Ten years after fleeing Sandy Harbor Island, Josie’s hometown is the last place she wants to be. But she’s maid of honor for her sister Madeline and determined to give her the beachside wedding of her dreams.

Josie hadn’t reckoned on the best man: Ian. One look in his sky-blue eyes and she’s back to the summer she turned eighteen, waitressing at the sailing club. She never expected the son of the island’s wealthiest property developer to notice her. But sun-kissed days out on the water showed Josie that Ian had the kindest heart and biggest dreams.

Their future had only just begun when Josie’s life was torn apart. She can never tell Ian why she ran away. She’ll just avoid him all week and leave as soon as the wedding is over.

But Ian’s oceanside cottage is the only place to stay, and wedding events throw them together in all kinds of ways. It’s clear from every lingering glance and accidental brush of hands that neither of them ever forgot that fleeting, magical summer…

But the harder Josie falls, the more danger she’s in of revealing her secret. Ian is the one person who can never, ever know what she did on that life-shattering day a decade ago. But if Josie runs away—forever this time—will she break her own heart all over again?

My Thoughts:

Josie has come back to her hometown for her sister’s wedding, many years ago Josie and her family fled this place and for very good reasons she never wanted to return until now. But when you are maid of honour and the best man is someone you ran away from, things are going to get a little awkward. Ian and Josie know there is still a connection between the two of them even after all this time, he wants to know why she fled. When it all comes tumbling out, Josie is in for a shock she never saw coming. Plenty of twists and turns in this story, I liked how each chapter was Josie or Ian recalling what happened back then and also the present day. I guessed early on what had happened back then but not what the twist would be. It was a great story that held my attention till the end. I need to read more of this authors books now.

I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.

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