This book is the first in a new series but is also apparently set in the same town as a previous series by the same author, so it’s not surprising that there were a few extraneous people who did not add much to the plot. There are plenty of subplots to make it interesting, and while there are rather too many minor characters, one or two stand out as memorable. The flashbacks are handled nicely, showing us incidents in the past that explain some of what is going on in the present. The setting is gentle, the people likeable, the stories, if a little predictable – obviously all three are going to find some healing in the town – could have been moving and uplifting. I found it slightly odd that Jo Marie’s chapters are told in the first person, while Josh and Abby’s are in the third person this jarred slightly, even by the end, but was no more than a niggle. This device works well in seeing the different situations unfold, with some interaction between the characters as they meet in passing at the Inn.
The story is told from each of these three perspectives in turn. She has never forgiven herself and is sure that all her former friends still blame her. Years ago she was driving a car which skidded on some black ice, and caused a tragic accident. She is very anxious about being in the neighbourhood, as she thinks that everyone hates her.
What Josh does not expect is that a girl he remembers from high school has become his stepfather’s unofficial nurse, and has also grown extremely attractive.Ībby, Jo Marie’s second guest, has come to Cedar Grove for her brother’s wedding. He hopes to retrieve a few of his mother’s treasured possessions, although he dreads seeing his angry, abusive stepfather again. They have never had a good relationship Josh was thrown out of his house after his mother’s death, just before he graduated from High School. Josh has returned to the town to visit his dying stepfather. She renames it Rose Harbor Inn and gets ready to welcome her first two guests. Jo Marie, who was recently widowed, feels drawn to an inn in a small town called Cedar Grove, where she believes she can find healing.
this is the story of three people who begin to find healing in different situations. Summary: Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes rambling.
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