tie in well in the future.

Sandpiper Shore is well written, with surprises around the corner, so it keeps you on your toes! It has characters that you will love, and some that you will love to hate! And it has a sweet little bird, that you just want to cuddle! And this is coming from someone is freaked out by birds!

Sandpiper Shore was a total pleasure to read, and a great book for the summer! Which is why I give it 4 stars! ( )

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