Folly Beach Love Story

Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina (44) [Loree Lough] on Amazon. com. There is more to this story than I assumed from reading the general.
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Holly and Parker A very enjoyable story. I like this series, although they are all written by different authors. Feb 25, Tina rated it it was amazing Shelves: Hollace Holly Leonard had planned to be in Folly Beach, South Carolina hours ago, but she got lost-again and had a flat tire.

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Tired after the long drive, she finally arrives at the Bed and Breakfast she will be staying at for the summer while she helps Mr. Brant write his book on giant sea turtles. However, he is not what she expected when they meet. He is a former soldier, has a hard time trusting others and is so serious. Maybe she can get him to lighten-up some while they work together. Parker Brant, owns and operates a charter service and is active with protecting the sea turtles and lighthouses. He is writing a book on the giant sea turtles, but since he doesn't have any talent writing he hires a marine biologist, Dr.

Hollace Leonard, to assist him with his book. She will stay in Folly Beach for the summer so they can get it completed as soon as possible. Leonard to be the grandmotherly-type, he is very surprised when she arrives. Not only is she not the grandmotherly-type, she is young, very cute and clumsy. There are secrets that are revealed with much heartache, many challenges the characters face and must come to grips from their past, surprises, romance, faith and forgiveness to make this a great story.

Dec 17, Amy Aelleah rated it it was ok.


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I was doing just fine with this book right up until I realized how down on themselves the two main characters are. He thinks she could never love him because he's a gimp of a former soldier - and because of something he finds out about his past that the only one it bothered was him. She thinks he could never love her because she's a 'blond ditz'. After a while, I started going 'yeah, you're perfect for eachother - but not in a good way'.

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Not to mention that all the twists and secrets were making a I was doing just fine with this book right up until I realized how down on themselves the two main characters are. Not to mention that all the twists and secrets were making a mountain out of a molehill.

Well, I'm going back to reading historical romance. Apr 19, Fola rated it liked it. The book was okay.

Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina by Loree Lough

It was not the best book that i have ever read but it also was not the worst. The book seems to go on and on almost about nothing. The story did not get overly interesting until about half way through. It seemed to be going through the motions and it would try to insert some big story feature only to lose it until six chapters later.

If you are looking for a book that is a eas The book was okay. If you are looking for a book that is a easy going smooth relaxed light romance this might be your book. Aug 09, Heather rated it really liked it Shelves: This was an enjoyable book that is very different from other romance novels I read. Holly, the main character, is very spiritual and brings prayer and her beliefs in God to the story. It was so nice to see this in a novel! Parker, the other main character, had his doubts about God, but he believed in Holly and her spirituality, so love found a way for the two.

It was a sweet romance with a great setting in Folly Beach, SC. If you are looking for steamy romance, this book is not for you.

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Love Lough's Love Story Realistic characters, coupled with real life events, wrapped in comfortable tension, this story is fantastic and engaging, and I found myself rooting for the characters because I came to think of them as my friends. I appreciate the fact that Lough didn't over-dramatize her story, and told a crisp, clean tale that thoroughly entertained me.

I am a lifelong fan, from this day forward! Happy lite reading Enjoyable lite romantic reading. Being from South Carolina I thought I would enjoy reading this book due to location. I believe there where a few inconsistencies of the area. Otherwise, the story was enjoyable.

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Mar 30, Ann rated it really liked it Shelves: Once again, Loree Lough has crafted a story that made me laugh and cry. I feel like I've been on vacation in Folly Beach with her characters. Now I want to get in the car and head south to visit it. Jan 15, Libby Teeter rated it it was amazing. Was a great Christian romance read, and the perfect amount of description.

Love Finds You in Folly Beach, South Carolina

Sometimes when there is too much detail I get lost and lose interest but I could not put this book down. Apr 27, Nancy rated it it was ok Shelves: It was a very light read! I wish there had been more about the Sea Turtles! I would love to have learned something about them! Apr 24, Daphne Kemmann rated it really liked it. Such a sweet book! I definitely recommend it! Jul 30, Shirley Lane rated it liked it.

If you are looking for something light to read this is the book for you. Sep 25, Teresa Short rated it really liked it. There are definitely quirky secondary characters. Mar 19, Glenda added it. I'm giving this book 3 stars, only because I figure there must be redeeming qualities to Ms. Frank's other works and even New York Times bestselling authors can have an "off" book. And because the premise is good - even if it's poorly delivered.

Jun 18, Michelle rated it liked it Shelves: As with her other novels, this is fun and quick and there are some quirky and interesting moments. I thought this was unique and well-done and mirrors real life: Also it was surprising how quickly the romantic interest comes into and stays in her life. But it is a fun ride. I do prefer some of her other books e. I don't thing Dottie Frank has written a book yet that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed, and Folly Beach is no exception. This one is a little different from most of hers, being the story set in the present that runs side by side with a one-woman play about a woman from the past, specifically Dorothy Heyward, who, along with husband and author DuBose and George Gerswin, was responsible for "Porgy and Bess".

In the present day, Cate Cooper's aunt owns the Porgy House where the three had worked on the g I don't thing Dottie Frank has written a book yet that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed, and Folly Beach is no exception. In the present day, Cate Cooper's aunt owns the Porgy House where the three had worked on the ground-breaking musical.

Cate flees south after the death of her husband and discovering that he left her so in debt, she no longer has a roof over her head or any furniture to put under it to call her own. So, "Folly Beach" starts out a little like that great British comedy "Saving Grace", you know, late lamented husband dies and turns out to have been a thorough bastard!

But, Cate doesn't take up pot growing, instead she looks after her aunt's rental cottages and reconnects with the landscape of her youth Folly Beach, and wonders why she ever left it. Full of fascinating tidbits about the Charleston Renaissance of which the Heywards were a part, Folly Beach is also a love story of course. But this is a mature type of love, one that comes with grown offspring who have their own expectations for their mother following the death of their father.

Dottie Frank's characters are, as always, paramount to the story, although the location always dictates much of the atmosphere of the book - and, in the case of "Folly Beach" that's something to certainly be grateful for. Jan 31, Ellen rated it it was ok. My first -- and last -- book by this author. I saw this in the library and took it home after seeing a positive review from Pat Conroy. Although set in SC, this book is nothing like one he would have written. I had no idea this was primarily a romance novel, not a genre I read. This book was highly unrealistic; the protagonist goes from being the wife of a mega-rich and very arrogant man to his widow after he commits suicide.

At the cemetery, she learns he had another family and a string of flin My first -- and last -- book by this author. At the cemetery, she learns he had another family and a string of flings a. That same day, she finds out that he had had lost everything when the sheriff and repo trucks start showing up. Just days later, she's off to Charleston where she immediately meets a man with whom she falls in love. He convinces her to become a playwright. Yikes, where did the author find this stuff? Even the dialogue is hokey. I did like the concept of the play within the novel.

The merry widow's play makes up every other chapter in the book. That part was interesting. Aug 24, Grace rated it liked it. I really liked the idea of the play within the story and the fact that Dorothy and DuBose Heywood were real people. I really enjoyed that part of the book. I did think the setting for the move to Charleston was a little over the top; i know she needed a reason to move the main character, but It was a somewhat interesting story, but: Two of the characters would be having a completely normal phone conversation, and then suddenly it'd be like, "Oh! We need explication here!

I just found myself thinking, "Nope. Nov 20, Cathy rated it it was ok. Kudos to Dorothea Benton Frank for breaking from her usual formula. Wise and wisecracking family member gives her sage advice. Enter age-appropriate man with preexisting friendship with wise family member. He becomes new love interest for main character. Much alcohol and chaos ensue. Ok, so all this did happen, but each chapter alternates with one taken from a one-woman show about the life of Dorothy Heyward wife of Kudos to Dorothea Benton Frank for breaking from her usual formula.

Ok, so all this did happen, but each chapter alternates with one taken from a one-woman show about the life of Dorothy Heyward wife of DuBose, author of Porgy and Bess. In the main storyline, very little actually happens, but in the show subplot, even less happens. Cate's life is just too pat, and her life's turmoil resolves itself with little detriment to her, which is nothing short of unrealistic. Frank's writing might be formulaic, but I guess she should stick with what she's been comfortable with writing in her previous novels.

Aug 23, Amy rated it really liked it Shelves: Dorothea Benton Frank is kind of hit and miss with me. I'll like one book, get frustrated with the next couple, promise myself never to pick up another one, weaken, and she then hits one out of the park. To be fair, most of my frustrations come when there are inaccuracies about my beloved lowcountry.

I know novels are fiction, but there are some things with which I just can't tolerate liberties being taken. So, when a friend gave me a copy of Folly Beach I almost didn't read it, because the last Dorothea Benton Frank is kind of hit and miss with me. By all rights, then, this one should have made me shriek and throw it across the room in a very lady-like manner, mind you.

This story is told in entwining two parts. That drives some folks crazy, but I like parallel stories. And I particularly liked the thread that was presented as the script of a one-woman play about Dorothy Heyward, wife of Debose Heyward and author, playwrite in her own right. The other segment was pure Frank: That the second tale involved not one, but three cameos by people I know, gave me a bit of a chuckle.

I was less tolerant about some errors in location, distance, etc, but hey, I got Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess. I do have to say that I'd always been told the house Gershwin stayed in was washed away in a hurricane sometime before I first hit Folly in the 's, not with Hugo in And the legend I know is that the bells of St Michael's inspired the first notes of "Summertime".

But still, there's a lot of history and legend told in this book that I've heard, too. I'm always a little surprised at the Yiddish that occasionally slips into these books, too. I can see people furiously googling "ungapatched" which is not how I would have spelled it, but recognize it as the same as "ungepatchke" which I learned meant too much of anything, in an un-pleasing over-the-top way.

I'm still wondering about"fachalata" and if it's a play on farkakt aka fakakta. I think that the information I learned about Dorothy and Dubois Heyward is what carried the book for me, and what bumped it to a 4 star in my enjoyment. That, and the mention of my dear friend Harriet MacDougal Rigney in the acknowledgements. I loved this novel! After finishing it late last night, I dreamt of glistening beaches, sand dollar ornaments, mango sunsets, collards and grits. Not only did she weave a marvelous tale, she brings Folly Beach to life with all its sights, smells, tastes, storms, and traditions so alive.

One told in a play while the other is told in the first person is fitting since one was a celebrated playwright and the other is newly widowed facing an uncertain future after learning she is completely bankrupt, both financially and emotionally. That sumbich was truly a low down dawg as we say in the South.

But in middle age, can Cate really start living the life that her Aunts Daisy and Ella envision for her as they ensconce Cate into the Porgy House? Can she truly make her on way back to the young woman she use to be? View all 4 comments. Sep 19, Linda Hart rated it really liked it. The cheesy dialogue combined with the "woman-loses-everything, moves back home to a simple-life-on-the-beach" story is totally rescued by an alternate storyline which makes this book worth reading.

DuBose, a poet, wrote the lyrics, while The cheesy dialogue combined with the "woman-loses-everything, moves back home to a simple-life-on-the-beach" story is totally rescued by an alternate storyline which makes this book worth reading. DuBose, a poet, wrote the lyrics, while Dorothy was the unacknowledged real author and playwright. I enjoyed the easy-going South Carolina setting, was annoyed by the corny romance-novel type story, and fascinated by the history.

Aug 06, Linda Marie Marsh rated it it was ok. A Dollar Store blooper I don't 'do' certain styles of books for a reason,predictable story-lines and sappily my word unrealistic. That's what this was, and i normally LOVE this author! Cate Cooper is left a broke, homeless widow and yet gets to live on the ocean in SC? A cottage once enjoyed by the author of Porgy and Bess,who were also friends with Gershwin. Aug 06, Stephanie rated it really liked it Shelves: This was my first Dorothea Benton Frank book and I am hooked!!

As a long-time lover of Charleston and as a CofC alumna , I loved the setting as much as the story. Next summer will include a lot of DBF books! Jan 03, Sheila DeChantal rated it liked it. Cate Cooper has had quite the year. She had built up quite a life with her husband of twenty-six years, Addison Cooper. And what a whirlwind it had been, an insane love for each other in the beginning As Cate stood over Addison's casket, she had to wonder where it all went wrong Life can be funny that way, as Cate soon finds out that Addison's death is only the beginning of surprises for her.

Quickly really minutes after the funeral Cate discovers that Add Cate Cooper has had quite the year. Quickly really minutes after the funeral Cate discovers that Addison was not at all who she thought he was. Six years ago my lovely wife and I rolled some crazy dice. We took a chance at opening up a historic ghost tour in our storied, small southern Appalachian town of Franklin, North Carolina. On the heels of a chilly January, temperatures have soared higher over the last few weeks. Warmer water temperatures made for happy fish and the Spring bite is well underway.

The usual suspects, redfish [ A lover of sea turtles and a steward of the people, Dolly Paul uses her art to support both animals and people in their path. Using mediums like her favorite - copper for jewelry and [ To visitors, Folly Beach may have on and off-seasons, but to locals it is always in season.

Beaches usually lose their summer residents once fall comes around. But not at Folly. From its laidback energy, friendly community, expansive beaches and event-filled calendar, Folly Beach, South Carolina has a unique sense of character that offers something for every visitor. After a fun day at the beach, retreating to a perfect lunch spot to cool off and enjoy a tasty meal feels amazing.

Luckily, you don't have to break the bank to eat some delicious [ Recreational Fishing and Gathering Folly Beach residents and visitors can catch and enjoy seafood all the year. This explanation assumes that you have no boat. Mainly Fin Fish Links For local [ On January 3rd, Folly Beach experienced a shocking snow storm that left our beach town in a total Winter Wonderland! The storm was the first to hit since and there have only been [ Congrats to our winners! Planet Follywood This beauty got the most votes and was a hit with the Judges as well!

Folly Beach has recently been named on of the top 20 most charming summer beach vacation rentals on the East Coast! Murray has become quite the figure in Charleston, to the point where he even got an entire event named after time. With the relatively colder weather fast approaching our coast, most people count out the beach when thinking of ways to spend their free time.

When visiting Folly Beach, winter time is seriously underrated.

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James Gate A "proper" Irish pub was always the vision of Irish owner John Teevan, when he laid eyes on the two story 4, square foot West Ashley Avenue space before opening [ Folly Beach's long and infamously haunted history would not be the same if it weren't for Blackbeard, Folly's token ghost pirate.

During the eighteenth century, pirates controlled the coast lines and water around Folly Beach [ Like many places in South Carolina, you can add Folly Beach to the list of places that have a haunted history that dates back for hundreds of years. From the days of the first explorers, [ The Seashore Farmers' Lodge, located in the Sol Legare community on James Island has recently been restored as a cultural museum that is also open to the public.

Mosquito Beach, which got its name from the insects that populate the area, became the local beach for African-Americans in the '50s. Join us for a family friendly event with fun for all ages! On Saturday, October 21st from 10am-5pm. Follypalooza is an annual event that continues [ The historic McLeod Plantation has started a cultivation project with Sea Island Cotton Gossypium barbadense , a species of cotton that played a major role in the advancement and enrichment of Charleston's early economy and history.

The Folly Boat is a small but iconic vessel that washed up on the [ As summer comes to a close, we would like to take a minute to look back on some of our favorite photos taken on Folly Beach submitted by you! Folly Beach was recently featured in U. September 4th is National Wildlife Day but we are celebrating our true Folly locals all month long. The Washout is a local favorite that is populated all year round.

You can find it on the Eastern side of Folly Beach. Hurricane Hugo, the Lowcountry's most infamous storm, at one point had Folly Beach in a grasp of destruction. On Monday, August 21st, a total solar eclipse will trace across the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic with it's path crossing near Folly Beach. The last time most Americans observed a total [ How to avoid a meltdown with these easy tips!

Plan Ahead Go ahead and make a game plan on where you want to park. Pack your beach bags the night before. Make sure you [ The Water's Edge Inn offers guests a tranquil retreat with premier amenities and true southern Hospitality. The intimate atmosphere consists of eight island-themed rooms and two private villas with stunning views overlooking [ The perfect southern, summer night awaits you this summer season on Folly! Taylor Fishing Pier for a Moonlight Mixer! Shag the night away [ The only thing better than listening to music is listening to live music! Here on Folly Beach, live music is a way of life.

What kind of music are you in the mood for? One of the most iconic elements of Folly Beach has to be the Edwin S. Taylor Folly Beach Fishing Pier.