I felt so special to receive this book as an ARC from bookish first and the author Judy Prescott Marshall. The tea bag and bookmark had me doing the Happy Dance. Now for the review honestly I fell in love with this story but yes some very emotional ups and downs at the same time. Julie has been married to Dan for thirty years and they both had very successful businesses. Dan did dirt work ( bulldozing, excavation and so forth), Julie had a bakery and their best friend worked for Julie. Julie had suspected Dan several times of having affairs but Dan denied always. The two of them were the best of friends, cooking together, hiking in the morning and evening, watching movies together and had favorite songs together. Dan constantly touching Julie and watching out for her diabetic spells. Julie was so in love with Dan and she couldn’t imagine life without him no matter how bad it got with the affairs until the note left on his desk. She had decided she was going to have the proof in front of her for she questioned Dan again about another affair. Her best friend told her Dan loved her and would never cheat on her, Dan best friend told Julie the same thing. But she knew in her heart she needed to let Dan be happy and she needed a new start.
She moves to Rhode Island and buys an old house and hires Frank the contractor to remodel and build on and keep building on. She finally has the Inn she always dreamt of. She had hired all people she had meant when she first got there to help her with the inn and part of the benefits was to be able to live there and receive part of the profits. In walks a gentleman that is so handsome that the girls were fanning themselves over. They wanted Julie to fall for him so bad even the men that worked there did too. Julie even after 2 1/2 years away from Dan was still in love with him. She constantly prayed for guidance and even though she had hit rock bottom she kept in her faith throughout. One of the funniest parts was when she took a note from the woman Dan was having an affair with at that time and stuffed it in the mouth of a fish and mailed to the woman.
I am not going any further because I do not want to spoil anything. But it definitely shows you how a strong woman can survive. I couldn’t put this book down I just needed to know what was going to happen next.
Again, I received an ARC from bookish first and the author for free, I am leaving this review voluntarily.
She moves to Rhode Island and buys an old house and hires Frank the contractor to remodel and build on and keep building on. She finally has the Inn she always dreamt of. She had hired all people she had meant when she first got there to help her with the inn and part of the benefits was to be able to live there and receive part of the profits. In walks a gentleman that is so handsome that the girls were fanning themselves over. They wanted Julie to fall for him so bad even the men that worked there did too. Julie even after 2 1/2 years away from Dan was still in love with him. She constantly prayed for guidance and even though she had hit rock bottom she kept in her faith throughout. One of the funniest parts was when she took a note from the woman Dan was having an affair with at that time and stuffed it in the mouth of a fish and mailed to the woman.
I am not going any further because I do not want to spoil anything. But it definitely shows you how a strong woman can survive. I couldn’t put this book down I just needed to know what was going to happen next.
Again, I received an ARC from bookish first and the author for free, I am leaving this review voluntarily.