Sunday, April 25, 2021

Bookshop by the Sea by Denise Hunter

After her mother became bedridden and her father bailed on the family, Sophie found herself serving as a second mother to her twin brother, Seth, and younger sister, Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years, putting aside her own dream of opening a bookshop in Piper’s Cove—the quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children.

Now it’s finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth has a new job, and Jenna is set to marry her college beau in Piper’s Cove. But the destination wedding reunites Sophie with best man Aiden Maddox, her high school sweetheart who left her without a backward glance.

When an advancing hurricane strands Aiden in Piper’s Cove after the wedding, he finds the hotels booked to capacity and has to ask Sophie to put him up until the storm passes. As the two ride out the weather, old feelings rise to the surface. The delay also leaves Sophie with mere days to get her bookshop up and running. Can she trust Aiden to stick around? And will he find the courage to risk his heart?

This is the story of Sophie and Aiden as they reconnect after years of being apart.  Aiden left Sophie years ago to follow his dream.  It has been Sophie's dream to open a bookstore.  Just as she is about to open a hurricane barrels through town leaving destruction in its path.  Sophie has also been surrogate mother to her mother and sister.  When they want something she does her best to provide it for them.  This is a nice easy read for someone that doesn't like a lot of action type books.

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

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