Take Elin Hilderbrand, add a love of cooking, a dash of avoidance, three generations of women, and a lot of secrets. Add them to a beach house. And stir. What emerges is this book. There was a lot going on, but overall it's a good summer story. 4 stars!

Mickey Campbell is returning to her family home on Martha’s Vineyard for her grandmothers upcoming wedding on Martha’s Vineyard. The comfort of BeechHouse on Martha’s Vineyard is just what Mickey needs to take her mind off things. Mickey a renowned Chef is on the verge of losing the restaurant she has with her fiancé due to her bad money management. Going home will help Mickey avoid having the conversation with her fiancé about the restaurant. Will she be able to keep the secret from her mother and grandmother as well.
Cora is finally marrying the man she has had feelings for, for over 40 years. While Cora loved her now deceased husband, she has always had a strong connection to her fiancé ever since he renovated Beech House years ago, even before having her daughter Hedy. The town has always gossiped about their friendship, but now she can finally put the rumors to rest and be with the man she’s had feelings for years. Cora is just worried about telling Mickey she has plans to sell Beech House
Hedy is Mickey’s mother and Cora’s daughter. Hedy is still mourning the loss of her beloved father 3 years ago. Hedy has a strained relationship with her mother Cora and is really not pleased that she is getting remarried, meeting a new man is not on her bingo card but this wedding is bringing about all kinds of life changes for the ladies.

Told in a dual timeline this book covers Cora early in her newly married life as a young woman learning life on Martha’s Vineyard and the present in preparation for her upcoming wedding.

Thank you SMP Influencer for this ARC

This book is a love letter to summer and to family and to the art of cooking. It's a journey I am glad to have experienced.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s for a digital advance reader's copy. All comments and opinions are my own.

Somehow, I overlooked this book when I first received a copy and have just read it now. I urge you not to put off reading this well-written, feel-good story about food, family, and romance.

The novel alternates between two timelines – 1948 and 1999, and three generations of women: Cora (grandmother), Heddy (daughter/mother) and Mickey (granddaughter). The story revolves around Cora’s remodeled kitchen (including a cutting-edge island) in 1948 on Martha’s Vineyard and Mickey’s highly acclaimed new restaurant in Baltimore in 1999.

As another reader said, this is “a beautiful love letter to cooking” and a collection of recipes at the back of the book would have been perfect. In addition to all the delectably described dishes, the writing often skillfully referred to food in similes, analogies, and metaphors.

I read Montgomery’s A Summer to Remember when it came out in 2021 and now with this one, Montgomery has become an author I will automatically put on my TBR list.

Who doesn't love a good beach read? Thats exactly what this was! If you're a big fan of that style of books, then you're going to love this one. It was my first book by this Authorband in very impressed.

This is for the readers who love Elin Hilderbrand! It was a fun beach read that is set on the picture perfect Martha's Vineyards told by 3 different POVs, Grandmother, Mother and Daughter. Three generations of women, family drama, the one that got away, and second chance romance. It goes back and forth from past to present day following the 3 women perfectly and tied up nicely. This easily warmed me up with the beach vibes and go me out of my winter blues.

Absolutely loved the cooking element as I'm a fellow foodie and the author made me want to try Cora's famous lemon meringue pie. The way the author was descriptive food and the location made me want to book a ticket and visit Martha's Vineyards.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

Our Place on the Island by Erika Montgomery is a perfect summer book. It's romantic, feel-good, and tells stories across generations. The characters are lovable, and their tales will make you smile. If you need a break from reality, this book is for you.

Renowned chef Mickey Campbell has been written up in The Baltimore Sun, naming her a “Thirty Under Thirty”. This should put her restaurant over the top, but with overdue notices piling up, is it too late? She hasn't told her partner, chef and boyfriend about the trouble they're in and she is afraid that will be the end of them. When she gets a call from her mother telling her that her grandmother is getting married, she heads off to the familial vacation home, Beech House, on Martha's Vineyard, putting everything else on the back burner. It's been over a decade since she has been to the place where she grew up and created so many memories with her grandparents. She and her mother have a strained relationship, but when three generations of women come together under one roof for this once-in-a-lifetime family event, they become bolder, stronger versions of themselves. With secrets being revealed, new love, and healing, this will be an unforgettable summer.

This was a perfect poolside read with a wonderful summer beach setting, great characters that I loved and wanted to be happy, and all those New England foods that I love. This was a dual timeline story, one is set in 1948 and is Mickey's grandmother, Cora's story. The second is 1999, where we meet Mickey, her mother, her friends and boyfriend. I enjoyed both of these storylines equally and my heart broke for all three of these women. They all had their own baggage and regrets and I wanted them all to be happy. Much of the story is set in Cora's kitchen in the cottage. It showed how food and cooking were such a huge part of her life and in turn, the family. I liked seeing Mickey heal over creating food and cooking with her grandmother. This was a beautiful story, well written and developed.

Thank you to @stmartinspress for the #gifted copy of the book.

This was a great beach read! I love stories about family traditions and good food!! All the Campbell women were heading to the cottage to attend Cora's wedding. Will Cora's secrets finally come out?

I contemplated not leaving feedback for this title because I don't know if my lack of interest in the content of this story stemmed from the fact that I should have read the summary and thought maybe it wasn't for me or if it had to do with the novel itself. I will not be posting a review on Goodreads simply because I don't want to hurt the rating of the story itself. I found myself to be extremely bored while reading. I didn't feel connected to the character or the events of the novel. It also took me months to get through Out Place on the Island. As a lover of anything beach or coastal, I thought I'd appreciate the story itself but I just really struggled with it. Again, could be reader error, but just really wasn't my cup of tea.

I have been a fan of Erika Montgomery's since her first sentence and I was thrilled to receive a copy of Our Place to review. As with her first, she grabs your attention and holds on. The setting of Martha's Vineyard is lovely and the intertwining stories are blended well. It was a very enjoyable read and I look forward to what Erika brings us next.

I received a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book. It was multi POV (the grandmother, the mother, and the daughter) and dual timelines (current and past when grandma Cora  was a newly wed). I enjoyed getting to know Cora better when she was younger. It helped paint a beautiful picture of the relationship she had with Max. I also enjoyed reading about and watching Mickey's relationship grow with her BF.  This is a book that can tug at your heart or make you cry. It wasn't overly emotional for me, personally, but I don't cry when reading. However, it was a beautiful book. The writing was great, and I could feel the emotions Erika was trying to portray with her writing.

I read the ebook and listened to the audio version. Both were really great!!

This book is definitely worth the read or listen.

A quick, satisfying summer read for fans of “The Hotel Nantucket.”

Jumping between past and present, three generations grapple with uncertain futures, complicated pasts, and matters of the heart in one magical home.

I really enjoyed this book, it was a little slow to start but the dual timelines helped pull me in. It was great to get to know 3 generations in this family. The writing was great and the characters were all fully developed. This is an easy ready, perfect for a rainy day spent curled up on the couch.

This was a really sweet story and I was so excited to find out more about the characters, progression, and how the story would resolve. This was an easy read and easy to listen to in the background.

3.5 stars
Our Place On The Island was a pleasant enough read, but for me, it was nothing special. If you love a second chance romance, this may be the book for you. The story covers three generations of women in one family: Cora, the grandmother, Hedy, the mother, and Michelle/Mickey, the daughter. Hedy wasn’t in the book very much; the other two women were really the focus of the book.

Two timelines were explored in depth: 1948, featuring Cora as a young married, trying to fit in with her husband’s “in crowd” on Martha’s Vineyard; and 1999, with Mickey, an accomplished chef, realizing she has mismanaged (financially) her well-regarded high-end restaurant in Baltimore. Cora is getting remarried and Mickey and Hedy both show up on “the island” for the occasion.

The 1948 timeline was my favorite. Cora had a working class background and felt out of place in the country club atmosphere in which she found herself. I felt her frustration and awkwardness. Her love of cooking is her saving grace. I enjoyed reading about the process of getting her kitchen updated and customized. Her gradual friendship with the craftsman, Max, was sweet, and I wasn’t surprised at the eventual path it took many years later.

While I received the eARC from NetGalley, I wound up listening to the published audiobook by Vibrance Press. The narrator, Sara Hannan, did a nice job with the many voices.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book, although I was quite late to it. All opinions are my own.

An entertaining women's fiction beach read set on Martha's Vineyard that is full of family drama, second chances and tons of feels. Perfect for fans of authors like Mary Kay Andrews and Elin Hilderbrand. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

Our Place on the Island is a charming novel that explores the relationships of mothers and daughters, especially as time shapes their experiences and memories. Erika Montgomery's slowly paced writing is a perfect compliment to the setting of the summer months at Martha's Vineyard. Readers are immersed in the sea air and salt water.

The story is told over two time lines - 1948, where newlywed Cora is first moving into her husband's family's summer home and trying to ease her way into the social circles of these new "friends"and present day, 1999. Now Cora's daughter and granddaughter have returned to the Vineyard to celebrate Cora's second marriage a mere 2 years after the death of her first husband. Tensions are high and secrets are being kept on every level just because no generation is ready to face their troubles, or share the burden of their mistakes.

I found this novel to be beautifully written and look forward to seeing what other stories Erika Montgomery can come up with. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the chance to read this book.

Many times I find general Women's Fiction books a little too 'fluffy' for my taste. However, this book was captivating and I didn't want to put it down and when I finished, I was sad that it was over. The three main characters are all strong women facing different struggles when reunited at Beech House for the wedding. Although I could guess the way that things would work out for all three, I loved the way everything moved. Yes, there is the romantic element but this story is more about each learning about themselves.

I love multigenerational family novels, and this one was no exception! I loved the characters in this one and thought it was a great read!