Publisher: Forever Publishing, December 14th, 2021

Format: Paperback 

Pages: 288

Rating: 3/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

Summer brought Anna and Aidan together, but can she finally let go of the past for a chance at a new beginning?

Lilac House has always been a source of comfort for Anna Harris. Though things will never be the same since her husband’s death, she knows the cottage, nestled in Lake Summers in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, will be the perfect place for her and her two children to build a new life.

The house is just as beautiful as Anna remembers, and soon she’s caught up in the rhythm of small-town life, helping her Aunt Hope run the little shop on Main Street and beginning to finally feel like herself again. Then she meets Aidan. Handsome, strong and quiet, he also knows what it’s like to lose someone. In each other they recognize something they’ve both been missing…and a spark of undeniable attraction.

But Aidan’s past holds a different set of complications. He’s hiding a secret about why he came to Lake Summers. And just as the Lilac House starts to feel like home, Anna learns something devastating about her husband’s death that will make her question everything she’s always known to be true.

My Review:

Thank you Grand Central Publishing for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: stories centered around family.
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The book follows Anna, who takes her two children to their summer house for the first time since the death of her husband. There, she spends time with her aunt, who has recently opened a dance studio. She also meets Aidan, who, along with his son Liam, are very mysterious and seemingly on the run from something in their past.
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The drama in this book was very hyped up and while this book seemed to be marketed as a romance, there really wasn’t much romance in the book. I guess Anna and Aidan connect with each other and start to explore a connection between them, but I would not really consider their relationship a romance as they were both still coming to terms with the loss of their partners and other dramatic things happening in their lives.
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CW: death of a spouse/parent, mental illness, grief, stillborn birth.