Winter Winds

Dori and Trev and the other characters in Winter Winds quickly became people I cared about--so much that I had to stay awake half the night to finish the book! Gail Roper has a winner in this book.

Winter Winds kept me awake late into the night anxious to find out how it would end-just like the other Seaside Seasons books (Spring Rain, Summer Shadows, and Autumn Dreams). Like Maureen, a character in the book who loved to read Christian novels, I lost myself in the story and was able to escape for awhile to the charming town of Seaside. A must read!

WINTER WINDS held me spellbound from the first page to the last word. The suspense and masterfully crafted plot will keep the reader running along the winter beaches of Seaside and urging the characters to look back over their shoulders. With crime frosting the air and misunderstandings from the past, Phil Trevelyan and Dori MacAllister have much to learn about love, God's forgiveness, and each other.

I need to book a ticket to Seaside. This tiny resort town on the New Jersey shore came alive under the deft storytelling of Gayle Roper. The fourth book in her Seaside Seasons series deals with marital trouble that takes on epic proportions-- a full six-year hiatus. We see Trev and Dori struggling with past hurts and stubborn pride against the backdrop of a full-blown art theft ring in which they get tangled. If you start this book, plan to read it straight through-- it's not an easy one to put down.

Wow! What a book! I could not put it down. When I finished I just wanted to say "Hallelujah"! I was so engrossed in the freezing snowstorm in the second-to-last chapter that I had to remind myself I was reading the book on a warm summer day. The entire book just came alive around me. I felt the characters were friends of mine and I was living through this experience in their lives. This book is the fourth in a series that I have enjoyed. Each book addresses contempory issues in an easily read text. It is a combination mystery and love story in which we see how people respond when God's will doesn't align with theirs.The letter to the readers at the conclusion is the 'icing on the cake'! Than you, Gayle, for this fourth book in the "Seaside Seasons" series.