Starred review from March 15, 2018
For her fortieth birthday, Jenna Jones received an unexpected gift from her husband: a divorce. As the icing on the birthday cake, Jenna must now pay spousal support to feckless, artist-wannabe Damien Petit because she had been the responsible, wage-earning partner in their marriage. Facing a bleak financial future, Jenna is thrilled when her great-aunt Edie writes and asks her to move to Moonlight Harbor to help run the Driftwood Inn. With her bags packed and her sulky teenage daughter, Sabrina, in tow, Jenna heads out to the small Washington coastal town of Moonlight Harbor, ready for a fresh start in life. But after her first glimpse of the now run-down and ramshackle Driftwood Inn, Jenna isn't sure if her great-aunt's only asset?and Jenna's future inheritance?is really a dream come true or a nightmare in progress. Roberts' Icicle Falls novels have long been favorites with fans of warm and nurturing contemporary romances, but with this perfect launch to a charmingly sweet new series, Roberts has outdone herself by giving readers the perfect literary antidote to the stress-filled, soul-bruising times in which we now seem to live.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)