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The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (Book Review #205)

November 16, 2009 By Mary 42 Comments

The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate
 
LOVED IT
 
This is just the perfect book to pick up with a cup of hot chocolate and just read.  It just makes you feel good.  There are two main themes here at work: finding yourself and the meaning of family.  The Scret of Joy also combines those themes in how your family contribute to your personality and relationships. 

Melissa Senate does a wonderful job with this type of novel.  If you are looking for a quick and easy book to take your mind off things, try this one.  I really enjoyed it.

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Product Description
As 28 year old New York paralegal Rebecca Strand’s widowed father lays dying, he confesses a secret: he had an affair 26 years earlier when Rebecca was just a toddler. Now he wants Rebecca to deliver the secret stash of letters he wrote, but never mailed, to the daughter he fathered. Rebecca’s lawyer boyfriend, Michael, is adamant that she forget the woman exists. He’s sure the woman will be an opportunist who will demand half of Rebecca’s father’s million-dollar estate. But Rebecca, now without any family in the world, can’t help but wonder about her one living relative. With her relationship with Michael in tatters, Rebecca drives from New York City to Maine to find Joy Jayhawk, who operates a Weekend Singles Tour service out of an orange mini-van that her regulars dub “The Love Bus.” Enter a cast of lovable, colorful characters, from Joy’s eccentric mother to the singles on The Love Bus, and a sexy carpenter for whom Rebecca finds herself unexpectedly falling in love…

About the Author
Melissa Senate is the author of eight novels, including the bestselling See Jane Date, which was made into an ABC Family TV movie and has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. She’s published short pieces in Everything I’ve Always Wanted to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, It’s a Wonderful Lie, Flirting with Pride and Prejudice, and American Girls About Town. A former romance and young adult editor from New York, she now lives on the southern coast of Maine with her son.
 
Product Details

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Downtown Press (November 17, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439107173
ISBN-13: 978-1439107171

OBTAINED FROM: Publisher

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Comments

  1. Emma says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate sounds wonderful.Please enter me in the giveaway.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Thank you.

    Reply
  2. pippirose says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    Sounds like a good book.
    :o)
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    Reply
  3. pippirose says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    I’m a new follower of your blog.

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  4. pippirose says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    #2 I’m a new follower to your blog.

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    Reply
  5. CraftyRia says

    November 17, 2009 at 12:39 am

    That sounds like a fun book to read!

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    Reply
  6. CraftyRia says

    November 17, 2009 at 12:39 am

    I am a follower.

    Reply
  7. Stacie says

    November 17, 2009 at 2:02 am

    Please count me in.

    +2 new follower

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  8. AmandaSue says

    November 17, 2009 at 2:18 am

    I’d love a chance to read this thanks!

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    Reply
  9. nettr says

    November 17, 2009 at 2:20 am

    Would love to read this. The cover caught my eye on FR this morning … or was it yesterday?? 🙂

    Jen/Nettr

    Reply
  10. Anonymous says

    November 17, 2009 at 2:35 am

    Sounds like a wonderful book…please count me in…thanks.

    karen k
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  11. natalierenae says

    November 17, 2009 at 5:55 am

    +1 Hmm…a book and cup of hot chocolate sounds wonderful to me!
    +1 Follower

    Natalie @ Mindful Musings

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  12. Bridget says

    November 17, 2009 at 1:58 am

    Hi! I just blogged about this on Win A Book. Don’t enter me, though.

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  13. Mary says

    November 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    +1 This is on my TBR list. I’d love to win a copy!

    +2 I’m a new follower : )

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  14. JoanneR says

    November 17, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    New follower. Thank you.
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  15. Alyce says

    November 17, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    I’d like to be entered. This story sounds very good.

    +1 for following.

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  16. Anonymous says

    November 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Thanks for the review Mary. Please enter me to win.

    JustJanet @ FR

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  17. Anonymous says

    November 17, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    Hi! I am a follower of your blog. Please enter me in your awesome book giveaway. 🙂

    Keep having fun!!!

    ConnieJ at FR

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  18. Wanda says

    November 17, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    I would love to be entered in your draw. Thanks.
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  19. Wanda says

    November 17, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    I am an old follower of your blog.
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  20. Book Bird Dog says

    November 17, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    I guess I’m as ready for a romance book as I’ll ever be…

    Am already a follower.

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  21. Janet Ruth says

    November 18, 2009 at 7:46 am

    This book sounds like a great read. Please enter me in the giveaway.

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  22. Janet Ruth says

    November 18, 2009 at 7:47 am

    a new follower

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  23. SuzyQ1955 says

    November 18, 2009 at 10:37 am

    “The Secret of Joy” by Melissa Senate sounds great not just a happily ever after book. This is described as a up story and involves unusual family ties.
    Please enter me in your draw.
    SuzyQ1955 (at) aol (dot) com

    Reply
  24. Theresa N. says

    November 19, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Sounds like an interesting book.
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  25. Pamela Keener says

    November 21, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    I am a follower and would love to win a copy of this book.
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  26. Nikki @ Bookizzle says

    November 24, 2009 at 7:52 am

    +1 Sounds good!
    +1 Follower

    Not sure if I was a new follower by the time this entry was up, but no matter. This sounds like a great read. Thanks for the opportunity!

    – Nikki
    nikkinizzle@gmail.com

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  27. Esme says

    November 24, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    You are welcome.-did I mention I am just south of you on PCH.

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  28. Esme says

    November 24, 2009 at 2:59 pm

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    November 24, 2009 at 3:00 pm

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  30. Madwoman-doing-cartwheels says

    November 25, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    This book has been getting astonishing reviews. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

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  31. Madwoman-doing-cartwheels says

    November 25, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    New follower

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    November 25, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    New follower

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  33. etirv says

    November 25, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    I would like to be entered!

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  34. etirv says

    November 25, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    +2 New follower!

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  35. Margie says

    November 30, 2009 at 1:27 am

    Sounds good! Please enter me in the giveaway.
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  36. brizmus says

    November 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Count me in! I totally would love a copy of this to give to my sister! 🙂

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  37. brizmus says

    November 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Oh, and I’m an old follower

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  38. Nancye says

    December 1, 2009 at 4:35 am

    This sounds like a wonderful book! I hope I win!! 🙂

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  39. Nancye says

    December 1, 2009 at 4:36 am

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