Secrets are not so easy to hide and what happens when they all come out? THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE is all about three old friends finding each other again and realizing they really need to get that friendship back in their lives. Liz, Melody, and Bri survived a tragedy ten years ago and they all went their separate ways after it. Melody comes back to Trove Isle after her aunt Jo passes away and leaves her the Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop. While inside the thrift store, Melody finds the charm bracelet she and her friends used to pass back and forth to each other. The very same bracelet that was lost on the night of the tragedy. How is this even possible?
I really enjoyed the small town setting and I had a great time reading THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE Annie Rains pulled me right in and hooked me from the very first page. She is now an auto-buy author for me. I now know I will devour everything this awesome author writes and do it all easily with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. Annie Rains writes snappy dialogue, fantastic female friendships, and laugh-out-loud moments to give the story the perfect balance of humor and Will somebody pass the dang tissues?! THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE finds Liz running her mother's bakery while her parents are out of the country and she is taking care of her sixteen-year-old sister, Rose. Liz struggles with anxiety and is stuck in A holding pattern with her life.
THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE is a wonderful novel about letting go of the past and making amends. Of rediscovering what it's like to be in love again, friendship and coming to terms with loss. I read THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE straight through because the story is an easy read with engaging characters, a drama-filled plot, and a believable storyline. Keep the tissues close by, trust me! I look forward to reading more from Annie Rains. Liz deals with some heavy situations, and several shocking revelations change everything for her. Hang on to your seats, trust me!! THE CHARMED FRIENDS OF TROVE ISLE is not my first book by Annie Rains and it surely won’t be my last!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Fresh Fiction. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
A powerful, uplifting story of female friendship and resilience—with just a hint of magic—as three young women whose bond was shattered years before by tragedy rediscover their connection, with the help of a long-lost gift they were meant to share.Ten years after she left her hometown of Trove Isle, NC, Melody Palmer is back to receive an unexpected inheritance—her great aunt’s thrift store, Hidden Treasures. There, in a glass case beneath the register, Melody spies the long-lost charm bracelet she shared with her high school friends, Liz and Bri, and her younger sister, Alyssa. After a devastating prom night accident, it disappeared, and the girls’ friendship evaporated with it. Slipping the bracelet on her arm for safekeeping, Melody soon finds herself crossing paths with her former friends once more.While Melody fled, Liz has stayed in Trove Isle, helping with her parents’ business instead of pursuing her photography goals. Guilt still weighs on her after that fateful night when they lost Alyssa. For Bri, the consequences were even more stark. After spiraling into self-destruction, Bri served four years in a women’s state prison and is about to be released—but can Trove Isle ever feel like home again?Yet despite everything that’s changed, the promise that the bracelet once held—of adventures, achievements, love, and lifelong friendship—hasn’t quite faded. And together, they might yet find a way to reconcile their pasts and futures, one charm at a time . . .
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