Jolie is out-going and loves to act, so meeting Emily is helping her accept the fact that she’ll be in the island for awhile. Her mom is on her honeymoon, and Jolie has never spent much time with her dad, who recently retired from Major League Baseball because of an injury.

Jolie is an eleven year old girl who is spending several weeks with her dad and grandparents on the island.

But there’s still somewhat of a mystery surrounding the circumstances of her mother’s death, and Emily is seeking to find out what really happened that night. She’s also trying to find her way again after her play on Broadway was a resounding failure. She’s reluctantly returned to Nantucket to renovate the beach house left to her by her grandfather. Almost everywhere she goes, she carries a stack of letters from her mother that she reads for guidance and comfort. Emily is a former child TV star who has traveled the world in search of a sense of peace about the tragic death of her mother. I loved the characters in this book, especially Emily and Jolie. Want to read a sweet Christian contemporary romance with a beautiful setting, great characters, and a compelling storyline? With her world turned upside down, Emily must choose between allowing the voices from her past to guide her future or forging her own path forward.

especially when her grandmother arrives to “supervise.” And especially when her heart becomes entangled with Hollis McGuire, the boy next door–turned–baseball star who’s back on the island after a career-ending injury.Īs sparks fly between her and Hollis, Emily is drawn to island life, even as she uncovers shocking secrets about the tragic accident that led to her mother’s death. But when professional failure leads Emily back to Nantucket to renovate and sell the family cottage she inherited, she wonders if her mom left advice to cover this . With no father in the picture, her mom’s advice has been her only true north. Emily Ackerman has traveled the world, her constant compass and companion a book of letters her mother left for her when she died.

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