Now, that’s a fine how-do-you-do . . .

I had the opportunity this past weekend to read a couple books, and they deserve separate coverage.

Ironically, I had been trying to avoid reading these two back to back since they have comparable settings.  However, although both authors handle the conflicts and literary epiphanies with panache, the details of the storyline differ in most other ways.

I’m going to start with the one I read second.

That is

Driftwood Lane

, by Denise Hunter.

This contemporary Christian romance is set on a fictional Lane at a fictional Bed & Breakfast on the actual island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts.

The author deftly keeps the reader involved in a series of conflicts and dilemmas that arise as the result of the sudden demise of relatives of the male and female protagonists and the issues that arise around the deceased couple’s orphaned children.

The reason I wanted to review this one first of the two involves the literary device the author uses to resolve what become seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the realization of the romance between the protagonists.

I’m not going to be a spoiler as to just what happens.  Let me just say that the author came up with one dandy way for a suitor to convince his lady of the genuineness of his profession of love for her.

An all around enjoyable read.