I've binged it in a day, I love these characters, I love their dynamics, I love the mysteriousness of their background and everything in between.

Then there is the alternating POV that switches between Shelby (MC), Miles (single dad) and Abigail (supposedly new bff of MC) almost every chapter. I don’t understand why all of the early events in New York had to happen to Shelby as it just seems to be unnecessary. For Fans of the Netflix show, Sweet Magnolias, The Inn on Harmony Island is about falling love, friendships, healing, and finding where you belong.I was the only one left carrying the burden of the failure that was our small, dysfunctional family.

and don’t even get me started on abigail’s chapters… they added nothing to the book and were completely unnecessary… and she’s not even a big character like i get she’s supposed to be friends with shelby but that relationship never developed. One would think that the second book would deal with another couple, but we haven't come to a checkpoint or resting point with the first. The development of the relationship doesn’t seem very realistic at all and the ending doesn’t feel like an end. Ready to read the 2nd book now to find out what happens and hope its going to be as good as this one. There is also a secondary romance in the background concerning Abigail which seems to come out of nowhere and has no clear direction besides romance.She's one of the only residents who doesn't know about my past and seems to be looking for the same thing I am, a place to belong This story is told through 3 different points of view. I could see in his body language that he wanted to say something more, and I had a sinking suspicion as to what that was. He growls and says: "I can't protect you and my daughter in separate houses, so you're coming with me. The history and emotion mixed with her super hot neighbor slash ex-stepbrother are almost too much for her, but if his charm wasn't enough to pull her in, his daughter certainly would do the trick.