Book description from NetGalley:
From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a heartfelt story of family secrets, forgiveness, and unexpected romance.
Following a painful betrayal, Maddy Monroe’s love life is a wreck, and her restaurant career is in shambles. When her grandmother goes missing, she and her estranged sisters converge at the family beach house in Sea Haven, North Carolina. Being with uptight Nora and free-spirited Emma at the place where their family broke apart is a struggle, and undercurrents of jealousy and resentment threaten to pull the sisters under. In the midst of the storm, sparks begin to fly between Maddy and Gram’s maddening neighbor, Connor Murphy.
As the sisters pack up the family belongings, memories of idyllic, slow-paced summers are resurrected. But long-buried secrets also come to light as Maddy discovers that all was not as it appeared that last summer in Sea Haven—nor today in the seemingly perfect lives of her sisters.
As family tensions rise and Connor causes tumult in Maddy’s heart, the sisters must find a way to accept each other for the women they’ve become before the bitterness of the past destroys their hope for a future.
My Review:
If you want a book that puts you in a “summer state of mind” or just a good story to enjoy, this is the book for you.
Denise Hunter has written an engaging story about three sisters who have drifted apart for years, but come back together to search for their missing grandmother. Family secrets of the past are revealed that have the potential to heal long-held hurts, or else drive the sisters further apart. Maddy, Nora, and Emma each have secrets of their own that need to be shared. This story of family, loss, forgiveness, and love kept me turning pages and cheering for the sisters to realize the treasure they have in each other. The setting of this story is gorgeous and made me long for a summer day at the lake. It would not surprise me at all if this sweet and clean romance by Denise Hunter did not end up as a Hallmark movie. A great book for light, entertaining reading.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.