By: Emilie Richards
Genres: Women's Fiction
Posted: June 16, 2010
The other residents of Palmetto Grove include landlady Tracy Deloche, a divorced woman previously accustomed to the richer things in life; Janya Kapur from India, who paints wonderful murals and desires a child for her and her husband; Alice who is raising a granddaughter whose mother is dead and father is in prison; and Wanda who delights in baking pies for everyone, including the policemen in her husband's unit. Each member of their little group hovers around to protect and aid in each of their individual problems. Further complications occur when Dana becomes intimate with Pete Knight, a retired military man. Keeping her identity secret becomes critically threatened until her dedicated "friends" intervene.
FORTUNATE HARBOR is a delightful read full of genuine caring for each other as individuals and being ready to go the extra mile to help one another. Each woman has her own unique set of catastrophic problems that the others are always ready and willing to help with. Dana's secret is heartfelt and will reach into the depths of any woman's soul. I highly recommend this read. I found it very difficult to put down, waiting to see how each of the problems was untangled and resolved.
Book Summary
Join five women connected only by their growing friendship
and the road that runs like a lifeline between their
cottages in a run-down Florida development called Happiness
Key.
Tracy Deloche finally gets a
chance to swap business for a romantic evening with Marsh
Egan, but dinner goes cold when she spots her ex-husband
prowling outside her cottage. CJ is supposed to be in prison
and out of her life for good. Exactly what is this
modern-day pirate seeking and what will it mean for Tracy's
future?
Janya Kapur envies every
pregnant woman she sees, but Rishi, her husband, is suddenly
reluctant to talk about children. Is he disappointed in her
inability to conceive? Their marriage was a contract between
strangers. Can they ever hope for anything
more?
Waitress Wanda Gray loses her
job after new owners turn the Dancing Shrimp into a tapas
bar. Wise neighbor Alice Brooks's
suggestion that Wanda start her own business seems like a
brilliant solution, until Wanda starts Pie War I with the
owners of the local bakery.
When the empty cottage at
Happiness Key is rented by single mother Dana
Turner, everything seems perfect. With Alice
volunteering to watch Dana's daughter while she works and
Wanda's offer of a job, this spit of Florida Gulf Coast land
should be a fortunate harbor for a mother and daughter who
have moved far too often. Except for Dana's shocking
secret.
As the women of Happiness Key struggle to
discover the truth in time to help their new neighbor, their
only weapon is friendship. But will friendship be enough?
by: Emilie Richards
Happiness Key MIRA
July 1, 2010
On Sale: June 29, 2010
Featuring: Janya Kapur; Tracy Deloche; Wanda Gray
400 pages
ISBN: 0778327701
EAN: 9780778327707
Paperback