GRR Reviews Longing for Love (Gansett Island Series) by Marie Force

"Longing for Love" is a part of author's Gansett Island series, where a large family and existing residents deal with newcomers, returnees, and tourists. While each book did concentrate on one couple, the amount of drama around other ancillary characters was numerous enough to be a distraction if you don't like this style of writing. But usually the plots wrap around themselves. It's a bit like soap opera.

Tiffany Sturgil is opening a lingerie boutique Naughty and Nice in downtown Gansett, just in time to drive the local police chief Blaine Taylor nuts. It didn't help when Tiffany's ex is creating trouble as well with the town council, which is just even MORE headache for the perpetually busy chief... Who really do want Tiff quite badly. Blaine had several failed love affairs and knew he can't jump into this full force... In the meanwhile, the rest of the characters on the island are back with more adventures as well. Joe and Janey return to Gansett to find his mother's big secret... Evan learned that Grace never told her parents about him... and more.

Somehow, the character's very parallel lives and never really interacting much with the main story. If they interact with the main plot a bit more, this could have been a 5/5.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Police Chief wants the new proprietor of Lingerie shop in town, but her evil ex is causing problems with the town council...

Tropes: Law enforcement, different worlds, scars, hate your job

Overall Rating:  4/5