One Summer Book Review

I moved straight from the first book on to the second book in the series and I had trouble putting it down.  One Summer: A Shelter Bay Novel by JoAnn Ross was the second book in the Shelter Bay series.  I was excited to see which town residents I got to meet in this book.

When former U.S. Marine photojournalist Gabriel St. James arrives in Shelter Bay to help out a fellow Marine, the last thing he expects is to meet a woman like Charity. A veterinarian with a past that would have defeated a less resilient woman, Charity still possesses a heart as generous as her name. She's known men like Gabe before-but with a shared attraction impossible to deny, Charity and Gabe agree to a simple affair with no expectations. But as summer unfolds, and Gabe finds reasons to extend his stay in Shelter Bay, he and Charity realize that there's nothing simple about falling in love, and nothing easy about the choices of the heart.

I was excited to meet the new military hero with Gabriel St. James who was a photographer who came to town to photograph the wedding of a close friend.  He was leading a solitary life and taking pictures across the country after earning many awards from his military pictures.  Charity is the local veterinarian and she is immediately attracted to this quiet photographer.  Charity takes the time to talk to him at the wedding and she learns very little before leaving for an animal emergency.  Although Gabe shows up the next day with an injured dog that he saved when he was leaving town because his owner threw it out of the car and then it got dragged along under the car.  There is a lot that goes on this book including running a camp for foster kids, adopting animals and more.  I know that you have to pick it up for yourself to find out what happens. I hope that you check out this book and the rest of the Shelter Bay series.  I think that you will enjoy it as much as I have.