The Inn on Amelia Island

Seven Sisters #7

by Hope Holloway

The uplifting and unforgettable conclusion to the Seven Sisters series!

After coming together following their father’s stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter.

But as they fill Wingate House with wedding plans and celebrations, not everything is smooth sailing down the Amelia River. One final crisis threatens this unshakeable family, and it will test everyone and everything they hold dear.

Before the sun sets on their saga, the sisters must join forces and hearts one last time to earn a truly heartwarming happily ever after.

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Family, Audiobook, Chick Lit

338 pages, Paperback

Published July 6, 2024

Reviews

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Inn on Amelia Island grabbed me and kept me captivated from the first page. It is filled with emotion, mystery, drama, family, and love. I laughed and cried - such a wonderful, heartwarming story! I have loved this series and am sorry to see it end, but this last book does a great job of wrapping everything up. I haven’t read a Hope Holloway book that hasn’t kept me spellbound, and this one certainly fits that description. I highly recommend this book and this whole series!

[Tonya Townsend · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love a good series!

I've waited until I read all 7 books to make a review. I sure hope Netflix picks this one up!! What an incredible story of a large family who loved big and supported each other even bigger!! Take a leap into this Amelia Island series!!

[January · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway (2024)
Seven Sisters #7
282-page Kindle Ebook story pages 4-277

Genre: Family, Contemporary Romance

Featuring: Author's Links & Contacts, Character List w/ Ages, Sisters, Daughters, Quadragenarians, Tricenarians, Quinquagenarians, Inconsistencies, Double Wedding Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, Nassau County, Florida; Multiple POVs, Family Businesses, Realtors, Chocolatier, Chef, Seamstress, Bookstore, Bakeshop, Inn, Wedding Planning, Summer, Blackmail, Trust Issues, Second Chance Tropes, Divorcées, Drama, Secrets, Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Recaps, Author's Links, Seven Sisters Series List, List including Blurbs for The Coconut Key Series, The Shellseeker Beach Series? and The Carolina Christmas Series

Rating as a movie: PG-13

Songs for the soundtrack: "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley,

Books and Authors mentioned: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Bait by John Donne, The Holy Bible written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Memorable Quotes: “He ruined my aunt’s life and she never got to collect her hush money. But I’ll be happy to. This place has to be worth a few million, right? Don’t worry. If me and my mom don’t like living here, we’ll sell it back to you. For a nice high price.” She couldn’t do that. It was blackmail! And not true, not one word of it. Rex didn’t have an aggressive bone in his body. With a smug smile, Ivy tossed back the rest of her coffee and slammed the empty cup on the table. “Obviously, you’re not letting me in. Fine. I will be back. Oh, and by the way, the contract says we get it furnished, so don’t try to take anything out of this place or we’ll sue you until you can’t see straight. By the time we’re done, Rex Wingate won’t be able to walk down the street that’s named after him and look a single person in the eye. So, uh, see ya around…Suze.”

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️🏝🛎🛏🛋👰🏼‍♂️🤵‍♂️👰🤵🏻🐈

My thoughts: 📘📄 - This is the first book with new ages - despite the birthdays that occurred, so I guess it's been a year and we're back to summer.
🔖Page 54 of 282 Chapter Five Susannah - This is way too much drama this late in the series.
🔖134 Chapter Twelve Sadie - I was hoping this would end on a high note but the inconsistencies are getting to me, particularly Chase going from an American father, and Italian mother who's an only child and his grandmother only had distant relatives to an American mother, Italian father, and lots of cousins. Then the foster care storyline is unrealistic as to how the system works. Don't get me started on a 4-year-old in a group home or why the 3-year-old and 6-year-old in previous books speak well but this 5-year-old sounds like a toddler. I may not miss this series after all. The bream of light is I may get my handful of weddings.

I wanted to love this story but it seemed rushed and disjointed compared to the other books.

Recommend to others: The series is great but although it ends on a high note in terms of events it was not high in terms of stars.

Seven Sisters
1. The Beach House on Amelia Island (2023)
2. The Cafe on Amelia Island (2023)
3. The Bookstore on Amelia Island (2023)
4. The Florist on Amelia Island (2023)
5. The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island (2024)
6. The Dressmaker on Amelia Island (2024)
7. The Inn on Amelia Island (2024)

[Erika Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

So sad to see this series end!! Love, love this family.

[Pam Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The entire series was a great read.

[Chriss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I made it through all seven books of this series. It took me awhile, i couldn’t read them straight through. It was fun getting to know all the characters, but the books did get progressively more cutesy. If chicklit is your preferred genre you’ll enjoy this series.

[Julie Booklover · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

It is a bittersweet conclusion to the Seven Sisters series. I found myself slowing down as I got further into the book, I did not want to leave this family, but I know that Ms. Holloway has another in the wings that I will be equally attached to. This series is now complete if you are one who likes to binge the entire series.

Be prepared for emotion, drama, love, and family, in this heartwarming story. I love the way the story is wrapped up with a nice bow. I recommend this and any series by this author.

Thank you to the Author for the advanced copy; this is my voluntary review.

[Patty Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Hope Holloways books! Can’t wait for the next one!!!

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic ending to a fun, heartwarming series.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This entire Seven Sisters series was really enjoyable. I will miss this giant family of seven sisters and all their loved ones. These stories have lovable families, strong female characters, and a few improbably plot points, but are fun reads regardless.

If you like chick lit or PG-rated contemporary romance, give this series a try! Also good for fans of Pamela Kelley or Mary Kay Andrews or Nancy Thayer type books, or even older books by Elin Hildebrand.

[Valerie Griffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Christoph J Sikora · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Satisfying End to a Lovely Series!

Hope Holloway closes out her Seven Sisters series, fittingly, with Book 7--The Inn on Amelia Island. With two Wingate sisters married and two more planning a "two-ring" pair of weddings in a couple months, Susannah Wingate is happily planning for Tori and Raina's big day, when out of the blue appears a stranger calling herself Ivy Button, claiming to be the rightful heir of Wingate House, and demanding that Suze give her the deed and keys NOW or she'll ruin the family's good name on the island. She's persistent, rude, and determined to scare Suze into giving in to her demands. After thinking about it nonstop and worrying her girls, she confesses to middle daughter Raina that she doesn't know what to do. She doesn't believe the ugly accusations Ivy made against her husband, but she doesn't want to cause another stroke, seizure, or heart attack from the stress. Raina agrees that it sounds like fraud and blackmail, but she can't prove it. Ivy meets Raina and Suze in the Wingate Properties office and lays out her story and letters she says prove her Aunt Doreen (manager of Wingate House during its time as an inn), was raped by Suze's husband and Raina's father, but Raina's grandfather wrote a notarized contract giving Wingate House to Ivy upon Doreen's death to make up for it. Raina instantly suspects the documents are forged, but her cousin Blake (assistant in the office) finds a signature from Doreen and says it looks like the writing on "Ivy's" letters.
Raina decides to consult the "Wingate Brain Trust", but Suze tells Rex everything first. They ask eldest sister Madeline's husband Adam, a former FBI agent, to call in some favors and learn more about "Ivy". They also pledge their determination to fight the sale of Wingate House--without giving in to "Ivy's" blackmail.
Meanwhile, Raina and her fiancé, Chase, want him to adopt her baby twins, to whom her ex-husband surrendered parental rights. And Chloe wants to adopt her boyfriend Travis's orphan nephew, a situation he resists because his father left him and had a second son, who he preferred. Travis sees little Judah as a symbol of his father's neglect and wants nothing to do with him, but Chloe falls in love with the five-year-old.
After some supervised visits and a trip to Travis's workplace, where Judah gets to sit in the fire truck and take a "fire hose bath", Travis starts to see Judah as a person rather than evidence of his father's betrayal--just in time to hear that Judah is going to be adopted! When that falls through, he's reassigned to a group home six hours away, and both Travis and Chloe decide they want to adopt him. Travis has one condition: Chloe must marry him and he must move into her house at the animal sanctuary she owns. Looks like the double wedding will be a triple wedding!
Sadie, the last single sister, has been dating Scout, an ordinary Jewish guy who has a dad-bod and sees her nonstop roaming, as well as her short-lived marriage to a Belgian billionaire who only wanted her secret chocolate ingredient, as a search for the extraordinary, when she really needed stability, peace...an ordinary life. He's so ordinary, ornery Kitty (head of the Chamber of Commerce) trusts him to cat-sit while she goes to Europe with her best friend--Raina's ex-mother-in-law. Her cat, who's as ornery as his owner, escapes from Scout and sets him and Sadie on a wild journey that includes a trip to an out-of-state shelter for another orange cat (lovey, so he won't fool Kitty) and a few fruitless visits to the old widower who found him, renamed him Elvis, and became so attached he didn't want to give Elvis up. The problem resolves itself when Scout introduces the lovey cat to the old man, who renames him Presley (his late wife loved Elvis, so the name was a tribute to her) and takes Presley in exchange. Kitty returns, Scout tells her everything--he's honest, as his nickname implies--and she uncharacteristically compliments Sadie and Scout for being "good people". Is it really Kitty?!?
After Kitty leaves with her cat, Scout tells Sadie that he knows she's chasing extraordinary things and people in her life, and he knows he's ordinary, but extraordinary people can hurt her (ep A: Sadie's billionaire ex-husband coaxed her secret chocolate ingredient from her, then let his snobby chocolatier family erase their marriage) whereas he can offer her a life of "shalom", which means safety and completeness, not just peace. It's a proposal, but Sadie asks for time to think. Then she goes into her house and throws up. She's ravenous and exhausted but can't eat or sleep, and when she complains to Chloe, her baby sister buys her pregnancy tests. Looks like the triple wedding will see the marriage of the final Wingate sister!
First, though, come the adoptions. Chase adopts Raina's twins with no issues. The adoption of the four older sisters, however, is interrupted by TWO Ivy Buttons and a heroic speech by ex-FBI agent Adam. It's a bit melodramatic, but highly satisfying!

[Pj Ausdenmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hope. Heart. Humor. Family. Faith. Love.

Hope Holloway concludes her heart-tugging Seven Sisters series with another book that kept me reading long into the night. These characters have all found a place in my heart. I simply could not stop reading until I was certain each member of the Wingate family was happy, healthy, and safe. And, in The Inn on Amelia Island, those facts are not a certainty for most of the book. Holloway really had me on pins and needles with this one.

I don't want to go into specifics because each reader who has become invested in this family should have the pleasure of watching events unfold as they read the book. So, I'll just say this. Unexpected people - and obstacles - find their way into the lives of several members of the Wingate family but as we've learned throughout the series, when someone in this family is threatened, everyone - and I do mean everyone - circles the wagons. I love seeing these characters, these couples, this family as a whole come together, strengthening their bonds, their love, their faith as they confront the many faces of adversity. I will not soon forget them.

If you enjoy family sagas that elicit laughter, tug at your heartstrings, and immerse you in the trials and celebrations of one very special family, I highly recommend Hope Holloway's Seven Sisters series. I also strongly suggest reading the books in this series in order. I'm already anticipating what Holloway will bring readers next while secure in the knowledge that I know I'll be seeing Amelia Island and the seven Wingate sisters again. These books are too good not to revisit when I need a little laughter and reading comfort.

[Elizabeth Lefler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent seven book series!

At first I thought this would be another great beach read, until I got into the personalities of these amazing characters. I knew I would wait until I had read them all before leaving a review, so here it is:
It looked a bit confusing at first, but once the reader gets totally immersed in the ever unraveling story lines, there's no stopping.
Each character is well-defined and quite different from the others. Readers can figure out who is who, although it may take a few books to figure that out.
There are several instances of thrilling escapades where readers may get so totally engrossed in what's going on that they might forget it's a story, for Pete's sake! But that only lasts a second.
If there's a problem here, it's just that the good men are all too perfect, and the sisters are just a little bit too sugary. I didn't find that distracting, just noticeable. All 14 of those sisters and their men are very different and serve the story perfectly.
No hot and steamy unnecessary adult scenes here, but there are some thought-provoking soul-searching "thought bubbles" regarding the differences between love and lust.

All in all, a good series I can highly recommend.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Inn on Amelia Island starts out with a bang and keeps the tension going from start to finish. This is another heartwarming book but has heart wrenching moments, as well. The seven sisters, with their love and compassion are supportive of each other as one sister deals with a little orphan, others wrestle with scars from past relationships, and the entire family struggles with the possibility of losing the historic Wingate House. There is drama and mystery from past transgressions, but through it all, there is the love and strength from the family as they band together to conquer whatever adversity is thrown their way. I love the Wingate sisters, their strength, compassion, and love of family. I highly recommend this book and the entire series!

[Deb F. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just so EXCELLENT!! The saga of the seven sisters is a series that is so heartwarming, mysterious, inspiring, heartbreaking and love all rolled up into one series...Hope Holloway weaves a story together that is so brilliantly interetesting it takes you away to a whole new world. You can not stop yourself from becoming so engrossed in the story that you become one with the characters.

If you have read any of Hope's books you know how excitng they are. I am not going to give you a book cover introduction, just know if you don't read this series you are really missing out on a very special series!!
Thank you, Hope, your stories take me away and fill my mind and heart with such lovely places to visit and new friends to meet!!

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[Shawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who doesn’t love a good series where all the good guys (girls) win and all the bad guys get their due, or better yet, fade to irrelevance. Of course all seven daughters serendipitously meet their ideal mate through totally unrealistic means and despite all of their demanding careers (each book is connected to a business they run/own/manage/fund) they can take that time off to run to Jacksonville or Miami or wherever they are desperately needed to save someone else’s day. I love that in addition to having their businesses some of them have kids yet still are 100% available. But it’s a beach novel isn’t it. And I read all seven voluntarily.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Plus Stars. Hope Holloway is my favorite author and Book 7 of the 7 Sisters Series is a perfect example of why —- it is an Awesome read! Highly recommended. Book 7 is the last book in the series and ties everything together beautifully. All in all, it is a perfect book; it has love and romance; mystery, evil, and viciousness; dogs and kittys; family and, best of all, sisters who stick together and support each other regardless of the circumstances and would never undermine one another for their own selfish motives. Thank you for the ARC copy.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with every series from Hope Holloway, finishing the final book is bittersweet. I love the character development and the relationships that they ask have. This final book was a delightful wrap up for so many story lines. It was a great beach read with my toes in the sand and the Gulf as my background! Love how each of her books/series is set in real Florida places with a fun inspired storyline. From the Keys, to Sanibel and now Amelia Island, where are we going next?? I'm waiting with baited breath!

[Lynn Bartels O'Neill Beam · Rating 5 out of 5]

a Force In The World

Well, we knew pretty much from the beginning that Ivy was a monster, a very dangerous human being, who was quite willing to create a very unhappy world for wonderful people and yes, when somebody misbehaves or leads a very miserable life, it goes out like a circle inside a circle inside a circle and affects everybody-sadly innocent people who pay a very high cost. But the family is strong spiritually, the sisters all full of humor and intelligence and deserve the extraordinary men who love them. Who wouldn’t want to be the 8th sister?

[Diana Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic way to end this series! It was definitely one of my favorites next to the first one. I did not want to stop reading it as soon as I started it. I so badly wanted to be one of the 7 sisters and be a part of the Wingate Family! And I loved that the story is set in Amelia Island which is only 45 minutes from where I live. She mentions St Simons Island and Kingsland, which is very near to me as well. So, it was fun to read about the area that I live in! This book did not disappoint and I'm sad to see this series come to an end.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Inn on Amelia Island is the latest and final book and is a wonderful conclusion to this series about the Wingate sisters. They all have great jobs in this charming place and have all found their forever love. Some new relationships and some old and weddings are on the horizon. There are also new additions coming to this large incredible family. There is drama, mystery and most of all love. I definitely recommend this book and in fact you will fall in love with the entire series!

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! It was wonderful to see all of the sisters' stories end so well.

Amazon synopsis:
After coming together following their father’s stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter.

But as they fill Wingate House with wedding plans and celebrations, not everything is smooth sailing down the Amelia River. One final crisis threatens this unshakeable family, and it will test everyone and everything they hold dear.

Before the sun sets on their saga, the sisters must join forces and hearts one last time to earn a truly heartwarming happily ever after.

[Carol LeGray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Seven was perfect

Having read the previous six books in this series, it was a long wait for this one to be published. It was a perfect story to bring all the books to a lovely end. I am sorry there are no more to wait for. I enjoyed and related to all the characters in these stories. I hope that hope Holloway has another series in mind. I have read all of her series so far. They are excellent, but this one was my favorite.

[Jamie Corbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hope Holloway books are easy to read and highly predictable cozy stories of the ups and downs of a family of 7 sisters. The Amelia Island books had more story lines than her Key West series so life wasn’t always so perfect. I would read these books early in the morning with a cup of coffee and they were relaxing reads so don’t expect page turners but do expect a break from the troubles awaiting us in the news daily.

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could not have been happier with this final installment of the series. Often the last in a series either leaves me wanting more or just leaves me frustrated with the ending, but this finale was the perfect combination of resolution and unexpected surprises. Absolutely adore the extended Wingate family!

[Diane Jewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Inn on Amelia Island by Hope Holloway ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Book 7and the final book of Seven Sisters Series. And it didn't disappoint. This book was not like any of her other books/series. . I didn't want to finish reading it because of chapter 1, but I did and it was great. Lots of twists and turns both good and bad.

Highly recommend reading this whole series which needs to be read in order. Hope's books are not stand alone.

[Tina Brinkel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seven Sisters Series

I really have enjoyed this series, the second one I have read.
Each book covers a different sisters journey while weaving in the family story very well. It doesn’t feel rushed (sometimes corny) but still entertaining.
I am a little familiar with this area of Florida so it was fun because I knew the area a bit.

[Phyllis Strobel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this entire series and was sad this was the last one. I loved the characters, the stories were well written, flowed nicely and this story had some mystery and intrigue. This is the first of series books I have read from this author and I will definitely read her other series.

[Katie Muldoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seven Sisters Series is a Must Read

Hope Holloway is an amazing writer. These books about 7 daughters in the Wingate family are wonderful. Each book draws you in and leaves you wanting more. The love the family shares is shown as the sisters take care of each other and their parents. I was waiting and waiting for this final book.