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Dockside (Lakeshore Chronicles)
by Susan Wiggs

Published: 2007-08-01
Mass Market Paperback : 408 pages
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With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She's waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she's beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake ...
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Introduction

With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She's waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she's beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own.

Greg lost his first marriage to a demanding career. Now he's determined to make a new start before it's too late. Juggling work, raising his young son and helping his nearly grown daughter face life's ultimate challenge, he has no time to fall in love. Still, with Nina Romano, love feels just right this time around.

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Chapter One

After Shane Gilmore kissed her, Nina Romano kept her eyes shut. All right, she thought, so he wasn’t the world’s best kisser. Not every man was born a great kisser. Some had to be trained. Surely, Shane Gilmore was trainable. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

Written by the Author:

1. What symptoms of "empty nest" does Nina exhibit in the book? Do they mirror feelings you've had?

2. Owning and running the Inn at Willow Lake was Nina's dream, but it didn't work out for her. Did she have to settle for less, or did she get something she never expected? Talk about expectations v. reality when it comes to a long-held dream.

3. Unexpected pregnancy is a theme in this book. Each woman who experiences it, past or present, handles it differently--Nina, Sophie Bellamy and Daisy. How did each handle it, and which one seems, to you, to have the best prospects for success? Why?

4. Greg walked away from a lucrative career after his divorce. Was that decision understandable and how is it working for him? How is he doing as the father of a pregnant teenager? How is this going to affect his relationship with Nina?

5. Sophie Bellamy, Greg's ex-wife, shows up at a key moment in the story. Did she strike you as unsympathetic or understandable? Why?

6. Daisy is drawn to Julian Gastineaux, but she is also surprised by Logan O'Donnell's response to her pregnancy. How might these storylines play out in the future?

7. The past and present sections of the book are marked by epigraph pages with historical facts about the Inn, and household tips from an innkeeper. Share a tip or recipe of your own with the group.

Notes From the Author to the Bookclub

A note from Susan for BookMovement members:

The central idea of this book is second chances and expecting the unexpected. I never imagined I would be writing Greg Bellamy's story for the Lakeshore Chronicles, but in past books (Summer at Willow Lake, The Winter Lodge) he struck a chord with readers. So really, it was reader interest that inspired me to tell his story. The idea that sparked my imagination came from my research of the old Catskills towns in the area. Having lived in the vicinity until age ten, I have a lot of nostalgic memories of the mountains and picturesque small towns. Avalon is a fictional evocation of towns like Phoenicia, New Paltz and Windham, NY.

After reading this book, I hope readers will find entertainment and affirmation in a story of all the loves that fill a woman's life.

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