Pelican Point

By: Donna Kauffman

Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Blueberry Cove, Maine, is as small-town as small towns get. More than a little quirky, it has sheltered generations of families. But there's always room for a new face.

Fixing things has always been Alex McFarland's greatest gift and keenest pleasure. But with her own life thoroughly broken, she's signed on to renovate the dilapidated Pelican Point lighthouse, hoping to reconnect with herself. The last thing she expects is to find herself falling in love - with the glorious coastline, with age-old secrets and welcome-home smiles - and with rugged Logan McCrae, the man she just might be able to build new hopes on. DIY is so much better with two.

©2013 Donna Kauffman (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Average

Setting: Blueberry Cove, Maine Contemporary to 2013
Genre: Romance
While his 3 younger sisters took off for college and professional lives, or to explore the world, Logan McCrae returned to his little hometown of Blueberry Cove to join the police force and become one of the youngest in the position. He feels an obligation, not just to the town, but also his family’s legacy. The McCraes were the light keepers at Pelican Point from when it was built in the 1700s to when it was decommissioned in the 1970s, at which time they bought it from the state. It, along with the keeper’s cottage and the larger family home from the 1800s are in need of repair. So, without his knowledge, Logan’s great uncle calls in McFarland & Sons, specialists in lighthouse restoration to get the job done.
Alex is the last McFarland in the company. In fact, the company has been reduced to an ancient truck, some good tools, and her knowledge and experience, since her father’s fatal accident. She desperately needs the job restoring this lighthouse. It will take 2 years, and she can use that time to decide what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Continue the business, or find something new?
Logan does not want to hire Alex. It isn’t that he doesn’t think she can do it (how refreshing not to have a sexist prick for the male protagonist, which is so often a device in novels in which the female has a conventionally masculine profession). Instead, it is a matter of money, and at the moment, restoring the house is more important. So she finagles her way into that business for a limited time (He’s allowing her to stay while she lines up another restoration job) while trying to convince him about the lighthouse. Logan and Alex are attracted to one another, but their respective baggage keeps getting in the way of their achieving happiness.
The writing is good, as far as grammar and usage go, but Ms Kauffman could have used a good editor. Probably could have cut it by a couple of hours. There were times I wanted to sit them down and discuss passivity. Too much description, too much internal monologue, too much ongoing anguish. Really, perhaps the author should have put a mental health clinic in town so her character could realistically deal with her grief. Most people have family and friends to help them through tragedy, but Alex is alone. It really isn’t realistic that she could handle the emotional demands of a heavy relationship. So yeah, there’s that.
I actually got this book after accidentally reading the first book in the Brides of Blueberry Cove Series. I thought it was a good idea to read the Bachelors of Blueberry Cove series first before returning to one that shoots off this one. I don’t know how many of these I can binge read without starting to hate them. We’ll see...

The narration by Lauren Fortgang is fairly good. She differentiates well between male and female characters, she does a passable up East accent when called for, and gives adequate accents to the two Irish characters. I generally enjoy her work.

Sweet and romantic and steamy!!!

This is my first Donna Kauffman book but it won't be my last. Rich character development and fun meet cute story. I could almost picture blueberry cove.

Liked it. Didn't love it.

There is plenty to like about this listen but I didn't love it. The tree in the middle of town was a surprising appearance to this story type but the mystery remained. Perhaps future stories will ferret out more of that special.

The two main characters were lost in a boy-meets-girl-boy-loses-girl scenario that did not play well for too long. It was very much get over yourself already. Still, with Maine, the coast, and lighthouses as background, it was a pleasant enough listen.

Just ok

I really didn't get through the whole thing! Just "meh..." I fell asleep about ten minutes in, must get an award for most repeat listens!

A very enjoyable story

I really enjoy this story. The characters were well thought out and enjoyable. I don’t know about all the crying 😢 though. I’m not much of one and most the time for me it’s when I’m angry. So that part not so much. But the rest of the story was a enjoyable time.

Steamy...

This story was much steamier than I had anticipated. I listen to these books while I do other tasks because it keeps my mind occupied. This one, however, had me stopping and rewinding to hear the extra steamy parts again. It was nice to listen to a romance where the woman wasn’t a helpless damsel in distress awaiting rescue. It was a fun listen.

It was aLittle boring

They were a lot of questions about architecture and then there was a lot of sex in the middle there was no anticipation it was just she was throwing them from the first chapter and then she maybe stayed with him

Pelican Point

I love the story line. The author had me laughing out loud and smiling several other times. I can just see the lighthouse the keeper's cottage and the shariff. I look forward to listening to other books by this author. Alex is a fantastic lady who knows her businedd.

I Expected Too Much of Pelican Point....

Pelican Point seemed like an exciting book for me to listen to, as it takes place on the rural coast of Maine – a place I know very well.

The beginning was strong, but after that it just seem to muddle along. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't 'blow me away.' It was too descriptive and detailed. Everything was repeated, from the condition of the lighthouse to the trees, the water, the land, etc.

I won this book in a contest but have not been able to finish it (I'm about halfway through) and putting it aside for now. I will not pursue this series nor would I recommend it as anything but average.

I have mad respect for authors, as it takes courage and self-discipline to write and put your product out to the public. So, Donna Kaufman, I appreciate your effort. This book just didn't do it for me.

The narration was good to better.

Notes: some descriptions of sex - PG

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Just what I needed!

This is a lovely story that is relaxing to listen too. It has a great setting, a strong sexy guy and a relatable heroine. The narrator is perfect.