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    The Red Door Inn
    The Red Door Inn
    The Red Door Inn
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    The Red Door Inn

    Written by Liz Johnson

    Narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley

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    About this audiobook

    Marie Carrington is running from a host of bad memories. Broke and desperate, she's hoping to find safety and sanctuary on Prince Edward Island, where she reluctantly agrees to help decorate a renovated bed-and-breakfast before it opens for prime tourist season.

    Seth Sloane didn't move three thousand miles to work on his uncle's BB so he could babysit a woman with a taste for expensive antiques and a bewildering habit of jumping every time he brushes past her. He came to help restore the old Victorian-and to forget about the fiancee who broke his heart.

    The only thing Marie and Seth agree on is that getting the Red Door Inn ready to open in just two months will take everything they've got. Can these two wounded souls find hope, healing, and perhaps a bit of romance on this beautiful island?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9781515988304
    The Red Door Inn
    Author

    Liz Johnson

    Liz Johnson is the director of marketing for a Christian radio network. She finds time to write late at night and is a two-time ACFW Carol Award finalist. Liz makes her home in Tucson, AZ, where she enjoys going to the theater and spending time with her nieces and nephews. She's happiest writing stories of true love with happy endings and shares about her adventures in writing at www.LizJohnsonBooks.com.

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    • 5/5
      God is our heavenly Father, correct? What about when He allows bad things to happen? When He allows those who should love and protect us to betray us? When He allows disaster to fall on those that least deserve it? What then? These questions plague Marie as do the panic attacks that accompany them. They eat away at Seth who struggles to trust, who brings others' motives into question. Shall we admit that they sometimes niggle at the backs of our minds as well? While Johnson does not presume to answer these questions, she does give us a glimpse into the beauty that God, our Father, can bring from the ashes. We need only open our eyes in gratitude. Marie believes she has walked away from everything after a bitter betrayal. Seth believes everything has been taken from him. Both make their way to the refuge offered by Jack Sloane, a widower, trying to fulfill his late wife's dream of opening a bed and breakfast, a healing place for the soul. Eventually the unlikely pair realize they have been led to everything that really matters. Readers may be called to reassess their own priorities, and to identify blessings to which they have been blind. Set on beautiful Prince Edward Island, with a cast of caring neighbors, and with many references to L. M. Montgomery's books about a special red-headed orphan, The Red Door Inn casts our world of problems and worries against a backdrop of healing in a kinder, gentler time and place. Johnson's dialogue flows smoothly. Her crisp descriptions paint pictures of places, characters, and actions filled with emotions that will linger in the readers' minds. Both major and minor characters are well developed giving insight into what motivates them in life. I look forward to visiting them again in book two of Prince Edward Island Dreams. Thank you to Revell Publishing and the Christian Blog Alliance for making The Red Door Inn available to me in exchange for my honest opinion. I have received no monetary compensation for my review.
    • 1/5
      Unusually for me, I stopped listening to this book and I’m deleting it from my system. The writing was labored and redundant, the characters unbelievable way; there was way too much drama and way too little believability.
    • 4/5
      A romance set on Prince Edward Island. Marie, broken-hearted and betrayed by her father, ran from Boston with less than $300 in her pocket. Meets Jack Sloane at the ferry terminal to PEI, and he buys her ferry ticket and offers her a job at his bed-and-breakfast He needs Marie to add the “woman’s touch” to his inn.Seth, betrayed by his fiancé who stole his money and his business came to Prince Edward Island to help his uncle, Jack, renovate a house into a bed-and-breakfast in memory of his wife Rose. A romance with a slight dash of Christian-romance. Very enjoyable!
    • 5/5
      Title: The Red Door Inn (Prince Edward Island Dreams #1)Author: Liz JohnsonPages: 352Year: 2016Publisher: RevellMy rating is 5+ stars.The Red Door Inn is such a heart-grabbing, blood-pumping and attention-riveting tale set on Prince Edward Island. A woman is running away from her father when she discovers he is using her tragedy for his own financial gain. The woman’s name is Marie Carrington. When down to her last few dollars, she meets an elderly gentleman at the ferry station named Jack who is building a B and B on the island.Jack asked his nephew Seth to come and work on renovating the house, especially when his life is in bits and pieces after his fiancée leaves him high and dry. Now Seth plans on protecting his heart as well as making sure no one takes advantage of Jack’s giving heart and nature. Seth views all women as though they are like his ex-fiancée, which really upsets Marie.The tension between Marie and Seth builds at times and other times there are tentative peace agreements. Marie knows her father has all the means to locate his only child, but Marie wants nothing to do with him because of his treatment of her after a horrible experience at a New Year’s party.I loved the reason mentioned in the story for the bed and breakfast so I cannot wait till you read that yourselves. The characters interactions were the attraction for me that kept me reading for a long time. I loved how Marie knew her colors and visited antique shops and auctions plus I enjoyed the various quilt designs in the book.I hope you all will grab a book and enjoy this one before book two comes out in the fall of 2016 titled, Prince Edward Island Dreams. Liz Johnson is one author I will be watching closely for future writings.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
    • 3/5
      Liz Johnson handles a very difficult topic with delicate foreshadowing and discretion. By focusing on the shattering results of the crime instead of the commission of the crime, she makes the main character hugely sympathetic. I enjoyed watching the main character develop and overcome, not all at once, but inch by inch and without it seeming like a foregone conclusion. Her romantic interest, on the other hand, seemed completely unreasonable. He made a snap decision and stuck with it. I'm glad she liked him, because I never got around to it.However, I was delighted at how the author wove in an unconventional means of communication for the romantic leads, deftly tucking it into the story as a natural occurrence and then leveraging it later.
    • 5/5
      Marie Carrington was running from something and she stopped at PEI,, Prince Edward Island. She had only $6.99 in her pocket, in other words, she was broke. She met a man named Jack Sloane, who convinced her to help him in the restoration of his hotel. Jack Sloane had just lost his wife and her wish was for Jack to finish restoring the hotel. His aim was to help Marie and restore the horel . Jack had a nephew named Seth Sloane. He was very protective of his uncle, and tried to keep gold diggers away from him. When Marie met Seth, they didn’t like each other. Seth thought Marie was a gold digger, expecially after Jack sent Marie shopping to get things for the hotel, and Seth thought she was taking advantage of his uncle. Would Seth and Marie become friends? Would Jack open the inn? Would Marie stop running and settle on Prince Edward Island, with people she have come to like, like Jack, Aretha and Caden? Pick up a copy and travel along with Marie on her adventure. You will enjoy this book, it is very consuming, you will not want to put it down. The cover is very appealing, it makes you curious about the book. This book is well written.I received a complimentary copy from Revell Books for this review.
    • 5/5
      Marie Carrington was running from something and she stopped at PEI,, Prince Edward Island. She had only $6.99 in her pocket, in other words, she was broke. She met a man named Jack Sloane, who convinced her to help him in the restoration of his hotel. Jack Sloane had just lost his wife and her wish was for Jack to finish restoring the hotel. His aim was to help Marie and restore the horel . Jack had a nephew named Seth Sloane. He was very protective of his uncle, and tried to keep gold diggers away from him. When Marie met Seth, they didn’t like each other. Seth thought Marie was a gold digger, expecially after Jack sent Marie shopping to get things for the hotel, and Seth thought she was taking advantage of his uncle. Would Seth and Marie become friends? Would Jack open the inn? Would Marie stop running and settle on Prince Edward Island, with people she have come to like, like Jack, Aretha and Caden? Pick up a copy and travel along with Marie on her adventure. You will enjoy this book, it is very consuming, you will not want to put it down. The cover is very appealing, it makes you curious about the book. This book is well written.
    • 5/5
      I could not put this book down. I needed to know how Marie Carrington and Seth Sloane were going to end up getting together. They were like oil and water at first but Seth's uncle Jack sees that they need to be together. Jack wants to help a lot of people since his Rose died. He and Seth are putting a B&B together since that is what Rose wanted before she died. This is a fantastic romance with a little intrigue because we really know very little about Marie. I received a copy of this book from Revell for a fair and honest opinion.
    • 5/5
      Friday, March 25, 2016The Red Door Inn by Liz Johnson, © 2016Prince Edward Island Dreams, Book 1"Step into the Red Door Inn, a lovely home away from home tucked along the fabled north shore of Prince Edward Island. It’s a place where the wounded come to heal, the broken find forgiveness, and the lonely find a family. Won’t you stay for the season?" ~ author Liz JohnsonHave you ever followed a dream, really followed it, or ~ just dreamed about it?Marie Carrington gets right to the edge of it ~ and...an unsuspecting adventure opens ~ just for her.But first, she had to be at the right place at the right time ~ right at the edge of her dream.I'm here. How can it be? Right out of the pages of my books ~ I am really at Prince Edward Island! My feet are truly on P.E.I.North RusticoI have a job! I can't even imagine how this opened up for me. Leaving disaster, I hope to unravel all that has happened and have a fresh beginning, desiring to leave hard memories behind.quotes ~Rose had dreamed and prayed for this old house. She'd prayed that the broken would find healing under its roof. Long before the house had an address or an image in their minds, she had petitioned God for a place of healing.--The Red Door Inn, 185The memory brought a smile to Seth's face, and he dropped his hands from his hips. "He told me red doors are a sign of welcome, an invitation. Years ago during harsh Canadian blizzards, red doors helped stranded travelers find safety and protection from the storm."--Ibid., 265She'd emptied his accounts, his wallet, even the pockets of his jeans.But she couldn't take his future.--Ibid., 271Her pace picked up, feet pounding like they had the first time she'd run these boards. Except this time she wasn't broken by her past. Her future stood before her...--Ibid., 320Caden motioned to the heaping dessert plate. "These are my specialty. Peanut butter fudge brownies. Have one. And then tell me what happened."--Ibid., 287This story is so alive. The characters move as you are with them around every corner. So vivid. The first chapter of book 2 is in the back and you turn the page hoping there is more!A beautiful story of hope! Of mercy extended to all; love and forgiveness exuding, covering all offenses ~ freedom. This wonderful sentence ~ paraphrased, "She cannot step into my future, pulling disaster from my past."Where Two Hearts Meet, book 2 in the series releases October 2016***Thank you to Revell Reads for this review copy of Liz Johnson's The Red Door Inn. This review was written in my own words. No other compensation was received.***
    • 5/5
      As the book opens we meet Jack, such a wonderful kind and Godly man, he has such a big heart and when he meets Marie, he takes pity on her and buys her a ticket on the ferry, and this kindness is about to change her life forever.Jack’s life is up in the air, but he opens his home to Marie, giving her a small apartment in his home, that has already been promised to another. Jack is working to make his deceased wife’s Ruth dream come alive; he is opening a bed and breakfast. We are about to meet another broken person, Seth, he has been betrayed in the worst way.Unknown to Jack or Seth, Marie has an eye for decorating, and throws her hand into everything, trying to bury the pain. These are three broken individuals and you can see God’s hand in putting them together. Because of Marie and her needs and love she finds here in being part of a family, she opens their world to meet others in PEI, and they become a much more extended family.Many secrets are revealed here, and you will be shocked at how some of them are handled, and others are so sweet.This is book one and I loved it and see that there is a sequel coming in the Fall 2016, I can’t wait!I received this book through the Revell Blogger Tour, and was not required to give a positive review.
    • 5/5
      Title: The Red Door Inn (Prince Edward Island Dreams #1)Author: Liz JohnsonPages: 352Year: 2016Publisher: RevellMy rating is 5+ stars.The Red Door Inn is such a heart-grabbing, blood-pumping and attention-riveting tale set on Prince Edward Island. A woman is running away from her father when she discovers he is using her tragedy for his own financial gain. The woman’s name is Marie Carrington. When down to her last few dollars, she meets an elderly gentleman at the ferry station named Jack who is building a B and B on the island.Jack asked his nephew Seth to come and work on renovating the house, especially when his life is in bits and pieces after his fiancée leaves him high and dry. Now Seth plans on protecting his heart as well as making sure no one takes advantage of Jack’s giving heart and nature. Seth views all women as though they are like his ex-fiancée, which really upsets Marie.The tension between Marie and Seth builds at times and other times there are tentative peace agreements. Marie knows her father has all the means to locate his only child, but Marie wants nothing to do with him because of his treatment of her after a horrible experience at a New Year’s party.I loved the reason mentioned in the story for the bed and breakfast so I cannot wait till you read that yourselves. The characters interactions were the attraction for me that kept me reading for a long time. I loved how Marie knew her colors and visited antique shops and auctions plus I enjoyed the various quilt designs in the book.I hope you all will grab a book and enjoy this one before book two comes out in the fall of 2016 titled, Prince Edward Island Dreams. Liz Johnson is one author I will be watching closely for future writings.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”