"High energy from beginning to end!"

Melanie D'Angelo's heart had been broken, and she desperately needed a change of scenery to help her on the way to mending it. When her big sister, Ashley, recommended that she take a trip to their grandmother's cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Melanie jumped at the chance to get away from the memories of her dismal love life. Arriving at the run-down bungalow, she knew this was a great chance to restore the once-beautiful home as well as to restore her heart. She didn't count on her labor of love turning into a full-blown affair of the heart.

Mike Mikelewski had always been fascinated with the tiny cottage that obviously needed some care and restoration, and had once considered looking into buying it to fix it up himself, but his life was busy as a single father raising his young daughter and running his landscaping business and had never gotten around to looking into whether the charming little house was for sell or not. So he was surprised to find out someone had moved in and was living there. When he went to offer his services as a landscape designer, Mike was even more surprised to find the beautiful young occupant was in no way interested in having him anywhere near the premises.

As Melanie and Mike dance around each other, renovating and restoring Rose Cottage to its former splendor, they soon find themselves slowly falling in love. But would their former sour experiences in love and loss get in the way of their new beginning?

Sherryl Woods introduces her new series, "The Rose Cottage Sisters" in this first novel, "Three Down The Aisle." Examining the lives of the four D'Angelo sisters, Woods shows the reader how four different women with completely different personalities and professions can have four different experiences in love with the one binding tie of family loyalty. "Three Down The Aisle" is a delightful story that maintains it's high energy from beginning to end. It will be interesting to see if the three other sisters can find their true loves at Rose Cottage as well.

Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted April 29, 2005

Summary

When Melanie D'Angelo arrived at Rose Cottage, she was only looking to mend her shattered heart and restore the beautiful house her grandmother once called home. The last thing she wanted was to become involved with her landscape designer!

Mike Mikelewski couldn't deny his instant connection with the gorgeous Melanie, but the single dad already had a woman in his life—his adorable, but troubled, young daughter, Jessie. Even though Melanie made his heart pound—and Jessie smile—he wouldn't allow himself to take a chance on a love that was blossoming like the Rose Cottage garden. Or could the trio become the family that Jessie had always dreamed about?

The Rose Cottage Sisters—Love and laughter surprise them at their childhood haven