Heather has always been the reliable sister, but a recent divorce has made everything feel uncertain. When a second chance with an old flame comes along, she must decide if a summer love can last a lifetime.
Thanks to the beauty of the island and the memories they share, the sisters come together, search their hearts, and discover what the future holds for each of them at summer’s end.
The Morgan sisters spent many blissful summers at their family's lake house growing up, but as they grew older, their lives took very different paths.
She turned, her shock only compounded by the person she saw standing
beside her. “Billy?”
He shook his head, looking at her in wonder. “Well, I’ll be. Heather
Taylor. There’s a face I never thought I’d see today.”
She couldn’t agree with that statement more, yet here he was. Billy
Davidson, longtime island friend, another one of the summer people who came and
went with the change of the season, even if her heart still thought of him long
into winter.
“You here on your own?” he asked when she pulled back, looking up into
his hazel eyes that seemed to always grow greener as his skin tanned.
“I’m here with my sisters,” she said. She hesitated, seeing the question
in his eyes. He’d known she’d gotten married, of course. Their mothers had been
friends and kept in touch. But now Heather’s mother wasn’t here anymore, so
Billy probably hadn’t heard the latest update. And of course, Heather had
ensured that her mother never knew. “I’m not sure if you’ve heard that Kim is
getting married next month?” Surely, his parents had been invited to the
wedding, at least. “It’s just a girls’ trip this time. Like the old days.”
He gave her a sad smile. “I was so sorry to hear about your mother. I
still feel bad that I couldn’t make the service. My parents said it was
beautiful.”
Heather pulled in a shaky breath and willed herself not to cry. The
backs of her eyes prickled nonetheless, and she darted a glance over to the
island, fixating on her happy place. Telling herself that for now, for these
two weeks, all her problems would be set aside.
When she looked back up at Billy, he was still grinning at her in that
friendly but devilish way that had made her and probably half the other women
he ever encountered fall in love with him on the spot. And that’s what she’d done
when she was too young to even know what it was called back then. As a little
girl, she’d only known that Billy was fun, but when she’d grown older, she
started to notice that he was pretty cute too, and as the years past she’d
dared to think that one day…
Well, there were lots of dreams back then.
Olivia Miles is a USA Today bestselling author of heartwarming women’s fiction and small-town contemporary romance. She has frequently been ranked as an Amazon Top 100 author, and her books have appeared on several bestseller lists, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BookScan, and USA Today. Treasured by readers across the globe, Olivia’s novels have been translated into German, French, and Hungarian, with editions in Australia and the United Kingdom. After growing up in New England and later living in Montreal, Olivia traded salt water for fresh water, and is most happy reading on the sandy shore of Lake Michigan, or spending time with her husband, daughter, and two lovable dogs.
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