Book 1 in the Jetty Beach series. It's about Nicole and Ryan, who had both been away from the small town for awhile. Nicole left right after high school with her high school sweetheart and stayed with him for 10 years until she caught him cheating. Ryan had been away having a successful career as a photographer, but had also been burned by love. The two meet again after a lifetime apart, except this time, sparks fly. But is their burgeoning love enough to heal the wounds they're both carrying?

I read this one after reading Miles family and Bailey family. Such a big difference between this time and the more recent ones. But I did recognize a similar style. And while I didn't completely love this one, it was a good intro into this world. It as a bit shorter than the more recent books and I can see there were a lot of ends left dangling that some of the more recent books would have snipped. For instance, I would have liked to have seen more closure/revenge on the ex.

Ooh, I did catch a shout out to our favorite Miles family winery in this book. That was cute. And with 7 books in this series, I think we've met characters from at least the next 2-3 books. So if I'm right, I'm excited to see how Melissa, Cody, and Hunter find love. ( )

didn't finish / got to depressing for me.

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