That Summer Place a collection of romance novels by Jill Barnett, Susan Wiggs, and Debbie Macomber

That Summer Place is three books in one; Old Things by Jill Barnett, Private Paradise by Debbie Macomber and Island Time by Susan Wiggs. What ties these stories together is the location, a house on an island in the Puget Sound. The first two stories’ main character is not the typical main character, they are not 20-something and free but people with kids, a history, and in their late 30’s and forties. I liked these two better than the last one, maybe because I now have children and can identify with those characters more.




In Old Things the characters rediscover each other after 30 years. They were each others first love and one that gets reestablished in this book even with a couple of teenagers around.

In Private Paradise, the main characters have to share the house due to an accident. A widowed mother with a 15 year old son and a divorced father of a 12 year old girl. These characters meet and help each other heal from their pasts and the kids add a lot of fun to this book to keep it from getting too serious.

Island Time is the classic story of opposites attract to make each other better people.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I did. Feel free to comment and send me any new books or authors. I’m always looking to discover something new.