Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Published: January 14, 2020
Genre: Fiction
Source: Finished copy
Rating: 4 stars
Blurb:
IF YOU LOVE SUSAN MALLERY AND JILL SHALVIS, YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS NEW NOVEL OF SECOND CHANCES, DOGS, AND KNITTING, FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'PUPCAKES' AND 'SIT! STAY! SPEAK!'
Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens' life? So, when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat, in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past.
She arrives to the sight of a cheerful bulldog abandoned on her front porch, a reclusive but tempting author living next door, and a set of ready-made friends at the St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets, where women knit colorful sweaters for the dogs and cats in their care. But there's also an undercurrent of something that doesn't sit right with Maeve. What's the secret (besides her!) that her mother had hidden?
If Maeve is going to make Timber Creek her home, she must figure out where she fits in and unravel the truth about her past. But is she ready to be adopted again - this time, by and entire town. . .?
©2020 Annie England Noblin (P)2020 HarperAudio
Review-
Immediate connections to characters are a huge thing for me when it comes to reading. If I can’t connect to a character, then ninety nine percent of the time I won’t like it. I’m happy to say that’s not the case here. I immediately connected to Mae as she navigated throw some tough changes in her life. She’s reeling from a very public humiliation and her birth mother just passed away.
“Maybe I wasn’t looking at my visit to Timber Creek the right way. Maybe it was an opportunity. Maybe I was being given a chance to start over in a new place.“
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What starts as a closure for Mae for the mother she felt never wanted to know her—begins a story of love, secrets, and ultimately finding family in the most unlikely places. I loved that the story goes into Annabelle’s past. We grow to understand all the whys and the hows of her life. Mae will finally earn some much needed answers.
Things really started to pick up for me once Mae decides to stick around in her mother’s hometown and where she was left with everything Annabelle owned. That included a house, car, some money, and a cool group of women in a knitting club.
I thought that I would be getting a light-hearted read about a woman who finds herself after a bad breakup. What I got instead was something much deeper and meaningful that I couldn’t help but tear up. Adored this to the moon and back!
*Thank you to the publisher for sending a free copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are subjective but my own.
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About the author:
Writer. Mother. Wife. Bulldog enthusiast. Curly hair afternoon.
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