Point Surrender

Anne Carter
Echelon Press Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781590805145
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (6/08)

Amy Winslow finds herself in a predicament. When she finds out that she is pregnant from her fiancé Drew, who has been cheating on her, Amy decides to make a quick exit and go visit her brother Brian at Point Surrender. Brian and his soon to be wife, Judy, are buying an intriguing lighthouse that has belonged to Point Surrender for some time now. It used to be occupied by another couple long ago. Mystery and death surround this couple of long ago. Amy is trying to get a new start, something that will keep her mind off of what has happened to her with Drew. Can she make a new start here in the most intriguing place in San Francisco?

Case McKenna, a handsome man, decides to sail off on Fancy Dream, his boat. He is tired of the way his life and career are going. He wants to forget some other things as well, and he is planning on sailing and making time for himself.  But when Case has trouble with his boat as he reaches Point Surrender, he has to stop and have the boat repaired. Hopefully he can get the boat fixed and move on. But when he meets a couple in Point Surrender who are trying to buy and fix up the lighthouse, he becomes intrigued and can’t make himself leave, not yet anyway. Will Case become tangled up in this web of mystery, passion and the lighthouse?

When a terrible accident occurs in Point Surrender, it brings certain people together. Two people, who would never under any other circumstances, ever meet. Something strange is happening in Point Surrender and Amy and Case will come together to try and figure things out. But will there be more tragedy?

“Point Surrender” is a very good novel. Anne Carter makes believers out of us in this book. Her mind must be filled with love, passion and intrigue and it was all brought out in this wonderful novel that she has written. I loved this novel and I would actually be thrilled to read it again. The story is so very heartfelt and passionate. I had tears throughout a lot of the book. I commend Anne Carter on an excellent novel and am looking forward to reading more of her books in the future.