New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas returns to Friday Harbor with this story of two broken hearts who come togetherāwith a little helpāto make each other wholeā¦
The youngest of the Nolan brothers, Alex still bears the scars of being raised by alcoholic parents, and when his own marriage failsāas he knew it wouldāhe sinks deeper into a whiskey bottle. His brother Sam hopes to pull him out with a project to remodel a house for a friend of his girlfriend Lucy. And Alex has another allyāthe ghost of a World War II pilot, who may be a booze-induced hallucination or may be exactly the spirit he needs to guide him.
ZoĆ« Hoffman is no stranger to heartacheāafter her own parents abandoned her, the only family member who showed her love was her grandmother. Even after her husbandās betrayal, Zoe hasnāt given up on love. A chef at a local B&B, her dream is to give her grandmother, whoās suffering from dementia, the gift of restoring her beautiful home by the lake. When she meets a handsome but brooding carpenter named Alex, she sees beneath his wounded exterior to the man he could be.
As for Alex, he may be seeing a ghost, but in ZoĆ«ās kind eyes, heās also starting to get a vision of a future in which love might have a place after allā¦
Mariska
18-8-2023
A novel to love in a series to love. Especially the second kiss between Alec and Zoƫ was very hot. And the third one... and I will reread it soon to check again on the first one!