Book 3 of the Cedar Cove series and once again, it starts with an unusual divorce decision - Zach and Rosie's kids get the house and it's the parents that have to shunt between houses.

There's also ongoing stories, especially about the older members of the community and what they go through to find love. Not all story lines are finished by the end of the book, allowing for them to be carried forward into the next book(s)

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Third in series mostly about Zach and Rosie. Olivia has another unusual divorce decree - the kids get the house and the parents have to move in and out to share custody! Olivia's ex - Stan - has his marriage break up and now he's trying to court her. And Olivia's best friend Grace, widow of Dan, finds herself caught up in an on-line affair with a married man, neglecting the local horse farm owner Cliff, who's also wanting to date her. And single Mom, MaryEllen, has fallen in love with the baby's father, Jon, who is skittish about letting her into his life, since he's a convicted felon and doesn't want to give her that information to potentially use it against him. ( )

A wonderful series. Keeps getting better and better. ( )

Lots of characters brought into the story but all their lives become part of the story of the town. Glad to find this series continues about characters from previous books and was not just the divorced couple whose kids get to stay at the house while the parents who still love each other keep moving in and out. Amazed that it moved to divorce so quickly. Daughter Allison finally is not a total brat and Son Eddie just stays normal. Good to see Olivia realize her ex Stan is just needy and lonesome. Wonder if new boy toy Jack is too good to be true. Felt sorry for Grace thinking a "married" old flirt was the love of her life rather than Cliff. Seems there is still more to the murdered man found at the house. ( )

This whole book reads like a manifesto against marriage at one point (Zach and Rosie). We also have Grace Sherman doing something stupid that causes her relationship with Cliff to be in jeopardy. Olivia is still hemming all over Jack, but at least that gets resolved along with Maryellen and Jon. This book doesn't do enough of a good job in my opinion to switch my interest over for the next couple in book #4, "44 Cranberry Point."

"311 Pelican Court" has Olivia come down with another intriguing sentence. She allows Zach and Rosie Cox to get a divorce, but tells them that the kids now own it so they don't have to constantly be moving back and forth between homes. Of course this causes further fights and these two are just the worst after a while. Sorry, Macomber does not have me rooting for these two. Things get wrapped up way too easily in the end.

Olivia kind of annoyed me in this one. She knows her ex wants her back and now she's acting as if she doesn't know what to do. Jack had a lot more patience with the situation than I would have.

Grace and her whole story-line was disappointing. No spoilers, but it won't thrill you.

And now here is the beginning of my Maryellen dislike. I hated the later stories starring her and Jon because I initially disliked how they got together with Maryellen telling a huge lie to Jon. The later books are a doozy though and I wanted to shake her since she acts like forgiveness is just something that should be given out with a side of pancakes.

This one felt overly long. I struggled to get through it. Probably because most of the story was taken up with Rosie and Zach bickering and then their teen daughter acting like a jerk as well.

We get an appearance of Cecilia in this one "16 Lighthouse Road." so that was nice.

The writing was okay, I just had a hard time with how some of the characters were depicted. It felt a little bit like they all lost their minds.

Things come to a end with a thunk. We do get some happily ever afters, they just don't feel earned I guess. ( )