Three Down the Aisle (The Rose Cottage Sisters) (Silhouette Special Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sherryl Woods (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2005

Melanie D'Anglelo seeks solace from heartbreak at Rose Cottage, her grandmother's home on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay. There she finds new love with Stefan Mikelewski and his six-year old daughter.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373246633
• ISBN-13: 978-0373246632
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With her roots firmly planted in the South, Sherryl Woods has written many of her more than 100 books in that distinctive setting, whether her home state of Virginia, her adopted state, Florida, or her much-adored South Carolina. She's also especially partial to small towns wherever they may be. In Amazing Gracie, as in her later Trinity Harbor series, Woods creates a fictional version of the town where she spends summers on the shores of the Potomac River. "This town just lends itself to fascinating characters and a charming locale," she says.

A member of Novelists Inc., Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America, Sherryl divides her time between her childhood summer home overlooking the Potomac River in Colonial Beach, Virginia, and her oceanfront home with its lighthouse view, in Key Biscayne, Florida. "Wherever I am, if there's no water in sight, I get a little antsy," she says.

Sherryl also loves hearing from readers. You can join her at her blog, www.justbetweenfriendsblog.com, visit her Web site at www.sherrylwoods.com or contact her directly at [e-mail].

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A high energy, lively tale of sisters and love!, April 29, 2005

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Sharon Galligar Chance (Wichita Falls, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Three Down the Aisle (The Rose Cottage Sisters) (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

Melanie D'Angelo's heart had been broken, and she desperately needed a change of scenery to help her on the way to mending it. When her big sister, Ashley, recommended that she take a trip to their grandmother's cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Melanie jumped at the chance to get away from the memories of her dismal love life. Arriving at the run-down bungalow, she knew this was a great chance to restore the once-beautiful home as well as to restore her heart. She didn't count on her labor of love turning into a full-blown affair of the heart.

Mike Mikelewski had always been fascinated with the tiny cottage that obviously needed some care and restoration, and had once considered looking into buying it to fix it up himself, but his life was busy as a single father raising his young daughter and running his landscaping business and had never gotten around to looking into whether the charming little house was for sell or not. So he was surprised to find out someone had moved in and was living there. When he went to offer his services as a landscape designer, Mike was even more surprised to find the beautiful young occupant was in no way interested in having him anywhere near the premises.

As Melanie and Mike dance around each other, renovating and restoring Rose Cottage to its former splendor, they soon find themselves slowly falling in love. But would their former sour experiences in love and loss get in the way of their new beginning?

Sherryl Woods introduces her new series, "The Rose Cottage Sisters" in this first novel, "Three Down The Aisle." Examining the lives of the four D'Angelo sisters, Woods shows the reader how four different women with completely different personalities and professions can have four different experiences in love with the one binding tie of family loyalty. "Three Down The Aisle" is a delightful story that maintains it's high energy from beginning to end. It will be interesting to see if the three other sisters can find their true loves at Rose Cottage as well.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1st in a great new series, March 6, 2005

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Amy Leemon (North Fond du Lac, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Down the Aisle (The Rose Cottage Sisters) (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

This 4 book series will tell the stories of the D'Angelo sisters - Melanie, Ashley, Maggie and Jo. And their stories will take place at Rose Cottage, their family summer home on Chesapeake Bay.

The first book is about Melanie who goes to Rose Cottage after she finds out her boyfriend is married - a fact he neglected to tell her. It has been years since any of them have been to the Cottage and it has really been neglected. A fact which has her neighbor Mike Mikelewski very annoyed. He is a landscaper and can not bear to see the state of neglect the property is in.

He too has his problems. He has a 6 year old daughter, Jessie. His wife was addicted to drugs before Jessie was born so Jessie has some serious behavior problems. Mike and his wife are divorced and he has sole custody of Jessie which is not easy for him at times.

Neither one of these characters is looking for entanglements. Mike especially doesn't want his daughter to be hurt by someone she may grow close to who will then leave her like her mother did. And Melanie makes it clear that she is only there for the short term.

The secondary characters, especially Pam (a close friend of Mike's and very protective of him) are very good. There are no easy answers as Mike and Melanie work their way to an understanding. This makes for a good read with people you care about and will see more of. It becomes especially good when Melanie's sisters come and put Mike through the wringer. After all, they're very protective of their sister and don't want her to be hurt again. With all of this "help", Mike and Melanie really have an uphill and interesting struggle.

Eagerly awaiting for the next book (Maggie's story) which will come out in April.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun romance!, August 23, 2010

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This review is from: Three Down the Aisle (The Rose Cottage Sisters) (Kindle Edition)

Enjoyed reading this romantic and fun book. Great relatonship between the sisters and between the single dad and his daughter. Also a good depiction of the strains and rewards a troubled child can bring to everyone around them. I'll definitely read the remaining books in this series!