Part of Peachtree Bluff
First published 2018
Sloane gets the call no military wife wants to receive: her husband is missing in action. Back in Peachtree Bluff, she can barely get out of bed in the morning, let alone show up for her young sons the way they need her to. Her mother Ansley steps in, shelving her own complicated personal life to help Sloane and the boys find their footing. But Ansley carries her own weight. She is quietly terrified that old secrets will surface and unravel everything she has built. Sisters Caroline and Emerson refuse to let Sloane disappear into her grief. They hold her to a promise she made her husband before he deployed: that she would keep going, no matter what. That promise becomes the thread Sloane follows back toward her own dreams and her own courage. And watching her daughter take that step forward gives Ansley the push she needs to stop waiting and finally reach for what she has wanted all along. This second novel in the Peachtree Bluff series is built around first loves, missed chances, and the particular stubbornness of family bonds.
Genres: contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: character-driven, emotional, heartfelt, intimate, uplifting
Tropes: coming-of-age, family-secrets, found-family, second-chance
Setting: Peachtree Bluff
Period: contemporary
400 pages · Paperback · Gallery Books
Content warnings: death, mental-illness