New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart
returns to her beloved Chesapeake Diaries series with a
charming beachside romance that is “everything you love
about small-town romance” (#1 New York Times
bestselling author Barbara Freethy).
Always believing she was an ugly duckling, Chrissy Jenkins
thought she had finally turned into a swan when her
real-life Prince Charming swept her off her feet. But as his
true character began to crack his perfect facade, Chrissy
realized that not only was she better off without him, but
that she was the only one who had the power to transform her
life.
Returning to her ancestral home on Cannonball Island for a
family wedding, Chrissy is reintroduced to a legacy she’d
all but forgotten. In choosing to stay on the island, she
reboots her life, successfully reinventing herself as a chef
at Blossoms, an up-and-coming restaurant in St. Dennis. But
despite her newfound self-confidence, she still doesn’t
trust her taste in men. So when she meets Jared Chandler, a
handsome ship salvager staying at the inn while he conducts
a nearby recovery operation, Chrissy’s certain she can keep
him as a friend—even though he’s everything any woman would
want in a man. As fellow newcomers, together they discover
the charm of the historic bayside town and explore the
idyllic island.
But when Chrissy agrees to be Jared’s date for his father’s
wedding, they embark on a weekend that will find them each
seeing the other in a completely different light, one that
will change their lives forever.