Rating: 4.00 (3 ratings)
First published 2024
Phoebe Stone steps into the grand Cornwall Inn in Newport wearing a green dress and gold heels, carrying no luggage. Everyone assumes she belongs to the wedding party gathering for the weekend celebration, but Phoebe is the only guest not there for the ceremony. She has come alone to fulfill a long-held dream of visiting this place, originally planned as a romantic getaway with her husband to shuck oysters and take sunset sails. Now she arrives without him, at her lowest point, determined to spend lavishly on herself one final time. The bride has planned every detail of her perfect weekend and prepared for every possible catastrophe. She has not planned for Phoebe or the disruption Phoebe's presence will create. Despite their different reasons for being there, the two women find themselves drawn into unexpected conversations, sharing confidences neither anticipated. Their unlikely connection unfolds against the backdrop of the wedding festivities, revealing how chance encounters can redirect our paths in ways we never imagined.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: chance-encounters, found-family, second-chance
Setting: Cornwall Inn, Newport
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Kindle Edition · Henry Holt and Co.