Return to Summerhouse

"Return to Summerhouse" by Jude Deveraux is the first book that I've read in this series, and I was certainly not disappointed! I love when an author thinks "outside of the box" by creating an original plot that is unique. The main characters, Amy, Faith, and Zoe are three women that are strong and creative in their own way. Their backgrounds are diverse, yet they come together to help one another as well as themselves. The plot is engaging and holds the reader's interest from the first page to the last. I would consider this novel to be a combination of romance, historical fiction, fantasy, with a bit of mystery thrown in.

I loved The Summerhouse and I love Return to Summerhouse. Another 3 women desperately in need of a change. Not only are they able to go back into their own timeline to make needed changes to their life but this time back into an ancestors past to change a whole family line. The book is filled with romance, humor, some mystery, and some history. It was a really great book that kept me interested the entire time.

This time traveling adventure is the second book of the Summerhouse Series, and just the magical break I needed. The story has the same premise as the first book, but with a new group of ladies who, like it or not, are time traveling together.
Wonderfully detailed, this fast paced story takes you on a suspenseful and clever journey to an eighteenth century English countryside. The plot is captivating and so artfully woven with endearing characters, that I didn't want this story to end!
I enjoyed this book more than the first one! Now on to book #3.

"Return to Summerhouse", by Jude Deveraux was only the second book I have read by this author. This story did not disappoint I was a little worried that it would be just a repeat of, "The Summerhouse." I was pleasantly surprised that the stories were very different. In Return to Summerhouse you have 3 women who are to meet at the Summerhouse in Maine again. Amy a housewife with two children trying to move past the miscarriage she recently had. Zoe, a confused artist that cannot remember why the town she grew up in wants nothing to do with her. Faith, a widow with a lot of heartache struggling to move forward. As all three women settle into the house they are cautious, but optimistic to try to get what they were sent to this house for. show more Amy spends one day in the old library reading a fascinating book which happens to hold the business card to Madame Zoya. All three women end up going to Madame Zoya only to find out that they can be transported back to any time for 3 weeks to possibly change the course of their future. All three women go back to the 18th Century to a time that is unfamiliar and very different from the current world they live in. While they are in this different time they all realize new things about themselves and come back very different people. There is romance, compassion and comfort for these three women in the 18th Century. The story held my attention to see what the other two women chose to do with their opportunity. Throughout the book the author makes each character who is flawed very likable and made you really want to see each of them happy. I am very pleased with Jude Deveraux and so excited to have found an author that keeps my attention. I look forward to more of her books in the future. show less

Amy, Faith, and Zoe are strangers to each other when they meet at their therapist's summerhouse in Maine. They are linked by hardship: Amy is recovering from a miscarriage, Faith is coping with her husband's death, and Zoe has lost her memory following a serious car accident. After Amy suffers a series of frightening dreams that leave her physically injured, she convinces the others to join her in meeting mysterious Madame Zoya, a woman who allegedly possesses the power to help people rewrite their pasts. Madame Zoya transports the trio to eighteenth century England where Amy is charged with saving a man’s life in order to positively alter her own destiny. However, Faith and Zoe are also deeply impacted by men they meet in the English show more countryside, and their experiences lead to drastic changes in their present-day lives. Deveraux's fluffy tale is one of friendship, magic, and love. Through dialogue and flashbacks, the reader has the chance to connect to the intersecting lives of the female characters. Like her other novels, Return to Summerhouse is a smooth read, a relaxing “weekend getaway” that never gets too deep or fantastical. Read Deveraux's companion novel, Summerhouse, for more fantasy and time travel. show less

I really liked this time travel book about three women, Amy who recently miscarried, widow Faith, and Zoe who has amnesia. It covers their lives today, three weeks in 1797 England, and then their lives after this experience. It’s like seven romances in one, a real treat for the romance lover.

Jude Deveraux may write chick lit, but she does time travel well. I enjoyed reading this on a rainy Saturday when I was chilled to the bone and fighting off getting sick. Will keep my eyes open for "The Summerhouse", the first in this particular series.