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Bayou Cottage: A Small Town Friends to Lovers Second Chance Romance (Cypress Cove Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Suzanne Jenkins (Author), Ada Frost (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 351 ratings
He's going to fall in love, hard. She has a chip on her shoulder that might keep them apart. Maggie Angel accepts a chance of a lifetime when her aunt offers her the family’s dilapidated Bayou Cottage in the swamp at Cypress Cove. It’s the perfect place to run away to after her heart was broken.

The first night while she’s down at the road to lock the gate, a hunky guy on horseback steps out of the woods, but Maggie doesn’t recognize him. Turns out they were childhood playmates long ago during winter visits to her grandparents’ cottage.

Justin Chastain, local vet and wild horse advocate, heard through the grapevine that Maggie had returned to Cypress Cove and wanted to see her for himself. But he didn’t know that she was hiding from a failed marriage, leaving her with a big chip on her shoulder. It remains to be seen if she can ever trust again.

The chemistry Maggie senses fluctuates between lukewarm and molten, but for Justin, it’s constant and he’s falling in love, hard.

Then he unintentionally commits a blunder that Maggie will struggle to forgive, and they have to start all over again. Is there another chance at love for Maggie Angel? The Cypress Cove Series

  • The Cypress Cove Series

  • Bayou Cottage
  • Bayou Christmas
  • Bayou Mardi Gras
  • Bayou Baby
  • My Best Mistake
  • Creole Cottage
  • His Perfect Hero
  • Just for Her
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08C5LYR64
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.2 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 145 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 11 ‏ : ‎ Cypress Cove
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 351 ratings

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Customers find this romance novel engaging, with one review highlighting its emotional depth and another noting its suspenseful elements. The book receives positive feedback for its readability, with one customer describing it as smooth like butter to read. Customers appreciate the character development and consider it a great start to the series.

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20 customers mention "Story quality"16 positive4 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, describing it as a feel-good narrative with emotional depth, and one customer specifically mentions it features a romance with an old childhood friend.

"...The characters were interesting and fun, even had that southern quirky. It was smooth like butter to read." Read more

"...I liked the story well enough that I would be interested in the next one. Marnye Young's narration was fine...." Read more

"...Forgiveness learned and lessons learned.. Good story..quick read. A no brainer..pure dessert reading. Hope there will be a book 2." Read more

"...I would love to know them all. There is so much emotion in this story and I also loved the animal characters!..." Read more

10 customers mention "Readability"10 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and sweet, with one customer describing it as smooth like butter.

"...It was smooth like butter to read." Read more

"I found this first book in the "Cypress Cove" series easy to read...." Read more

"...Forgiveness learned and lessons learned.. Good story..quick read. A no brainer..pure dessert reading. Hope there will be a book 2." Read more

"...This is a sweet, if not slower moving, story of recovery, forgiveness and trying to make a life forward...." Read more

7 customers mention "Character development"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book.

"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and fun, even had that southern quirky. It was smooth like butter to read." Read more

"I loved the location,the characters and the quirkiness that the families all seem to have...." Read more

"...There is so much emotion in this story and I also loved the animal characters!..." Read more

"...I am hoping the next book will make me like her more. The other characters are okay. Just sketches around Maggie." Read more

5 customers mention "Start date"5 positive0 negative

Customers like the start of the series, with one mentioning it's exciting to have a new series.

"This book started off good. I liked the idea of a fresh start in a small town and romance with an old childhood friend...." Read more

"Exciting to have a new series. I had a hard time getting into the characters and the story...." Read more

"Ms Jenkins has done it again with the start of another great series! A wonderful second chance romance on so many levels...." Read more

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  • ReadingOwl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2025
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    I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting and fun, even had that southern quirky. It was smooth like butter to read.
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  • Laura
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Contemporary Story
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022
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    I found this first book in the "Cypress Cove" series easy to read. Suzanne Jenkins skill with words created a picture of the place and animals in my imagination. The issue that I have with the story was that many of the details about the people were glossed over or not really explained. Since this book was the beginning of the series, it is possible that some of the details will be explained in future books. I liked the story well enough that I would be interested in the next one. Marnye Young's narration was fine. I was given a free copy of the audiobook and I have voluntarily posted this review.
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  • Todzmom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cute story
    Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2023
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    I loved the location,the characters and the quirkiness that the families all seem to have. I love that after 50 yrs love still burned from Elizabeth and Val. Forgiveness learned and lessons learned..

    Good story..quick read. A no brainer..pure dessert reading. Hope there will be a book 2.
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  • ASB
    3.0 out of 5 stars Started good, ended flat.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2021
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    This book started off good. I liked the idea of a fresh start in a small town and romance with an old childhood friend. The addition of the horses was a nice touch, but there really was no excitement; no suspense. This was a regular romance and everyone else in the book had a romance beginning, as well! The author could have put their stories in separate books. The main character’s relationship with the guy needed more development. It was skirted over and you could never tell how she felt about him from one minute to the next. It was a rush to “ I love you”. This story just needed more.
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  • LindaMic
    5.0 out of 5 stars I want to go to Bayou Cottage!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
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    This book took me by my hand and heart to another place, a wonderful place, and I wish it were a real place so I could go there. I would sell everything and move there in a heartbeat.

    Suzanne knows how to describe places, people and things, so that they are vivid and real. The characters, Maggie, Justin and all of the others were so wonderfully depicted and so real. I would love to know them all.

    There is so much emotion in this story and I also loved the animal characters!

    So don’t miss this story of love, rejection, angst and happiness all rolled into one big beautiful package
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  • Jeannine Wickliffe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good feeling story
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2022
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    This is a feel good story about recovering from a broken heart. Maggie has moved to Bayou Cottage after her divorce to start a new life. Not sure what direction her life will take, but sure it won't involve a man. So to her surprise, she finds two handsome men who show jnterest. Justin is the local Vet and Steve is part owner of the hardware store. As her feelings for Justin grow, Maggie keeps putting up more barriers. Can she overcome her barriers or will they stop her from finding true happiness. Can she finally let go and find love , like her Aunt, best friend, and her mother. Or will she stay alone at her Bayou Cottage?
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  • KathyLeRoy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Sweet, Trannsforming Story...
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020
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    Just when you think everything in life is going your way, life happens. This story is about such an event, and when it includes your former best friend, let’s just say your life is going to change in ways you could never have imagined. This is a sweet, if not slower moving, story of recovery, forgiveness and trying to make a life forward. At times, the story was a little slower in the romance sense, but the end result was a great and believable story overall!
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars New series
    Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020
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    Exciting to have a new series. I had a hard time getting into the characters and the story. Maggie is the central character and I find myself not liking her. She feels flat and one dimensional. I am hoping the next book will make me like her more. The other characters are okay. Just sketches around Maggie.
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  • Beth Law
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Cove
    Reviewed in Australia on April 20, 2024
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    Another great story by Suzanne. It is so well written it makes you feel you are there experiencing with them all the ups and downs. I read book three before this one so I knew they would make it. Still good reading.
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  • vernemo
    3.0 out of 5 stars Okay..
    Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2021
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    Sorry to give this book a 3 star. The story started very well, then, the repetitions started and the heroine Maggie started acting like a drama Queen. Around chapter 12 is when I really decided that it was getting boring. I read it too the end but I’m sorry to say it was not for me.
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  • DoneGal
    2.0 out of 5 stars Meh...just so/so
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2020
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    Meh! Just OK. Didn’t really warm to the lead character, Maggie, to be honest she’s a bit whiny. It was just an OK read no real substance to it
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