This was an excellent read. The main character was really great. Leaving New York, her job and her friends. Took on a vacant family home, that needed work, .fell in Love and gained the friendship of the townspeople and created a way to open a business and refurbish the Home she remembered as a young girl into a wonderful B & B. Thank You

Emily goes back to a small town she went with her parents as a child to the house her father bought. There she meets Daniel and together they bring the old house back to its beautiful self. An excellent story line showing courage and love. The characters are perfect and the story line leaves you wanting more…..

The premise of the book was good, but the execution of the plot was not. There were many details overlooked and holes in the plot made things seem unrealistic. After months or years, Daniel and Emily manage to be surprised by a hidden BALLROOM in the house, and a hidden SWIMMING POOL in the barn. By the end of the book Emily still hardly knows anything about Daniel. Emily arrives in Maine seemingly unprepared for winter weather, but she came with all of her suitcases from New York! I was rooting for Emily to stay and open the B&B, but really…it isn’t even her house! What happened to her father?!

I got frustrated with the main character. She throws her shoes out of the car, has no coat going to Maine in winter, drives a car for 8+ hours that is a clunker and been in storage for years, doesn’t eat for days, etc. Very frustrating. What happened to her father? I was hoping for an answer.

It’s was so boring .. the two main characters have no chemistry . Then 6 month later ? We never hard the ex again ? Then she sleep with Daniel . Then book skip to the next chapter? It never explain what happened to the father . The covers is misleading.

This story leaves you with hope, inspiration and motivation. As a romance novel it is not just about two people falling in love and living happily ever after, it’s about so much more. It’s about letting go of an unfulfilling life for personal liberation, gratification, and owning your own happiness despite the many obstacles that life brings and never giving up on what’s worthwhile. I finished this story in one day and although it’s an easy read it is not without its pivotal moments that keep you wanting to know what happens next.

This book had potential but like other reviews I also was annoyed but unbelievable situations. She’s barefoot driving in a blizzard? Where is an old man going at midnight? She gets so angry at the littlest things I don’t know why Daniel keeps coming back! I can’t believe I finished it.

I loved the setting, the characters, and the story, but I guess I’m just a stickler for accuracy and there were a couple of places where the writer must have forgotten what she’d written before! For example: Emily threw her jacket and heels out the window on her way out of town, but later wore her suit jacket with jeans! How can you have a secret ballroom with a stained glass window and not be able to see it from the outside? And if Emily had not been in hers and Charlotte’s room in 20 years, who took the boards off the windows? The huge storm: strong enough to make tree limbs fall and windows break, and barns collapse, but not strong enough to blow the blooms off the rose bushes? Not likely! And after such a storm, the ground would be saturated and muddy, yet they laid on the ground in the rose garden. Gnat bites for sure, but attention to details just makes the story more believable! All that said, I’m about to download Book 2!

A much different kind of book with all the mystery and intrigue. Most kids remember back to at least 7 or 8 years old and some earlier than that. But for whatever reason, Emily has trouble with some of her memories that finally start surfacing when she decides to stay in her parent’s summer home. Her relationship with Daniel was strained at first, but was moving along nicely along with the B & B plans. Ready to dive into book #2, but wish they weren’t all “cliff hangers”.

This is a really good book. Its all about self discovery and love discovery. I'll probably read it again at some point