After years of keeping people at a careful distance, Melissa Donovan has finally begun to wonder what it would feel like to belong somewhere for real.
On Seabrook Island, Nora is building a new life of her own, Kathryn is learning to trust the happiness she has found, and Grace is still deciding whether Melissa’s past can ever be separated from the woman she is trying to become. As unexpected friendships deepen, old hurts resurface, and Mark’s growing interest forces Melissa to confront the difference between being wanted and truly wanting something for herself.
But friendship requires more than showing up when things are easy. When misunderstandings and buried resentments threaten the fragile bonds forming between them, Melissa must decide whether to retreat behind the polished life she knows—or finally risk being known.
A warm, heartfelt story of later-in-life friendship, forgiveness, belonging, and the courage to make room for a second chance.
Genre: Romance
On Seabrook Island, Nora is building a new life of her own, Kathryn is learning to trust the happiness she has found, and Grace is still deciding whether Melissa’s past can ever be separated from the woman she is trying to become. As unexpected friendships deepen, old hurts resurface, and Mark’s growing interest forces Melissa to confront the difference between being wanted and truly wanting something for herself.
But friendship requires more than showing up when things are easy. When misunderstandings and buried resentments threaten the fragile bonds forming between them, Melissa must decide whether to retreat behind the polished life she knows—or finally risk being known.
A warm, heartfelt story of later-in-life friendship, forgiveness, belonging, and the courage to make room for a second chance.
Genre: Romance