Coffee at the Beach House Hotel is Judith Keim’s 7th book in The Beach House Hotel series set off the Gulf Coast of Florida. The Beach House Hotel is an upscale hotel known for its beautiful rooms, beach, and above all privacy of its guests. Many famous people have stayed at the hotel knowing their stay will remain a secret.
I love the main characters Ann and Rhonda who own The Beach House Hotel. They are fun and truly opposites in personality. Ann is quiet and well spoken, and Rhonda is robust and basically has no filter between her brain and her mouth, but I love her! In this story Rhonda has a health scare which leaves Rhonda and Ann planning to make changes in their lives to give them more time to relax and spend time with their husbands, children, and grandchildren. Well, maybe once their expansion project is complete and Brock Goodwin (their arch nemesis) is out of their hair!
At another personal request of the Vice President of the U.S. Ann and Rhonda are asked to let someone come stay at the hotel for the summer and work alongside some of their hardworking staff. This is where we meet Bobby “Bugs” Bailey, a star NFL player who is teetering at the precipice of his career. He has gotten too big for his britches (as my Grammy would have said) and needs a major attitude adjustment according to his coach. It’s either come back down to earth with the rest of us and learn some grace and humility for those around him or lose his career!
A past character, Tina Marks (a famous actress) returns to the hotel with her two children and her live-in nanny Sydney. What starts out as a wonderful vacation quickly turns into a parent’s worst nightmare!
If you love strong women, sweet romance and women’s fiction, this is the book for you! I could hardly put it down! Since I am not one to ruin the story by retelling it, I will just leave it there. Coffee at the Beach House Hotel was an excellent, fast read for me, and I highly recommend it!