To Have and To Hold

Pros: The book kept me somewhat interested and I kept reading... I did like the very brief witty remarks from Aunt Thora and the book was proper and appropriate. Cons: The author made the heroine seem dumb, moody, stubborn, and anything but admirable. I kinda felt like she was a young woman hater.........more

Audrey Cunningham and her father Boyd have returned home to Bridal Veil Island where they have not lived since the Civil War. The war changed everything, making it difficult to find work in the South. The Cunninghams enjoy the serenity and beauty of her new home but Audrey's grandmother failed to pa......more

"Them there Yankee's are overrunning the island again!" shouts an elderly woman holding a loaded shotgun, while keeping an eye out over the grove of oak trees just off the porch of the house. Not knowing what is causing the commotion, Audrey Cunningham comes running from the house only to see her eld......more

This story had potential but I feel like the characters were underdeveloped and the plot was lacking. It seemed like a book just sort of thrown together. I wished we had been given more in the way of plot and that the characters had developed in a believable way. It was just an okay book I don't thi......more

There were some parts of this book that I enjoyed very much because I lived in Georgia for 2 years and visited both Jekyll Island and St. Simon's Island which is what I think Bridal Veil Island compares to. St. Simon's Island has a resort which primarily only the wealthy go to although it is not on......more