#bookreview
From the book’s blurb:
After a year on the move, single mom Maggie Dalton has found a safe haven with her son In Maui. It’s the perfect spot to settle down now that her relentless stalker is finally behind Bars. Maggie finds a new job and a new life thanks to some help from her best friend, Quinn, who urged her to come start over in paradise. But when signals suggest her stalker Is back, Maggie realizes Maui might not be the safe oasis she thought.
Quinn knows all about facing the past. Tenuously reunited with her biological family after thirty years, she’s still coming to terms with her childhood—along with guilt, secrets, and mysteries yet to be resolved. And just as she’s starting to figure out where she fits in with her family, a name from the past threatens them all.
With that fear comes a choice for both women: abandon the lives they’ve been building on Maui, or find the courage to finally stop running and fight for the happiness they deserve.”
MY THOUGHTS:
Two good friends living in paradise. What could go wrong? Well, in No Place Too Far quite a bit goes wrong. This is the second book in the By The Sea Series. We meet old characters and new as the book follows the stories we came to know in the first book and skillfully adds new characters and their adventures. Although part of a series, the book can stand alone,
In No Place Too Far, Maggie’s struggles take precedent over Quinn‘s. Maggie is running from a stalker trying to protect herself and her young son. What better place to do it then on a Hawaiian island near her best bud, a quirky new neighbor, and a handsome, joke-loving, surfing boss? Her stalker is still in prison back on the mainland, isn't he? And who is that inappropriately dressed man approaching her son further down the beach?
Meanwhile, Quinn, who has reappeared on Maui after being out of the family loop for 30 years, is having a hard time coming back into the family dynamics without causing problems for others, and she does not want to cause problems. Should she leave her family and paradise again?
Although I like both back stories, I actually liked Quinn‘s best, but I was happy to read about Maggie and her troubles in paradise. I love the life lessons that her brothers taught her and how she used them to her advantage.
This is a well written, lovely story. So do yourself a favor grab a copy and enjoy. Published September 1, 2020. I was happy to have a pre-reading copy of this fine book.
Available at all major outlets beginning September 1, 2020.
