Kimberly reviews Sunshine Beach by Wendy Wax

TITLE: Sunshine Beach
SERIES #: Ten Beach Road #4
CHARACTERS: Maddie, Avery & Nikki
AUTHOR: Wendy Wax
PUBLICATION DATE: 06/21/16
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N

BOOK SYNOPSIS:
In this brand-new summer read by the USA Today bestselling author of The House on Mermaid Point, three women join forces to bring a historic seaside hotel back to life…

There’s nothing that a fresh coat of paint and a few glasses of wine can’t fix…

After losing their life savings in a Ponzi scheme, Maddie, Avery, and Nikki have banded together to make the most of what they have left, using their determination, ingenuity, guts, and a large dose of elbow grease. It’s Maddie’s daughter Kyra who stumbles across a once glorious beachfront hotel that has fallen into disrepair. The opportunity to renovate this seaside jewel is too good to pass up—especially when they come up with the idea of shooting their own independent television show about the restoration. What could possibly go wrong?

Everything. With the cameras rolling, Maddie’s second-chance romance with her all-too-famous new boyfriend gets complicated, Avery struggles with grief over the loss of her mother, and Nikki’s reluctance to commit to the man who loves her could leave her to face the biggest challenge of her life. Even the hotel seems to be against them, when their renovation uncovers a decades-old unsolved murder which just might bring their lives tumbling down all over again…

REVIEW:
This is my first novel by Wendy Wax but it is the fourth in the series. This book was not what I expected. I thought it was going to be a beach romance with the three women finding love in the sunshine. Nope.

There is a Nazi mystery at the heart of this story which in all honesty is the reason I sort of enjoyed it. I never seemed to connect with any of the three women. I really don’t know how three tv reality stars and a age old mystery fit together.

I am on the fence about this one so I gave it three stars.

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.