This was a perfect snowed in read for the holidays. The Nantucket Beachfront Inn evolved from mishaps into an evolution of friends with lives that intermingled. No dragging here with the ending leaving me wanting more. Thank you NetGalley for this great read.

This book was cute. It was a fun, easy read. However, I read it a few weeks ago and when I went to write up my review I literally had to go back and reskim a little to remember what the book was. That is not a good sign.

It was a cute, beachy, no thought read. The good news is that it is the first in a series, so you should be able to get to know the characters better. It ends on somewhat of a few cliffhangers so you can just continue everyone's stories.

I LOVE the idea of friends doing a project like this together - it's my dream. I feel like this could have been so much more. And for friends that are willing to pick up and move their lives together somewhere else, they sure have a lot of secrets. I have some really good friends like this, and we just would not hold these secrets from each other. Or we would be able to tell there is something going on. We would have a night with too much wine and everyone would spill... (pun intended).

I just could not relate to this book. It was just ok.

The initial premise of this book sounded good. But, an attorney inherits a $7 million mansion and there's no talk of taxes? Ava quits her job as an attorney and remodels a house to make it into a B&B. There was no discussion of a business plan of any sort, which a supposed high power attorney would probably want to do. Or she would hire someone to run the business. I'm not sure I'm going to be in line to read the next book in the series.

Ava is an attorney in NYC. She and her 2 best friends are at their peak career-wise, but their life is unfulfilled. Ava has triplets who have grown up and are living on their own. She loves her NYC condo, but her job leaves her overworked, washed out and longing for something different. But, finances keep her where she is. Her previous husband cleaned out her savings on his way out.
She befriends an older man, a client of hers who leaves her a huge home in Nantucket in his will, much to her surprise.. It comes at a perfect time in her life. What better use for it than a beachfront inn in Nantucket? The story includes her friends, her children, her mother and others on Nantucket.
I am a sucker for any story set in Nantucket. There's something so enviable about that beachfront, carefree life. This story includes not only strong women, but relationships and struggles in life. The author did a great job in creating a positive environment for the characters. They were not whiners who blamed everyone else for their problems. They were self-driven and showed they were responsible for changing their own lives. And it's the first in a series of 7 books!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an opportunity to review this book.

I wanted to love this book-its an Inn on the beach in Nantucket-but the style of writing made it very difficult to read

"The Nantucket Beachfront Inn" by Ainsley Keaton
Sconset Beach Book One (of 8)
I did not know this was the beginning of a series until after I finished reading this offering. Also, I was under the impression that the story had already been published when offered as a 'Read Now' story. This was an okay story with a lot of characters. The writing was good, but I never did get attached to any of the characters. I consider it a borderline cliff-hanger as the story ends abruptly with the revelation of several new issues. Rather like real life where one crisis/issue gets resolved shortly before a new set of problems inundate your life. Happy Reading ! !
NOTE: This was a 'Read Now' offer by the publisher via NetGalley.
This review expresses my honest feelings and thoughts.

Lovely setting on Nantucket. Three women in their 50s who are long time friends, are all struggling with their lives in NYC. Ava inherits a beach house and the woman migrate there to start over. I love how they support each other. There are some quirky characters and some unexpected happenings.

Thank you #NetGalley for an ARC of #TheNantucketBeachfrontInn in exchange for my honest review.

This is the first book I have read by author #AinsleyKeaton.

The Nantucket Beachfront Inn is the first book in a 7 book series. I trust you will not be disappointed.

The main character, Ava is a powerful lawyer who finds herself out on the street. She soon inherits a large house in Nantucket and the story revolves around the house and the friends she makes there.

The women in the “Nantucket Beachfront Inn” all seem like very nice people in a friendly little town. They all have their problems but it seems as those will all be taken care of once you read all 7 books. I won’t be reading anymore of the series. It was just not a very well written story, the characters aren’t fleshed out and the ending was not satisfying at all.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC. This review is my honest opinion.

This book is the authors debut novel. I’m going to round up; especially because this is a debut novel. Evidently this is the first in a series; I would read a subsequent novels by Ainsley Keaton.

The main character is let go from a very male attorney office; but subsequently inherits a mansion, as she had saved one of her clients a boatload of cash. I easily identified with this character, as we are similar in age.

One of the most interesting characters is a practicing “witch”; initially I wasn’t sure I was comfortable with that as a topic, but everything was well within my comfort zone and I think this is one of my favorite characters. I’m looking forward to seeing where the author takes the series.

Thank you to NetGalley, Ainsley Keaton the author and the publisher Debra Moore (possibly self published?) for the opportunity to read the advance read copy of Nantucket Beachfront Inn in exchange for an honest review.

This story was all over the map - unpredictable time switches, characters sort of zipped on and off the pages - and there were way too many characters and situations for a book this size. The premise was good. Ava inherits a beachfront property on Nantucket. Then the story gets strange. We are in February (maybe?) but then people are wearing bikinis on the beach and wading - in Nantucket in winter? Can't see that happening. The remodel starts immediately, the industrial kitchen is installed immediately - these things don't happen in real life.

I will not be reading the remainder of the seven-book series. A whole lot more editing and proof reading is necessary for this to be a plausible story.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing this ARC.

As the story opens a group of women are each in the midst of their own personal tragedies- from Illness, to divorce, to downright despair. When the main character Ava inherits a house on Nantucket, it comes with restrictions - she must remain in residence for five years and she is unable to rent it out. With that in mind, she creates a The Nantucket Beachfront Inn, an upscale Inn!

These three main characters share their woes and spend time in the sun while trying to figure things out. Not much actually gets solved. And it now appears there will be six or seven more to this series.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing this ARC.

This is a lovely book about a group of women in the midst of their own personal tragedies. Illness, divorce, and just sheer unhappiness. Ava, the focus of the book, inherits a beautiful house in Nantucket, however, it comes with strings attached. She can't rent it out, and she must live there for 5 years. She decides to turn it into an upscale B&B.

Following the typical beach trope with a bunch of girlfriends out to conquer their problems it left me wanting more, but not in a good way. I kept thinking it was a great start but characters were glossed over and I wanted more details. Finally on the last page, it stated this was book 1 of at least 7 books. Now it makes sense. 3/5 stars for this book.

Drastic life changes and starting over are instore for Ava as she loses her job as an attorney in the city and inherits a beach front property. Her friends and even her adult children are making changes. The author writes of loss, heartache, love, finding oneself and happiness. The surprise is a little magic of the good kind. But the story doesn't end at the end and I'm looking forward to read the next book in this series.

I liked the story overall, but it seemed choppy. The passage of time bothered me. I liked the characters, but they didn't seem fully developed. Ava and Hallie had so many things happening to them, but they stayed strong and just powered through. I would have liked to see more romance between Ava and Deacon. But, as I said, I liked the story.

Ugh, why do I accept "Read Now" ARCs that suck the soul out of me?  The plot of this book is an overdone trope and not written well in this iteration.

Extremely repetitive, like whole paragraphs.  How many times do we need to hear how gorgeous, head-turning, stunning, and practically-perfect in every way her friends are?  Or how awful rich men are, the ex was flawless, and her children are ungrateful? 

Meet-cute with every dramatic bit of pasta thrown at the wall, it is women's fiction, after all.  Would not read more by this author and the attempt at a cliffhanger to set up a 7-part series was infuriating.  Also, the "witch" and the fear of Marijuana were both ridiculously over the top and quite disrespectful.

Thank you to NetGalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Nantucket Beachfront Inn by Ainsley Keaton is a book that was an unlikely read for me. I did not enjoy the story at the beginning, but felt the story had more interest as the book went on. I found the awkwardness of the main character at the beginning difficult to understand and to feel comfortable with. To be honest, I might have missed the ending if the book had not been able to be read so quickly! The ending had some really nice elements that I would not have wanted to miss out on. The rest of the book - not so much.

Captivating beach read novel with interwoven stories of friendships, relatives and love. The storyline is easy to follow even with so much happening on the pages.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Ainsley Keaton's THE NANTUCKET BEACHFRONT INN hold such promise: too-old-to-keep-doing this, aggravated attorney Ava Flynn is in her 50's struggling to find her way without the job and way of life she'd scratched her way to achieve. Possibility beckons in Nantucket with an inn bequeathed to her, but not without its own complicated web of relationships, secrets, joys, and complexity with friends and a troubled daughter. For me, the story was compelling, the characters interesting, but the story fell flat in how it was written, feeling trite, heavy-footed, and predictable. Nantucket presented a vivid and remarkable contrast to the New York Ava left behind on her next life phase. Throughout, I rooted for Ava to prevail, but it was tough slogging through the presumptions about how everyday people think and feel and live such as simmering resentment of billionaires who don't pay what we think are their fair of taxes and get away with actions that would land the rest of us behind bars. I received an advance copy of this novel and the opinions expressed here are entirely unbiased and my own.

Ava, Quinn, and Hallie leave New York and move to Nantucket when Ava inherits a huge beach house. Because she cannot sell or lease the house, Ava decides to turn it into an inn and her friends and family help her. I had mixed feelings about this book because the characters never seemed fully fleshed out and I didn’t love the supernatural practices of some of the people. When I realized that this was the first of a seven book series I could understand why the author spent so much time introducing so many characters and subplots. I may give Book 2 in this series a try. I thank the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.