Saving Grace

Moon Island #2

by Jennifer Fulton

Champion swimmer and Olympic hopeful, Dawn Beaumont has been injured in a car crash she caused. Haunted by guilt over the death of a passenger, her career in ruins, her body damaged and scarred, she flees to Moon Island. Scientist Grace Ramsay welcomes her cute new neighbor, imaging Dawn could be a pleasant diversion from her secret mission to evaluate Moon Island for corporate purchase by a chemicals giant looking for a waste dump far from civilization. But Dawn won't play ball, in fact she denies she is even a lesbian. Beset by troubling nightmares rooted in the past, and increasing ambivalence over her job, Grace sets out to prove otherwise. Meanwhile Annabel Worth, the owner of the island, is determined not to sell her home to a chemicals conglomerate. But then her plane goes down in the Pacific in suspicious circumstances.

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Disability, Queer, LGBT

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Jennifer Fulton is the romance pen name of best-selling lesbian romance and mystery novels writer Jennifer Knight. She is the prolific author of romance and mystery novels under three pen names — Jennifer Fulton, Rose Beecham, and Grace Lennox. She was first published by the Naiad Press in 1992. Jennifer is a recipient of the Alice B. Reader's award for Lesbian Fiction, multiple Golden Crown Literary Award winner, and Lambda Literary Award finalist for both romance and mystery.

Jennifer Fulton, Rose Beecham, Grace Lennox

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neither Dawn nor Grace are particularly likeable at first. Dawn’s homophobia is really offputting, especially since it never comes up with main characters in lesbian romances these days, but also makes total sense because Saving Grace was first published in 1993. Grace is almost mercenary in how she approaches her career as well as her interactions with people, which extends to how she pursues Dawn. Both women have tremendous character growth throughout this book, however, which makes it particularly satisfying and they were both very different people by the end of it.

Full review: https://www.thelesbianreview.com/savi...

[Celina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I detest fake-dating but I even detest books with internal homophobia even more, because who are you messing with.. I don't want that stuff in my head. I almost dnf-ed, but it was still weirdly fine.

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually better than the first in the series (although I could do with more of Cody as a main character).

Fun, light and really quite sensual.

Enjoy!

[Kaye · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the second book in the series and returns to Moon Island (written 1993). It is supposed to take place three years after the first story and I was mostly interested in catching up with Cody and Annabel. I think Annabel is the only main character I've read about that is an albino. The two main characters in this book are not particularly likable. One is recovering from a car accident that ruined trying out for the Australian Olympic Swim Team. The other is a Grace Ramsey who is ten years older and a scientist. She is there to see if Moon Island can be a toxic chemical dumping ground for a large international company. Grace does eventually have a change of heart about her actions but only when her company goes too far. This has some mystery and intrigue but the main romance didn't hold my interest.

[Tawanna L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

I enjoyed reading this book and it was just as good as the first and now I'm off to read the next series. 😘😍

[JT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 2 in the series

[FSH78 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A solid second book in the Moon Island series. I enjoyed the characters and the setting and look forward to reading the next in the series.

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

The love continues with some new characters and a heart stopping incident. A pretty good read as well