"Winter Cottage"

A gripping novel about family secrets…and coming home for the first time.

Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past…including the identity of her birth father.

Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows—big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy’s inheritance.

Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she’ll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she’s never really had: a home.

My Thoughts...This book was not bad. It was just kind of wishy-washy, bordering on boring at times.

There were way too many characters and at times it became hard to remember how they all fit into the story. I ended up not caring much about some of the characters at all. You can  pretty much guess the plot right from the beginning of the book. 

The narration of the audio book was unpleasant. The accents used were distracting from the story and made the protagonist seem eccentric. I thought the reason I was having trouble with the book was the narration, so went back to reading the book, it didn't help, I just couldn't get up much speed for reading this book

 And another thing...If you find a box of old video recordings, made by your now dead mother, and you miss her and care about her as much as you profess to do, wouldn't you binge watch them? Instead of spreading them out over a couple of days. I know I would have...This book was the first pick of November for Prime Readers and therefore was free, which was great. I guess I will award this book 3 weak stars***.