Silver Linings

Jo Marie Rose runs the Rose Harbor Inn, and over time she has grown close to Mark Taylor, the handyman who keeps the place in repair. They are good friends and edging toward romance, but Mark has never told her anything about his past. When he announces that he is leaving town, Jo Marie is baffled and hurt.

Just as she begins to trust in love again, it seems she is about to lose another man she cares about. She sets out to learn the reason behind his decision, and the answer is tied to the secret he has kept from her.

Two guests arrive at the inn while she is dealing with this. Kellie Crenshaw, known as Coco, and Katie Gilroy are best friends who have come back to Cedar Cove for their ten-year high school reunion. Coco wants to face the boy who broke her heart without a second thought. Katie hopes to find James, her old boyfriend, whom she still loves.

This is a contemporary small-town women's fiction novel with a romantic thread running through all three storylines. It moves between the innkeeper and her two guests, and the tone is warm and hopeful, built around second chances and old hurts finally addressed.