Sigh. I miss the beach. So glad this is the book we got to read for book club this month! It is part of the Sunset Beach series, also read here and here.
A surprise gift
from her late husband will give a young widow the chance to do the hardest
thing in the world . . . move on. On their honeymoon, the new Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Shaw made
a pact: No matter the sacrifices along the way, one day they would return to
Sunset Beach, North Carolina—this time to buy their own home. But that dream
was not to be. Seven years into a beautiful marriage, Emily is left a widow,
heartbroken, and way past caring about anything. Until a man approaches her,
claiming to have something left to her from Ryan. Something secret. Unsure if
she can ever embrace a new life without her husband, but even less sure about
continuing to stay where she is, Emily heads to the coast to keep her end of
the promise she once made. Without delay, she becomes immersed in the lives of
the locals, including the reclusive bridge tender with an unexpected past. As
the community debates over building a new bridge, Emily must decide whether she
will build a bridge of her own, one that will take her out of a painful past
and into the new life—and new love—that her lost love made possible. (picture and description from amazon)