Well, I skipped a few in this series because this one, #7, was available! I am really enjoying the Cobbled Court series, which reminds me of Debbie Macomber's Blossom Street books. In this one the main focus is on Gayla, a rather impulsive and technology-challenged woman who discovers that Brian, her husband of 26 years, has had a a brief extra-marital affair. While using his computer she accidentally opens an unsent memo, written to her, in which he confesses the affair and suggests that it would be best to end their marriage since neither of them is happy. Gayla reacts by fleeing New York City on the spur of the moment to their summer home in, where else, New Bern, CT, home of Cobbled Court Quilts.
Gayla is not quite as likable at first as some of the other women in this series. First of all, she is impulsive. She acts first and thinks about it later, failing to communicate with her husband at several crucial points and shutting him out of her life completely when she should be demanding an explanation. Gayla also tends to be destructive, taking out her anger and frustration on innocent china (a horror to me, who collects beautiful dishes and teapots) or by digging up her yard. Of course, by now we know that she is going to be asked to join the Cobbled Court quilting circle and that the friendship of the other women is going to have a positive effect on her life decisions, but that's OK. This group is so supportive and so interesting that it doesn't matter if you can guess what's going to happen. Gayla has told them all that she is "on sabbatical," so everyone in the group decides to plan a sabbatical project for themselves, to try something new over the summer that will take them out of their comfort zone. This makes for some interesting subplots!
Several new characters were introduced between books 2 and 7, so I'm kind of anxious to go back and see what brought Phillipa, Tessa, and the others to New Bern. This group of ladies are starting to feel a little like friends at this point. I've already convinced 2 of my co-workers to read the series. Why not join the fun with us?
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