The Sweetheart List: A Novel (The Sunrise Cove Series, 4)

 by  Jill Shalvis 

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Such a wonderful story teller, I dove into this story and felt like I was living it. The smells, the sights, the emotions....sigh.

Harper has moved to her last happy place to open a bakery. Bodie is fighting his own demons making him grumpy and yet I watched the author just peel back the layers. All the characters were real, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine making for an interesting story.

A teenage runaway had the most secrets of all. Let's not forget the comic relief here, a wonderful dog.

It's winter down here so no beach read for me but I enjoyed reading it by the fireside.
I highly recommend this story, it stands alone but the series is so awesome so you'll want to try it.

What makes life sweet?

• Freshly baked bread
• A cool lake on a hot summer day
• The comfort of a cozy bookstore
• Second chances and new beginnings

When Harper Shaw’s life falls apart, she knows it’s time for a change. She removes everything that doesn’t spark joy—from her soul-sucking job to eating kale to making lists—and sets off for the last place she was happy, Lake Tahoe (who wouldn’t feel good there, right?) to fulfill her dream of opening her own bakery.

With her Sugar Pine Bakery in between a tavern, owned by sexy, grumpy Bodie Campbell, and a bookstore, run by her new BFF, she feels a peace she’s never experienced since…well, forever.. Then she meets Ivy, a teenage runaway, who barrels into her heart. She sees a lot of herself in Ivy and takes her under her wing, but the teenager has secrets…

When those secrets explode, it changes Harper’s new world, and she’ll learn, it’s never too late to start over, it’s never too late to figure out your life, and best of all, it’s never too late to let yourself believe in love.