I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book was a great, quick beachy read with a satisfying ending.

This book was excellent, I really enjoyed the ups and downs of people's life. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.

I highly recommend this book.

Thank you netgalley and harlequin for allowing me to read this title for an honest review.

K-9 Officer Trey is healing from an injury and until he can go back to work hes unwillingly working as a vollenteer to keep an eye on troubled teens. Erica can't have children of her own and decided to take her maternal side towards caring for troubled teens as a teacher. Both seem to clash in the beginning but slowly start to soften towards one another. But things cant stay perfect when things in their lives start to take a turn.

There is so much going on to keep the readers hooked. I love that hate to like kinda romances and slowly but surly seeing them soften to one another. I loved seeing that romance that was forming between the two problem is that being that they work together it can cause issues. Getting to know the characters though the book you can't help but root for them being together and having everything their way. I loved that there was a bit of drama here and there to keep things interesting. I loved seeing everyone work together and helping one another it was just sweet to see. Overall this was a cute clean contemporary romance novel and I really enjoyed it.

Cottage at the Beach by Lee Tobin McClain is the first book in her new The Off Season series.

Trey Harrison is an injured K9 cop sent to the small town of Pleasant Shores to recuperate and volunteer with a local academy behavioral support program for at-risk teens. His job and future rest not only on his physical recovery but also on his mental and psychological recovery and his performance as a volunteer.

Erica Rowe is Trey’s neighbor in Pleasant Shores. She is the primary teacher for the behavioral support program. She’s initially not impressed with Trey’s interactions with the teens but warms to him as he warms to the kids.

The school’s non-fraternization policy isn’t the only thing holding back a relationship between Trey and Erica, despite their strong attraction to each other, he wants kids and she can’t have them.

Cottage at the Beach is a great way to start a series. Ms. McClain has introduced strong, believable characters and an interesting plot. The setting is beautiful and is used smartly. This isn’t just a heartwarming romance. The author touches on some important aspects of being a woman in a time when we have access to more information than we ever have. Do we really want to know everything, and if we do, what will we do with the information?

I throughly enjoyed this novel. I rate it 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it to all lovers of heartwarming romance.

My thanks to the author, HARLEQUIN – Romance (US & Canada) and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. However, the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine and mine alone.

McClain has once again given us a wonderful story.
I love the way she writes and is able to draw us into her story with a injured cop, a hurting woman, and some
teen kids that really needed a second chance in life.
I especially loved Erica's dog Ziggy! Oh my, such a handsome dog too! I wish that I could've had all of his energy!
This is my favorite place to be is on the beach! Don't you love the sound of the waves to relax you and sing you to sleep at times? I know I do!
She makes me want to go there now! I wish I could however: I can't at the moment so this lovely book will do.
McC;lain has described some of the scenes in the book that I felt like I was really there!
I think Erica is a wonderful character. I love how the author shows that she is human and that she feels that she needs to be the one in control. She is the one who holds everything together or so it seems.
There were times that I wanted to reach in through the book and just give her a hug to remind her that someone does care.
God does care. He loves us unconditionally and He asks us to lay our burdens at His feet. I know it's hard to do but it can be done. This is where trust comes in. Trust is such a fragile thing.
But what we choose to do with it it's up to us. God is good that way. He leaves it up to us to come to Him.
I'm so glad that I have Him in my life. I don't know where I'd be without him.
Trey and King were a couple of awesome characters too. I loved watching Trey come around so to speak.
A lot of the time attitudes doesn't get us anywhere in which Trey found that out the hard way.
I enjoyed reading about Trey trying to just get through life the way he knows how.
I was rooting for him because I knew he could do it.
It's not up to us where we end up at times. It's where we were meant to be and where God places us where He feels that is best for us even though we don't see it at first and then after awhile, I smiled with joy when Trey realizes that is where he's meant to be.
I did feel that there were two different stories going on here and at times it left me feeling confused as to what was going on. It kept going back and forth between Trey and Erica and then Julie and her grand kids.
Here is where I can relate to Julie in trying to connect with my teen. It's hard believe me.
I feel like sometimes the only way that we can connect with each other is through our music. I'm so glad that he took right off with that. . I'm blessed that he is a good young man now.
The thing that I felt most important was that I felt God working throughout the story from the author's heart. I could tell she enjoys writing these stories for us readers.
I do like how she deals with some tough subjects in real life and doesn't beat around the bush about it.
Forgiveness was the most important part of this story.
I just wanted to mention that the supporting characters were wonderful too. Especially the dogs!
They are the real heroes!
I will be looking for more from Lee in the future! Her books are so inspirational and wonderful at the same time.
I'm feeling blessed that I got to read this wonderful story by Lee. I think what makes her stories so great is that she writes from her heart and with Jesus at the wheel to guide her along.
I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars because the cove will make you want to jump into it and sweep you away with the story that's inside.
My thanks to the author/Netgalley for a complimentary copy of this book.
was NOT required to write a positive review and all opinions are my own.

I really liked this story of Trey and Erica. It touches on disadvantaged teens, cancer, workplace injuries, and most of all second chances. Second chances at relationships and love but also at careers and life in general. This is one of those books that I can confidently recommend to those readers who don't want explicit sex scenes in their romances. Truthfully, it proves that a good romance novel doesn't require such scenes.
I look forward to reading more of McClain's work.
Thanks to #Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of #CottageAtTheBeach in return for an honest review.

Great start to a new series set in the Chesapeake shore. It's a story focusing on two sisters and a new neighbor, along with side characters in this small town. It's a story that explores the true meaning of family, friendship, recovery, and acceptance.

I received a free ARC eBook from Net Galley and the publisher in exchange for my honest opinions.

I will leave a review on Amazon or B&N on Feb 25, 2020

I believe this was the first book I have read from this author. Overall I found it to be an enjoyable read, there was a lot of things going on in the book which at times made it a little hard to keep track of all the things taking place. I was happy that by the end of the book it seems to be more consistent and worked out the way I had hoped. For those that enjoy a good love story I believe most would enjoy this book,

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and this is my fair and honest review.

this was a nice predictable love story. It just did not grab my interest and hold it. This is the third book in this series

I’m going to go with maybe a 2.5 on this one. It could have been a better book but the plot lines seemed awfully scattered. There didn’t seem to be cohesion of all the various characters or any real development. I didn’t connect with the characters at all and it just seemed like a mess of negativity from the beginning only to wrap it all up with a bow at the end.

I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Erica works with problem teens. Trey who has had a stellar police career becomes a volunteer in hr classroom . Of course the two clash, but eventually see that working together is better for the ids and truthfully a Trey's mannerisms seem to resonate with the kids. While the principal no longer wants to support the program. Erica and Trey have made such a change in the kids, that he has to change his ind. A nice story, but terribly predictable - dogs and all.