The sweetest life is the one you make together …
Corsair’s Cove has a reputation for being one of the most haunted places in the Pacific Northwest. It also has a way of drawing to itself the people who need it most—like the Blackthorne cousins. When Great Aunt Ruby passes and leaves them her chocolate shop, it comes with a few extras she forgot to tell them about—such as a talking parrot and a pirate ghost!
Cursed by an angry ex, Daniel Blackthorne, the Wolf of the West, must help the last descendants of his family find true love before he’s banished forever on Hallowe’en night. But even a skilled sea captain will encounter heavy weather when he tries to get Prudence, Livy, Brynn, and Eloise—four cousins with everything but romance on their minds—into the arms of their soulmates before the clock strikes midnight …
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Review by Brandy
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This set is a sweet romance series set in one town. The stories are mostly no adult content, more of a
you know what is going on, but you don’t know the details, until the last story which gives just a bit
more.
The first book Kiss at the Cove gives some background while introducing us to Prudence Parker and her
aunt. Prudence is a wedding planner that is seriously dedicated, and her older aunt owns a chocolate
shop. Aunt Ruby is such a character, and even owns a parrot. We are also given some background on
Corsair’s Cove and its lively stories of pirates and ghosts that are part of the town’s history. Pru literally
runs into a new scientist in town and ends up getting his help on some last-minute wedding issues.
When family tragedy strikes will they be able to rely on each other, will they run, or will a ghost find a
way to match make from the beyond?
Book two Kiss In The Wind introduces us to Livy Tarbert, a food chemist, that moves back to the cove to
help with the chocolate shop. She’s got some interesting ideas for some new chocolate creations that
might give some people cause to pause. Then there is Mack, the tavern owner, who is trying to find new
ideas for improving the town but not everyone on the town council is willing to agree to his plans. They
both must make a decision about taking a risk on love and there is a chance that a ghost may be helping
them along.
In book three Kiss On The Beach we meet Jamie, a carpenter, and Brynn. Brynn is the only cousin with
no interest in helping to run the chocolate shop and even wants to sell her share as she a CFO of a big
company. The only trouble is that when she shows up in town, the lawyer is busy playing pirate for the
weekend. Jamie has had a crush on Brynn for years and decides to try to show her what she’s been
missing. In the end Brynn must decide if she wants the big fancy job with the corner office or a life of
love in a small town.
The final book in the series Kiss In The Dark is really interesting. We meet the last of the cousins Eloise
and discover that she is sensitive to spirits and has dealt with some nasty, vindictive ghosts in the past
that have left her very careful of what goes on around her. We also get the interesting back story of the
ghost that haunts the chocolate shop, and how he must find love for all of the cousins. Eloise does not
make this easy for him at all. We also learn that not only have ghosts been involved in the town, but so
have witches and Captain Blackthorne is knee deep in the middle of it all. When Blackthorne decides
that no mortal man is worthy of Eloise things really get interesting.
There is also a short story at the end called Kiss at the Alter. This is a short story about the couple from
book 1 and what happens on their wedding day. There is a little dash of ghost meddling and of course
family meddling. It’s interesting and sweet. It also sets it up for a branch series.
I really enjoyed this set, and the history of Corsair’s Cove. Each book is not very big, and I finished the
whole set in one weekend, but I also read really fast. The world building is excellent, and the characters
are well developed. The family grows and changes as each character is introduced, and the cousins learn
how to work together and be a family. Over all an excellent overreaching arch that each individual book
ties into well.
