My thoughts
This is the best yet. This author took my breath away with this one. It's a sweet genteel story while also a heartbreaking heartfelt story. One that many may relate too.
A love story. Family drama. Small town. Secrets. Lots of secrets.
When Daisy Stevens, a NICU nurse, runs to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, to get away. To possibly make a new start, a few things happen. She meets a man. One she instantly has chemistry with. She helps a newborn baby, one she falls head over heels for. And she meets an old friend, one she may not really want to see.
This story is about a woman and man. A love story. A baby and lots of secrets. When Mason finds a baby abandoned in a dumpster and takes her to the local hospital he has no idea how his life is about to change. Who would do such a thing to a baby. (I did guess this one)
This story is told from three povs. Daisy, Mason, and Aunt Tilley. Daisy is a NICU nurse. Mason a high school baseball coach. Aunt Tilley, who is hard to describe.
Aunt Tilley is considered a bit out there. Ever since she lost her true love many many years ago she has not been the same. You never know if you will get the real Tilley or a character from her mind. But she is a gem. I loved her. She is possibly my very favorite character in this story.
Daisy becomes the foster mom for the baby found. Her and Mason named her Maisy. But somewhere out there is Maisy's real mother. Her parents.
This story has a few secrets that come out. One minute I would be laughing so hard, then bawling my heart out. The emotions were flying in all directions. It's so good. A story that grabs you in all the right places. Pulls you in and doesn't let go. Through all the family drama, all the ups and downs, this one is the perfect beach read. I enjoyed every twist. Every secret. It is just so good.
Thank you Gallery Books for this ARC.
Five big stars...
About
“Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.
After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On her first day at her “simpler” job, high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire tight-knit town of Cape Carolina.
Mason is still struggling to reconcile the scars of the injury that kept him out of the big leagues, stuck in his hometown, and searching for a way out. This newcomer and the child they’ve saved together might be just the motivation he needs to stay put. Sparks fly as Mason acquaints Daisy with Cape Carolina, introducing her to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from long-buried family secrets and her own fresh start.
But as Daisy becomes increasingly attached to this abandoned child, and begins facing her own demons in the process, a startling discovery is made that threatens to rip the entire town of Cape Carolina apart, placing Daisy, Mason, and Tilley in the center of the storm. In a novel that proves that “Kristy Woodson Harvey is (the) go-to for elevated beach reads” (People), they will each learn that with love, understanding—and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly!—sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.
After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On her first day at her “simpler” job, high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire tight-knit town of Cape Carolina.
Mason is still struggling to reconcile the scars of the injury that kept him out of the big leagues, stuck in his hometown, and searching for a way out. This newcomer and the child they’ve saved together might be just the motivation he needs to stay put. Sparks fly as Mason acquaints Daisy with Cape Carolina, introducing her to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from long-buried family secrets and her own fresh start.
But as Daisy becomes increasingly attached to this abandoned child, and begins facing her own demons in the process, a startling discovery is made that threatens to rip the entire town of Cape Carolina apart, placing Daisy, Mason, and Tilley in the center of the storm. In a novel that proves that “Kristy Woodson Harvey is (the) go-to for elevated beach reads” (People), they will each learn that with love, understanding—and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly!—sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.
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