A moving, uplifting novel about motherhood, starting over, and an unexpected summer romance…
Kit Blakemore is ready to live again. After her husband died while serving in the military, she was in a haze of grief. Now she wants to reclaim her former self—finish her degree and find a better career to provide for their sweet little boy, Oliver. To do that, she’ll need to sell her late husband’s dilapidated Victorian in Seashell Harbor. But first, Kit intends to give Ollie the kind of unforgettable seaside summer she had growing up, making lifelong memories and friendships.
Of course, nothing goes exactly as she planned. Ollie is struggling with his confidence, and frankly, so is Kit. But everything changes when her husband’s best friend, Alex de la Cruz, returns to town, offering to help her renovate. She doesn’t expect Alex to temporarily move in…or for him to bond with Ollie…or for her numb heart to begin thawing. Slowly he’s helping Kit and Ollie heal, and it scares her to death.
Kit swore she wouldn’t leave herself open to the pain of loss again. But if she’s going to teach her son to be brave and move forward, Kit must first face her own fears.
"Kit Barton is tired of being ... well, tired. Ever since her husband's death, she's felt numb, focused only on raising her precious little boy. But with her friends' encouragement, Kit is ready to start living again, beginning with finishing her college degree. She's always wanted to become a therapist, and if she sells the house she inherited with her husband, her dream will finally be within reach. But when her husband's best friend comes to town with an offer to renovate the property, Kit fears accepting his help would only be the first step in losing her newly-returned independence. This time, she's depending only on herself-it's the only way to keep her heart safe. Alex de la Cruz swore to his best friend that he would care for his widow, and he's a man of his word. He can't let change the fact that he survived when his friend didn't, but maybe helping Kit move on will help him let go of his guilt. He'll stay in town just long enough to flip the dilapidated house Kit inherited and give her the proceeds. Only he doesn't plan on Kit offering him a place to stay-or insisting on sticking her nose in each step of the project. Staying away from such a vivacious, warm woman and her son proves impossible, and soon Alex finds himself with his own impossible dream: to leave his and Kit's ghosts in the past and build a future together, forever"--
