Building the world of Sea Haven

Book two was finished last night so I guess I should add that as well....
Book Info: Spirit Bound by Christine Feehan. Published by Jove 2012 (released 12/27/2011)

Christine Feehan is one of those authors that has been on my auto-buy list for a couple of years now. She writes paranormal romances and has 4 running series. I continue to purchase them even if I can't read them for a couple of months.
This book is the second in her new Sisters of the Heart series about 6 women that have been pulled together not b blood but by understanding. 6 women who have be victimized and struggle to deal with the world around them. They have found a haven on a farm in a small town on the west coast (of the U.S.) named Sea Haven. This same town was the backdrop of the earlier Feehan series surrounding the Drake sisters.
I enjoy her novels, but I also recognize some of her drawbacks. This being a second book, Feehan spends quite a bit of time building the world and tie-ing it to the world she created for the Drakes. While this is masterfully done, it does take a bit of time. Also for those that are critics of what my sister refers to as "trashy romance novels" this fits the theme. Yes there is a paranormal aspect but it still falls into the category of boy meets (sees) girl, boy loves girl, boy screws up big time, girl loves him anyway, and love conquers. There are love scenes... *gasp* and there are battles. Both of the paranormal and the standard hand to hand style.
One of the many complaints I have about Feehan's writing is that what I imagine will be a short 7 book series turns into something that has 22 books (see her Carpathians or her Ghost Walkers). While I love returning to a series time and again to meet the characters that Feehan has introduced, there is a very fine line that must be walked. Sometimes this many books in a series can have a formulaic feel. This is not the case with Sprit Bound, as it is still new in this series but in reading this one, I spotted a couple of places that Feehan could choose to veer and lengthen the series. I have read the interviews by Mrs. Feehan that say that she can only write the stories of characters that are talking to her and I truly understand that. I guess this is my lesson in patience.

Regardless of these fears, I enjoyed the novel and look forward to book three.