At Summer's End

Inn at Magnolia Harbor #5

by Rachael O. Phillips

The charming town of Magnolia Harbor, South Carolina, prepares for the highly anticipated Candlelight Journey Festival. The owners of the Magnolia Harbor Inn -- sisters Grace Porter and Charlotte Wylde -- plan an elaborate party with a Revolutionary War theme as they welcome their guests.

Fashion designer Lydia Walkerton is enduring a difficult season. Overwhelmed with sorrow and regret, she seeks solitude and withdraws from the rest of the world. Will her time at the bed-and-breakfast help her find the courage to face her fears and make amends with her loved ones?

Eager to begin their new life together, Daniel and Maggie Sims arrive at the inn for their honeymoon. But when conflicts arise in their family, the young couple must choose between running away from their problems and confronting the mistakes of the past.

Dr. Ian Southby is fascinated with the historical aspects of the magnificent old mansion and offers to buy an antique sampler on the wall. After Grace declines to part with the sentimental piece, it goes missing, making the innkeepers question whether the eccentric historian is a thief.

As Grace and Charlotte search for the missing sampler, the Magnolia Harbor Inn works its magic in the lives of their guests. Will these hurting souls discover healing and reconciliation at summer's end?

Genres: Christian Fiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Rachael Phillips, a church music director, began her unplanned writing career when the church secretary demanded newsletter articles, or else. She has written more than 400 articles, newspaper columns, devotions, and stories along with several books. Rachael enjoys speaking at women’s meetings and conducts writing workshops. She and Steve, her high school sweetheart and husband of thirty-eight years, live in Upland, Indiana. They have three grown children and five grandchildren.

Reviews

[Lis Sigona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another delightful Inn at Magnolia Harbor Series book. I couldn’t wait to delve into it, and I couldn’t wait to find out who the culprits were. The sisters are typical, they argue, make up and are stubborn, but love each other to pieces. They have their favorites. They have their inner e.s.p. On their guests. Their Aunt Winnie is just as winsome as the sisters are, and she makes for a well rounded character since the girls’ parents have passed on. The men in the sister’s lives intrigue the read and flux us as the sister’s try to hide their true feelings, as if still living in a era of the 18th or 19th century where women were more demure.

Will look forward to the next book in the series, when it is released. Just delightful, especially in such tense times.

[Sandra Bensley · Rating 5 out of 5]

2 couples and one individual story lines to follow in this one. The young newlyweds were fun to read about and watch the beginning of love bloom, even with troubles that arise, they were a great couple to read about. The individual...that one I had no idea until right up to the end what that issue would resolve out to be, great job at keeping me guessing. The last couple, I really liked them, was very sad with the ending, but it was a great story line that just kept going. Well worth the read.

[Valerie Sanchez · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really cute story. It kept my interest and I enjoyed reading it.

[Naela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good plot twists!

[Barb Ratcliffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good mystery about theft at the inn. All ends well.

[Connie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful series

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story but I especially liked how it turned out to be a mystery. It certainly kept me tuning the pages. The ending had a bit of humor but overall a good ending.