Far Harbor

by JoAnn Ross

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476709246
• ISBN13: 9781476709246
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 3.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Story

After her divorce from "the weasel", Savannah Townsend returns to her childhood home in Coldwater Cove, Washington. She decides she would like to turn a dream into reality and buys the Far Harbor lighthouse and begins to transform it into a bed and breakfast. Savannah has the support of her family: grandmother and retired doctor Ida, her eccentric mother Lilith, and her step-sister lawyer, Raine. These four women and strong willed and stick together when the going gets tough. Events will happen that will slow down Savannah's progress on her lighthouse but will bring the family even closer together.Far Harbor was a great book. The characters are so real they seem as if they could actually be your neighbors. Their lives are that of the everyday person. The setting was great and the town seemed like Anytown, USA. The romantic storyline with Savannah and Dan was even written in to seem natural and real. It is so nice to read of people falling in love without hating each other first as they do in most romance novels.This was my first book by this author and it won't be my last. Far Harbor reminded me of books written by Debbie Macomber. Common, everyday people living their lives in the best way they can. This was a great book and should be shared among family and friends.

A nice sequel...

Savannah Townsende has just been through a bitter divorce that has broken her pride and her spirit. Leaving the sandy beaches of California as a chef of an exclusive resort, Savannah returns to Coldwater Cove, Washington where her family lives. Upon arrival, Savannah realizes her dream of opening her own bed and breakfast might not be as far fetched as she originally thought. She then decides to make an offer to the owner of the lighthouse that is on the edge of the cove. While she wasn't ready for any emotional or romantic entanglements, Savannah couldn't avoid her feelings for Dan O'Halloran. Soon she was smack in the middle of an affair that she didn't want to end, or to change from no strings to commitment.Dan O'Halloran ran from Savannah after their one and only date when she was still in high school. She made men dangerously think of forever thoughts, and as an eighteen year old, Dan decided he better get far away, and fast. What he didn't count on was seeing Savannah all these years later and still feeling the feelings he did then, but intensified from that of a boy to a man. He knew that she had been burned in her marriage, but he knew that he wouldn't let that stop him from convincing her that they belonged together. Dan and Savannah's story is sweet and will make the reader smile. Ross also brings the reader the story of John Martin, Dan's nephew who was orphaned after a car accident that his parents died in. We also meet Savannah's grandmother Ida Lindstrom who finally realizes that just because she's been a doctor for longer than five decades, doesn't mean that she is immortal. A good read!

Another great read by JoAnn Ross!

Savannah Townsend has left a bad marriage and her career behind. She's come home to Coldwater Cove and bought an old, rundown lighthouse that she's hoping to renovate and turn into a bed and breakfast. And, she's found a man from her past who just might be her future. Daniel O'Halloran came home to Coldwater Cover to care for his orphaned nephew . . . his wife wouldn't come with him and they end up divorcing. He's not looking for a relationship, but then the best things tend to happen when we're not looking. As Daniel and Savannah learn to trust each other, they are surrounded by family troubles -- troubles that help them draw closer -- Savannah's aging grandmother, a mixed-up teenage girl, a cantankerous old man, and a ghost whose spirit is just waiting for someone to set her free. Ross tells a story rich with family and love -- a story with characters I fell in love with in Homeplace and fell even further for in Far Harbor.

JoAnn Ross excels

JoAnn Ross's sequel to Homeplace brings us back to the beautiful Olympic Penninsula. Recently divorced Savannah Townsend is trying to get her life back in order and decide what to do.After deciding to buy the Far Harbor lighthouse and open a bed and breakfast, Savannah puts her plans into motion. What she doesn't expect is to clash with the current owner of the lighthouse or to be so attracted to his lawyer, a man she went to high school with.Dan O'Halloran is getting his life back on track too. After a recent divorce, he is returning to Coldwater Cove, Washington to start over with his young orpahaned nephew. He is immediately attracted to Savannah and spends his extra time helping her fix up the lighthouse. The two fall in love, but Savannah is too hurt over her recent divorce to allow herself to completly give herself to Dan.This is a wonderful story about love and family. The interesting characters from Homeplace are back, including the wonderfully witty grandmother. On a personal note, living in Seattle all my life, the Pacific Northwest summer that was so wonderfully written made me yearn for the sun to come out and the soft breeze of the Puget Sound. One of the Pacific Northwest's best kept secrets is their summer. It does rain a lot, but you can't beat the summers. I'm counting the days down. Only FIVE MORE MONTHS.

This is a beautiful relationship drama

Smarting from a divorce, Savannah Townsend returns to her hometown of Coldwater Cove, Washington. She plans to open up a bed and breakfast in the Olympic Peninsula once she finds a site. She chooses the dilapidated Far Harbor Lighthouse, owned by nasty senior citizen Henry Hyatt.As she begins her work, she meets fellow divorcee, attorney Dan O'Halloran and his nephew John Martin. Dan happens to be Henry's lawyer. However, he helps Savannah cut a deal with his client. As he works with Savannah on her restoration project, they fall in love. Though he has suffered through a California divorce, he wants to marry Savannah, but she needs time to think about remarrying. Crises strike their family members leaving Savannah beginning to understand that loved ones are everything.FAR HARBOR, the sequel to the beautiful HOMEPLACE, centers on relationships and includes the return of several characters from the popular first tale. Readers will enjoy the lead characters whose lessons in life have not always been positive, but definitely reinforced. The support cast provides depth that makes readers feel they are visiting the Olympic Peninsula. Though not filled with action, this story is a wonderful relationship drama in which JoAnn Ross splendidly describes love the second time around.Harriet Klausner