First published 2020
Cara Rutledge stands on the shores of Charleston, South Carolina, sixteen years after she last called this place home. She has come back to prepare for her second wedding, carrying with her the weight of deaths and births, struggles and small victories that have shaped her life. The Rutledge family gathers around her on Sullivan's Island, each member navigating their own crossroads. Her niece Linnea arrives to start fresh with a new career and an unexpected romance. Linnea's parents, still recovering from bankruptcy, pour their dreams into building a house on Ocean Boulevard. But as wedding plans take shape and construction begins, devastating illness strikes the family. The celebration stops. The future becomes uncertain. Three generations of Rutledge women must find their way back to each other, drawing strength from the traditions passed from mother to daughter to granddaughter, much like the sea turtles that return to these windswept shores each year.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Charleston, Ocean Boulevard, Sullivan's Island
Period: 16 years later
384 pages · Hardcover · Gallery Books