Carolina Dreaming by Virginia Kantra (Dare Island #5) Released: February 2, 2016 Contemporary Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Jane is a successful bakery owner who survived an abusive marriage. Her ex is now in jail, and Jane and her seven-year old son Aidan live in the Outer Banks of North Carolina (a place dear to my own heart) and are pretty content. She lives with her father, a police officer, who helps take care of her son. Jane's mother left the family years ago, which has Continue Reading

Carolina Blues by Virginia Kantra (Dare Island #4) Contemporary Romance October 7, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Jack Rossi has moved to the quiet town of Dare Island following his divorce to be the new Police Chief.  Having come from a big city where he dealt with crimes of all manner, he’s enjoying the somewhat laid back ways of Dare Island.  Though the job is such that he is almost always ‘on-call’ being there are only two other officers to cover the small island, he is working his Continue Reading

Carolina Girl by Virginia Kantra (Dare Island #2) Contemporary Romance June 4, 2013 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Meg Fletcher grew up on Dare Island and spent her youth doing everything she could to make sure she ended up anywhere else. And she succeeded. She lives in New York, has a great, high paying job, owns a condo with her boyfriend of six years, and is living life exactly how she planned…far away from Dare Island. But when she arrives at work one morning to learn that she’s been Continue Reading