Rose Harbor in Bloom/Debbie Macomber/322 pgs.

This is standard Debbie Macomber, and the second entry in her Rose Harbor series. Macomber uses Rose Harbor Inn as the centralizing factor in her book. The reader learns about the owner, Jo Marie Rose, and some of the guests visiting the Inn: Mary Smith, a businesswoman battling cancer, and  Annie Newton, rebounding from a broken engagement, and hosting a 50th wedding anniversary party for her grandparents. Also, there is Mark Taylor, an all around handyman in Cedar Cove, but somewhat of a mystery to the other Cedar Cove residents.  Each character has his or her own story, and this is where Macomber shines. She develops the characters in such a way that the reader views them as old friends or neighbors. She leaves the reader looking forward to the next book in the series.