Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan

As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Elena Bissette’s once-wealthy family has nearly lost its fortune. The Bissettes still own a home on fashionableMackinac Island, where they will spend one last summer in the hope of introducing Elena to a wealthy suitor. But Elena is repulsed by the idea of marrying for money.

Quickly tiring of the extravagant balls, Elena spends most evenings escaping back into Mackinac’s rugged forest. There she meets Chase, a handsome laborer who shares her love for the night sky. The two begin to meet in secret at an abandoned lighthouse, where they work together to solve a mystery buried in the pages of a tattered diary.

As Elena falls in love with Chase, her mother relentlessly contrives to introduce her to Chester Darrington, the island’s most eligible bachelor. Marriage to the elusive millionaire would solve the Bissettes’ financial woes, and Elena is torn between duty and love.

More about Melanie:

Melanie Dobson has written ten contemporary and historical novels including five releases in Summerside’s Love Finds You series. In 2011, two of her releases won Carol Awards: Love Finds You in Homestead, Iowa (for historical romance) and The Silent Order (for romantic suspense).

Melanie received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Liberty University and her master’s degree in communication from Regent University. Prior to her writing career, Melanie was the corporate publicity manager at Focus on the Family and a publicist for The Family Channel. She later launched her own public relations company and worked in the fields of publicity and journalism for more than fifteen years.

Melanie and her family enjoy their home in the Pacific Northwest. The entire Dobson family loves to travel and hike in both the mountains and along the cliffs above the Pacific.

When Melanie isn’t writing or playing with her family, she enjoys exploring ghost towns and dusty back roads, line dancing, and reading inspirational fiction.

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MY REVIEW:

I’m wondering what rock my historical fiction loving head has been under in order for me to miss this series of books! I counted 51 books in the Love Finds You In…… series. This series is unique in that the books in the series are written by different authors. The books are are titled Love Finds You In…..then the name of the place. As in the title of this book shown above. All the novels in the series are named after American towns, and each draws on the compelling history or the unique character of a real place. What a novel idea! (pun intended, lol)

I really have no idea how I missed this great series, but now I want to read them all!

In Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan, Elena’s family is on one last vacation to their home on Mackinac Island. They will be selling their vacation home, and a lot more, due to financial hardship. When your family is accustomed to high society, this is a major life change. For Elena, the fact that her mother wants her to marry for money is something she just can not resign herself to.

While returning to her favorite place on the whole island, an abandoned lighthouse, she meets a newcomer. She doesn’t tell him her real name, so he has no idea who her family is. Unbeknownst to her, he doesn’t tell her his real name, either. Over the course of the summer, they fall in love. They are both shaken when they find out who the other one really is. Well, I won’t tell you how it ends, you’ll have to read that for yourself.

Love Finds You in Mackinac Island, Michigan is a fun, heart warming read showing us that love is more important than money.

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