Tracy Deloche owns five broken down cottages in the Florida
Keys called Happiness Keys following her disastrous
marriage. Four are rented to unique women who have formed
a close kinship with one another and meet once a week,
alternating homes, for talk and dinner. Wanda Gray, the
pie maker, her daughter Maggie, an ex-cop, Janya & Rishi
Kapur, Alice and her granddaughter, Olivia, are steadfast
support for each other.
Tracy must deal with an unexpected pregnancy, Janya is left
unexpectedly with a friends two tiny children, Wanda
receives a proposal for her pie business, Maggie deals with
heartbreak after feeling betrayed by her lover, and Alice
strives to keep up with an active preteen. While dealing
with their individual missions, their lives are disrupted
with the threat of murder complicated by a massive
hurricane that collapses the bridge to the island. The
women survive only with the close support of each other.
The hurricane dwarfs each of their problems and brings to
light what is truly important in their lives with the
secrets it unleashes.
SUNSET BRIDGE is another beautiful story in the Happiness
Key novels. This is a wonderful tale of the closeness and
support of true friends. The characters, even with their
own problems, find the time to be there in support of their
friends. This is another beautiful page turner that you
have to read from cover to cover in one sitting. I was
easily drawn into their lives and felt their sorrow, joy
and love. This is definitely a "do not miss" story.
Emilie Richards has an astounding way of placing you inside
her characters and keeps you there to the end.
Former socialite Tracy Deloche has nothing to her name but
five ramshackle beach cottages and the unlikely friendships
she's formed with her tenants. Wanda, wise waitress turned
popular pie-shop owner. Janya, the young Indian wife whose
arranged marriage surprises her every day. Alice, a widow
raising her complex tween-age granddaughter. And Maggie,
Wanda's daughter, a former Miami cop with a love life as
complicated as Tracy's own.
The new man in Tracy's life hasn't mentioned love or
commitment— and Tracy has just discovered she's pregnant.
Janya longs to be a mother—and suddenly has two young
siblings in her care. Maggie helps out at Wanda's Wonderful
Pies…but is the kitchen big enough for both Gray women? And
Alice may lose her beloved granddaughter to someone no one
expected….
As a tropical storm brews, the wind carries surprises and
secrets over the bridge to Happiness Key. Now, more than
ever, five friends will discover just how much they need one
another.
perfect for reading wile sitting at the beach - now that the kids have all gone back to school! We can claim the beach again! (Beth Fuller 4:49pm August 31, 2011)