This is the first book I have read by Cynthia Ellingsen and it will not be my last.  I love her writing style.  Ms. Ellingsen makes you feel like you there in the story as it unfolds.  I love lighthouses (I have many pictures) so the cover and the title was the first thing that appealed to me, along with the blurb. Dawn comes home after losing her job and her boyfriend after a television show that slandered her family name. On a whim, she bought the lighthouse that was up for auction.  There was some resistance with a few of the hometown locals of her being an outsider and buying the lighthouse.  Some people disliked her just because her late great grandfather had been branded a thief and considered guilty of piracy. How Dawn handled the hometown folks was great.  The hometown feel in the story was great.  You could pictures the beach as Dawn was walking/running, the lighthouse as she went through the remodel, and the food - yummy.  Her parents antique store, the Shipwreck Antiques and Treasures shop makes we want to know if there is really such a town as I would like to visit.  There are many more stories to tell and hope that this will become a series of books.  Thank you to Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for an advance copy of this book and have given my honest opinion.

I haven't read anything by Cynthia Ellingsen before but I was intrigued by the title and description of this book. I have a real affinity for all things concerning the sea, so the lure of a story set around a lighthouse and a seafaring community was very appealing.

Dawn manages to lose her job and her boyfriend in rather quick succession. It did feel slightly unbelievable when she lost her job but that was the only minor point in the whole book where I lost a little belief in the plot. I realised that it was only a small plot device for giving a compelling enough reason for the main character to move back to her hometown. After that, the rest of the read was plain sailing.

It was easy to feel sorry for Dawn as she struggled with moving back to her hometown of Starlight Cove and felt opposition from some of the local community because they were wary of her reasons for buying the lighthouse. Some people disliked her just because of who she was related to because her late great grandfather had been branded a thief and considered guilty of piracy. So it was easy to like Dawn against all the opposition.

This book has just the right amount of romance but not enough to detract from the main story which is to discover what really happened to a treasure hoard of silver from a century-old shipwreck and to clear the name of Dawn's late great grandfather.

It is a really good adventure story for grown-ups and I sat up late at night just to finish this off because I could not wait to see how it all ended. I loved the journey of Dawn's relationship with her parents, with forging new friendships and a new love interest. She went from being pretty uptight and reserved to letting herself trust other people and live a little.

Starlight Cove, which is a fantastic name for a location, is an idyllic place to live and the descriptions of the place with the beach, the lighthouse, the Shipwreck Antiques and Treasures shop and the places to eat with the amazing pancakes at Towboat makes me dream of going to live there. Perhaps Dawn's story is finished but I'd really love to read another book based on this beautiful place. I hope Cynthia writes another someday.

This book was a fun read about a young woman whose parents are famous treasure hunters. She moves back home after failed job and relationship to buy a historic lighthouse. Trying to solve the mystery of what happened to her great grandfather, who stole the silver, etc. while making new friends and some enemies for awhile. Good humorous, romantic and suspenseful.

I really enjoyed this book, I enjoyed the descriptive language that the author Cynthia Ellingsen used and I found myself easily picturing the lighthouse and the town in my mind.  I particularly found the storm descriptions very colourful and kind of wished I was there!
I thought that the story was well written and I could see the reasoning behind the 'twist'. I liked the main characters, Dawn, Kip and her family and I thought that the people in the town were believable too. 
I would recommend this book.

I really wanted to like this book, but the writing style was rather bland and didn't quite catch my attention. I gave it a shot but it was just hard to carry on reading. It could be a good book, but honestly this is the sort of book you'll likely find on secondhand bookshops for a dollar or so each.

I just finished this book unknown author to me but was  pleasantly surprised,  really enjoyed the book.  Love, Family, History and some mystery!   Will be watching for her other titles ; so I can enjoy .  Will buy when released

Dawn Conner’s not got the greatest luck, she’s out of a job, lost a boyfriend and now her great-grandfather has been accused of stealing treasure from a shipwreck. The man is dead now and can’t do anything to defend himself, so Dawn takes it on herself to clear her family’s name. At her family home on Lake Michigan (where the shipwreck in question lies beneath the waves), she plans to makeover the lighthouse and sell it, all the while searching for answers about her grandfather. As she searches for the truth, she has the chance to find love, if she can trust her heart again. I loved this story about sunken treasure and family honor