Sunday, May 12, 2019

Summer by the Tides by Denise Hunter

When her grandmother goes missing from the family beach house, Maddy and her estranged sisters converge in Sea Haven, North Carolina. Being with uptight Nora and free-spirited Emma in the home where their family broke apart is a struggle Maddy is not in the mood to face, especially since she’s recovering from her ex-boyfriend’s betrayal.

As the sisters wait for word of their grandmother, they begin to pack up the family belongings—and unpack memories of the idyllic summers of their childhood. But with those memories come long-buried secrets, and Maddy discovers that all was not as it appeared that last summer in Sea Haven. Meanwhile, Gram’s neighbor, Connor Sullivan, seems overly interested in Gram’s whereabouts. Maddy is drawn in by his quick smile and steady gaze in spite of herself.

Undercurrents of jealousy and resentment threaten to pull the family under again, maybe for good this time. As tensions rise, the sisters must find a way to accept each other for the women they’ve become—and Maddy must decide if falling in love again is worth the potential heartbreak.

Maddy has trust issues when it comes to men.  All the men in her life has betrayed her in one way or another.  Her most recent boyfriend was using her to get the job that she was promised.  Her sisters fiance betrayed her sister by marrying their other sister.  Then she meets Connor when she finds out her dad had a secret life. 

This was a good book.  In a way I found it kind of sad that all the heart ache of the sisters was caused by people not honoring their commitments to each other.  Unfortunately that happens a lot.  But over all I enjoyed the book and recommend it.

I was given this book by Thomas Nelson Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  I was not compensated in any way.

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