Window on the Bay, Debbie Macomber
Window on the Bay, Debbie Macomber
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Window on the Bay

Bestseller

Author: Debbie Macomber

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert, Erin Bennett, Karissa Vacker, Debbie Macomber

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/16/2019


Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When a single mom becomes an empty nester, she spreads her wings to rediscover herself—and her passions—in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.
 
Jenna Boltz’s life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce from her surgeon husband nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive-care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved out, Jenna can’t help but wonder what her future holds.

Her best friend, Maureen, is excited for Jenna’s newfound independence. Now is the perfect time to finally book the trip to Paris they’ve been dreaming of since their college days. But when it comes to life’s other great adventure—dating—Jenna still isn’t sure she’s ready to let love in . . . until an unexpected encounter begins to change her mind.

When Jenna’s elderly mother breaks her hip, Dr. Rowan Lancaster saves the day. Despite his silent, stoic exterior, Rowan is immediately smitten with Jenna. And even though Jenna is hesitant about becoming involved with another surgeon, she has to admit that she’s more than a little intrigued. But when Jenna’s children approach her with shocking news, she realizes that she needs to have faith in love and embrace the unexpected—before the life she has always dreamed of passes her by.

About Debbie Macomber

How many people follow the dream they had as a child growing up? American Women's Fiction and Romance novelist, Debbie Macomber did just that. She realized that it was her dream to become a writer from the time she was in fourth grade. She did not act upon that dream (for fear of rejection) until she was 30 years old, and the mother of four children. She submitted many manuscripts, but all were rejected. She attended a romance writers conference, where one of her manuscripts, Heartsong, was selected to be critiqued by an editor from Harlequin Enterprises, Inc. Of course, that editor ripped her work to shreds with his criticism, and recommended she throw it away! Instead, she gathered the $10 fee and submitted the same manuscript to Harlequin's competitor, Silhouette Books. They published the manuscript, and Macomber's illustrious writing career began in earnest.

Debbie Macomber overcame her dyslexia to become one of the most prolific authors of romance novels. She sat in her kitchen, with four children, tapping out her work on an ordinary typewriter. At her peak writing, she was releasing two or three titles per year, with her first hardcover novel being released in 2001.

Most women today are very familiar with Macomber's current works, especially those that have been made into Hallmark Channel movies and series. The Christmas movies.......Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle, Call Me Mrs. Miracle, and Trading Christmas.....have become iconic Christmas features. The Cedar Cove series was also a hit with not only Debbie Macomber fans, but Hallmark fans in general.

Macomber and her husband raised their four children, and now have grandchildren. They still live in Port Orchard, Washington, but now winter in Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on July 28, 2019

Window on the Bay by Debbie Macomber is a standalone contemporary romance. This one features not one romantic couple but two budding romances from a pair of best friends now going through empty nest syndrome with their children off to college. The point of view will change back and forth between the......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 05, 2019

Good but some love/hate parts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I really enjoy reading stories about women heading towards their midlife years. Kids are in college or married and giving you grandchildren. It kind of hits exactly my own life style. This story celebrates the friendship between the two main char......more

Goodreads review by Gata Leitora / Cat reader on December 20, 2019

Frustration ... That's what I'm feeling after finishing this book. I'm a fan of Debbie Macomber's writing but this time I'm wondering what happened to the writer. I started the book super excited to meet Jenna's story and find out a bit about Maureen as well. I liked the friendship of them two. For t......more

Goodreads review by Dale on March 02, 2020

Jenna is looking forward after twenty years raising her son and daughter after a bitter divorce, is looking forward to finally getting to do some things she wants in life. It doesn’t stop her worrying about her son Paul and daughter Allie, more especially Allie who Jenna feels is a bit of a drama qu......more

Goodreads review by Elliemae on July 18, 2019

Boy did I get blind-sighted by this book. I am a fan of DM and I was really looking forward to the story line of the two empty nester characters going off and having the time of their lives. But we get Maureen and her JERK of a boyfriend, so disappointing. Jenna's story was okay but her daughter dro......more


Quotes

“This heartwarming story sweetly balances friendship and mother-child bonding with romantic love.”Kirkus Reviews

“Macomber’s work is as comforting as ever.”Booklist