The Sacred Shore

Moon Island #3

by Jennifer Fulton

In the third installment in this acclaimed lesbian romance series, Jennifer Fulton brings together an ensemble cast in a story that combines themes of love and loss, renewal and spirituality and of course her trademark humor and sensuality. Successful tech industry survivor, Merris Randall does not believe in love at first sight until she meets songwriter, Olivia Pearce. But Olivia is deeply scarred from a damaging relationship, and has no plans to love again. Thrown together in a sensuous paradise thousands of miles from home, each woman discovers the unexpected--in herself and in life. UCLA anthropologist Dr. Glenn Howick is also on Moon Island, chasing the career-making discovery of a lifetime. Glenn must decide if she can exploit the woman-centered spirituality of another culture. A moral dilemma also looms when post-grad student whose love threatens both Glenn's reputation and her most secret self. Life seems complete for the island's owners, Cody and Annabel, but there's trouble in paradise. As preparations underway for the secret rituals local women conduct on Moon Island, Annabel's cousin Melanie shows up with a young baby and a desperate problem.

Genres: Lesbian, Romance, Lesbian Fiction, LGBT, Fiction, Lesbian Romance

174 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2004

About the author

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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

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't usually enjoy a book that, gee I don't know the word for it, not gets spiritual, but basically goes to a magical place religiously. I suppose that describes it? Either way, I liked what they did here. It worked. I wish that some of the characters had had a bigger storyline.

[Deli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good mix of romance and magic ! A bit of angst, as I've come to anticipate from a Fulton novel, but the dénouement is very satisfying.

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[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, as you can probably tell I downloaded the 1st 4 books in this series and went on holiday with the intention of doing as much reading as possible.

In my humble opinion, while this is a good read, it's not quite as good as the first 2 books. Saying that, I finished this on the plane and had to wipe tears from my eyes based on the epilogue.

The more magical and mystical elements of this book didn't resonant with me (until the ending) and the Merris and Glenn characters did kind of leave me going meh.

Still the quality of the writing shone through and while not the strongest in this series, still a very entertaining read.

[Ulla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jennifer Fulton's Moon Island series is great!

[JT · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I remember correctly, this was book 3 in the series.

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

Indeed an ensemble cast ...set like a Hollywood movie it was a good read but I had to keep reminding myself who was who. A touch on some spirituality and another near death....