Wow!! I truly loved THE WISHING HILL from the very first page. Holly pulls you right in and never lets you go! I was totally caught up in all the characters lives and found myself cheering for Juliet along the way! She learns some deep secrets about herself and her family. Everything she thought was her life was a total lie. From her idiot, soon to be ex husband to her own mother. Β She has been dealt a pretty harsh hand and now must find a way to deal with it and learn to move on. Β What will she choose? Who will she be with? You are going to have to read THE WISHING HILL to find out! I was flipping the pages like crazy, I couldn't stop! I had to see how the story was going to end. Many times I wanted to take Desiree and shake her to death! How can anyone be so mean spirited? Β I was yelling at Juliet to just run away from her!Β
Juliet moved to Mexico with her husband and her life was perfect. Β They tried to start a family but it never happened. Β Juliet always thought it was her as she was getting up there in age. Β Turns out it was all Michael, her soon to be ex husband. Β You wont believe what he pulled on her. Β She continues to stay in Mexico after her marriage falls apart, trying to paint, and her career flourishes. Β Then her Mom, Desiree gets sick and she flies home to take care of her.
While she is there she learns so many things that were kept from her. Β Her mother wasn't very much of a mother to her and her brother Will. Β She also learns the reason for that wasn't just because she was an actress. Β She was hiding a deep deep secret. Β Juliet,also learns that she has an Aunt who has been living very close to her and her mother.Β SeemsΒ Like every time she turns around another secret is revealed to her and how she deals with all of this is beyond me. Β What would you do if you suddenly found out your life was nothing like you knew it to be? Β
THE WISHING HILL deals with family, love, secrets, choices, forgiveness, and learning about your past and moving on. Secrets can be a very bad thing and can lead to a life time of regrets. Β I loved this book and can't wait to read more by Holly!
Years ago, Juliet Clark gave up her life in California to
follow the man she loved to Mexico and pursue her dream of
being an artist. Now her marriage is over, and sheβs alone,
selling watercolors to tourists on the Puerto Vallarta
boardwalk.
When her brother asks her to come home to wintery New
England and care for their ailing mother, a flamboyant
actress with a storied past, Juliet goes reluctantly. She
and her self-absorbed mother have always clashed. Plus,
nobody back home knows about her divorceβor the fact that
sheβs pregnant and her ex-husband is not the father.
Juliet intends to get her mother back on her feet and
return to Mexico fast, but nothing goes as planned. Instead
she meets a man who makes her question every choice and
reawakens her spirit, even as she is being drawn into a
long-running feud between her mother and a reclusive
neighbor. Little does she know that these relationships hold
the key to shocking secrets about her family and herself
that have been hiding in plain sight.…
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