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They say that opposites attract. But what happens when one of them has been devastated by betrayal and the other is so damaged and jaded that his heart is made of stone? In New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's Dream Lake, readers well enter the world of Friday Harbor, an enchanting town in the Pacific Northwest where things are not quite as they seem and where true love might just have a ghost of a chance. . . .
Alex Nolan is about as bitter and cynical as they come. One of three Nolan brothers who call Friday Harbor home, he's nothing like Sam or Mark. They actually believe in love; they think the risk of pain is worth the chance of happiness. But Alex battles his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, and he lives in his own private hell. And then, a ghost shows up. Only Alex can see him. Has Alex finally crossed over the threshold to insanity?
Zoë Hoffman is as gentle and romantic as they come. When she meets the startlingly gorgeous Alex Nolan, all her instincts tell her to run. Even Alex tells her to run. But something in him calls to Zoë, and she forces him to take a look at his life with a clear eye and to open his mind to the possibility that love isn't for the foolish.
The ghost has been existing in the half-light of this world for decades. He doesn't know who he is, or why he is stuck in the Nolans' Victorian house. All he knows is that he loved a girl once. And Alex and Zoë hold the key to unlocking a mystery that keeps him trapped here.
Zoë and Alex are oil and water, fire and ice, sunshine and shadow. But sometimes it takes only a glimmer of light to chase away the dark, and sometimes love can reach beyond time, space, and reason to take hold of hearts that yearn for it. . . .
- Sales Rank: #132822 in Books
- Brand: Brand: St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Published on: 2013-07-02
- Released on: 2013-07-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.82" h x .97" w x 4.20" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 339 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
“A little magic, a lot of romance and well-drawn characters make a satisfying read.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Dream Lake
“A multigenerational story of love, loss, forgiveness, and redemption. Lovely… as poignant as an old song.” ―RT Book Reviews on Dream Lake
“It works perfectly. With her effortlessly poetic prose and flawless characterization, Kleypas make[s] every page feel like a delicious morsel for your mind to devour. Dream Lake is a thing of beauty from start to finish.” ―Daily Record on Dream Lake
“Warm and welcoming, charming and romantic.” ―Examiner.com on Dream Lake
“A surprising page-turner…strengthened by characters with depth and something interesting to say, this winning first installment in a trilogy is sure to thrill fans.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Rainshadow Road
“Lisa Kleypas can take broken people and infuse them with humor and heart.” ―USA Today on Rainshadow Road
“Kleypas brings together richly nuanced characters, an emotionally riveting plot, and a subtle touch of paranormal to create an unforgettable romance that is pure reading magic.” ―Booklist (starred review) on Rainshadow Road
“A delightful portrait of a picturesque town where people know everything about everyone and look out for each other…Kleypas enchantingly weaves together additional connections with relatives and friends, leaving many dangling threads that will lead the reader straight to book two.” ―Publishers Weekly on Rainshadow Road
“Magical.” ―RT Book Reviews on Rainshadow Road
From the Back Cover
Welcome to the world of Friday Harbor, where things are not quite as they seem―and where true love might just have a ghost of a chance…
One of three Nolan brothers who call Friday Harbor home, Alex Nolan is about as bitter and cynical as they come. He battles his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, and he lives in his own private hell. And then, a ghost shows up. Only Alex can see him. Has he finally crossed over the threshold to insanity?
"Lovely [and] poignant."―RT Book Reviews
Zoë Hoffman is a born romantic. When she meets the startlingly gorgeous Alex Nolan, all her instincts tell her to run. Even Alex tells her to run. But Zoë somehow manages to open his mind to the possibility that old ghosts can breathe new life into a broken soul―and that love can reach beyond time, space, and reason to take hold of hearts that yearn for it. . . .
"Dream Lake is a thing of beauty from start to finish."―Daily Record
[RAINSHADOW ROAD]
Now Available[CRYSTAL COVE] Coming in August 2013
About the Author
Lisa Kleypas is the award-winning author of more than thirty novels, including A Wallflower Christmas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, and Love in the Afternoon. Her books have been published in sixteen languages and are bestsellers all over the world. She lives in Washington State with her husband and two children.
Most helpful customer reviews
49 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
Warning: Do not read this book while hungry
By TinaW
Before I get to my review proper, I must say that this author does a fantastic job of describing food. The main character Zoe is a trained chef and the meals she creates are just...well...wow...even her oatmeal sounds blissful.
This book follows Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor and Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor), books that tell the stories of the very dysfunctional Nolan brothers. This book actually runs in a concurrent timeline with Rainshadow Road so you get glimpses of Lucy and Sam's romance in progress tangentially from Alex's perspective.
In this one we get Alex's story. While all the Nolan siblings were affected by their parents' alcoholism, Alex got the brunt of it because he was the youngest and was still living at home when his parents spiraled relentlessly downward in the grip of their disease. The glimpses we had of Alex in the previous books showed that he was the most cynical, most damaged brother of all three. He is just getting out of a disastrous marriage, he is broke, unhappy, alcoholic and still living the scars of his childhood. And what is worse, he just doesn't care.
Until he starts being haunted by a ghost. A real live -- well, make that dead -- ghost. At first the ghost, a young WWII fighter pilot, is stuck in the house that Sam (Alex's brother) is remodeling for his Vineyard. But when he meets Alex, he becomes tethered to Alex and is forced to follow along witness Alex's destructive lifestyle. It is obvious he is attached to Alex for a reason. Part of the story is learning why.
In the meantime, Alex is rehabbing a house for Zoe and her grandmother. It brings him into contact a lot with Zoe who is sweet and generous and loving. Alex wants to run as fr away from Zoe as he can. Zoe however is drawn toward the dark brooding man.
There is so much to like in this book. I thought the author did an excellent job of creating dynamic characters especially with Alex and Zoe. She went beyond the typical tortured hero and healing-woman tropes and gave both main characters lovely depth and surprising layers. Zoe's own background is filled in and is a little sad and a little happy. I am glad that the author did not go the easy route in how she presented the troubled relationship between Zoe and her father. It felt realistic. I also thought that Alex's issue were also presented realistically without feeling too dramatic. In the earlier books his darker personality stood out and I am glad that the author did not temper it here.
I was also very gratified with how much information on different things were presented in this book but did not sound like you were being lectured at or that she was trying to impress us with how much research she had done on a subject. There were wonderful descriptive moments of Alex's craftsmanship as a carpenter as he is doing work on the various houses that made me feel as if I simply dropped in from time to time to watch him work. There are of course the fantastic and mouth watering descriptions of the meals that Zoe cooks and the blissed out reactions of people as they describe how the food tastes to them. I am still thinking about that oatmeal and I don't even like oatmeal.
And like the other books in the series this book dabbles in a little whimsical magic. There is a ghost who is there to bicker with Alex. But also Zoe's food itself has a hint of magic about it. Not so blatant as say, Like Water For Chocolate (Mass Market Paperback), but somewhat reminiscent. Her food makes people...feel things.
Most of all this is just a plain old good story. I can't tell you how many books I picked up and put down in the past weeks because nothing captured me. This book immediately hooked me and I gobbled it down quickly like one of Zoe's muffins.
73 of 87 people found the following review helpful.
I miss the Kleypas magic!
By Amazon Customer
Lisa Kleypas has written some of the most beautiful historical romance books ever. She has written some fairly decent contemporary ones as well, but none as ordinary as The Friday Harbor series. Before I go deeper into the review, if this is your first Lisa Kleypas novel, please try her previous books like The Wallflower series to experience her true magic! This book is the third in the series and is the story of Alex and Zoe. The characters are well developed, the story flows nicely and the author certainly has a way of telling a lovely story. So what is the problem you ask? While reading this book, I felt none of the emotions that I usually feel while reading her past books. This was a simple love story but where was the passion, tenderness, angst and finally the romance? Another gripe I had was that this story is happening at the same time as the previous one where Sam and Lucy are falling in love, yet there was zero interaction between Lucy and Zoe. Also, we are given a almost 70 page summary of the previous book which was downright boring and unnecessary. I'm also not a fan of the paranormal aspect in this book and while the first book only had hints of it, this one was mostly about it. This took away from the romance and I honestly felt cheated at the end of the book. If Sam was portrayed as the most damaged one, there was nothing earth-shattering about the way he changes himself and falls in love with Zoe. In this Kindle age, there are so many talented authors (Marie Force for one and also Kristen Ashley) out there giving you more bang for your buck so I certainly don't get the price set for this book. Given this pricing, I would seriously recommend getting it from the library. While I''m not a fan of this series, I will still wait for the last one called The Crystal Cove, and hope she brings back her magic for all her fans!
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
The Ghost and the Alcoholic
By OLT
This was a fast and fairly enjoyable read that was saved from being a dud by Kleypas's experienced romance writing skills. So I liked this, although there were many reasons for me not to.
Here's why I shouldn't have liked it:
1) There's a ghost. I dislike ghosts or anything paranormal in my romances.
2) There's food (and lots of it), here used somewhat as a healing power. It's not a unique theme. Lots of contemporary romances (see Louisa Edwards' books, for example) have it and if I really want to know how to prepare yummy food, I'll just watch the Food Channel.
3) There's an older lady suffering strokes and in her decline, mentally and physically. I felt that my feelings were being manipulated with this aspect.
4) There's a lot of filler about remodeling and construction. For that I can watch HGTV or "This Old House".
5) There is that overused emotional-constipation trope: "Don't love me. I'm incapable/unworthy of love".
But in spite of all this, it was a very readable romance. This is the third Nolan brother's book. The Nolan brothers' parents were both alcoholics so they had a very dysfunctional, unhappy childhood. Alex, the youngest, seems to be the most troubled of his siblings. He's incapable of relating well to others, his marriage was unsuccessful, he's an alcoholic himself and is, just in general, an emotional mess.
One thing that I seem to have missed in my reading of this and the other books is why Alex's past has turned him into a much bigger emotional wreck than the other two brothers. But troubled he is. Alex has closed himself off from everyone who could possibly want to help or befriend him. That's where the ghost comes in. Seems Alex's best relationship ultimately turns out to be with this ghost, who even acts as his AA support in his attempts to dry out.
Zoe, the heroine here, is friend to Lucy (of Rainshadow Road (Friday Harbor) and friend and cousin of Justine, whom we met in that previous novel and who will have her story in Crystal Cove. Zoe appears to be the least magical of the three (although we haven't yet been introduced to Justine's powers). She's quite the cook and her cooking may just have a bit of a restorative, healing power.
Zoe's grandmother comes into the story when she suffers a series of strokes and needs to move in with Zoe. So a cottage at Dream Lake will need to be updated and customized. That's where Alex, as carpenter/remodeler, begins his interactions with Zoe. He, of course, is rough, gruff, unpleasant and a boor and Zoe is uncomplainingly upbeat, cheerful and almost too sweet and forgiving. She has two boors in her life, Alex and her father, and manages to be civil to both.
And the ghost? It takes us (and the ghost himself) a long time to find out who he is, but suffice it to say there's a connection with the grandmother. Eventually all things come full circle and life/love goes on and the requisite happy ending shows up, albeit with a few bittersweet moments.
There are some very touching scenes in the book. One excellent one is the day after Alex decides to go cold turkey and, a basket case, shows up at Zoe's kitchen at breakfast time. There are more poignant moments, but also some where I felt manipulated emotionally rather than touched emotionally. So I would say this is worth the read because the writing is good, but for me it had too many predictable elements and overused ideas.
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