The Beach House

Name: The Beach House
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Rochelle Alers
ISBN: 9781980081807

Author: Rochelle Alers

Narrator: Shari Peele

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/25/2021

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Women

Synopsis

In Rochelle Alers’ thoughtful, heartwarming series set on a picturesque North Carolina island, one woman’s seemingly perfect life unravels—and a new chapter begins …

It’s been almost a year since Leah Berkley Kent left her lavish Richmond home to spend two months on Coates Island, North Carolina. There she found friendship with two extraordinary women, Kayana and Cherie. Together they formed a summer book club, meeting weekly at the Seaside Café. Leah also found the courage to finally stand up to Alan, her domineering husband of twenty-eight years.

With her twin sons now grown, Leah decides to return to Coates Island again this summer. Alan’s explosive reaction only convinces her that her marriage, and her old life, may be ending. But what comes next? Helping out at the Seaside Café, Leah grows closer to Kayana’s widowed brother, Derrick. He knows what it’s like to start over—he traded a Wall Street career for a beachfront house and a slower pace. Derrick is drawn to Leah, but wonders if she’s truly ready to move on.

It’ll take a summer filled with lazy beach walks, bold new horizons, and book club meetings rich with shared laughter and support, for Leah to find the answers she’s been looking for …

About Rochelle Alers

Rochelle Alers, the bestselling author of over eighty novels has been hailed as one of today's most prolific and popular African American authors of romance and women's fiction. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Emma Award, the Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the RT Career Achievement Award, and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Iota Theta Zeta chapter and her interests include gourmet cooking and traveling. A full-time writer, Ms. Alers lives in a charming hamlet on Long Island.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Jackson

I read this as a stand alone. This was also my first book by Alers. It was a fun read and I am happy the ending turned out like it did. The Characters were easy to connect with all but the nasty husband. I gave this 3.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Kameel

This was a cute little story...I actually enjoyed this one a little better than the first book of the series...I also like the fact that the author made the lead character Leah have a good relationship with her sons...because the first book eluded to the fact that her twin sons loved their father mo......more

Goodreads review by Crystal

Leah Berkley Kent has returned to Coates Island, NC where she has finally had the courage to leave her abusive husband and turns to the two friends she's bonded with the summer before during a summer book club. One of her friends, Kayana, has a restaurant, the Seaside Cafe, with her widowed brother,......more

Goodreads review by Kelsie

The Beach House by Rochelle Alers is book two in her The Book Club series. This is Leah’s story. Kayana’s story is told in The Seaside Café, and Cherie’s story is told in Along the Shore. The Beach House is well-written with a good premise and plot. However, the plot develops slowly. The characters......more

Goodreads review by Shae

This book packs a whollop, so here we go. CW: Cheating, physical spousal abuse, domestic abuse This book follows Leah. The first 25% of this book sets up the toxic marriage she is leaving. The other 75% consists of her going somewhere she feels safe, truly finding love for the first time in her 50 ye......more