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FORTUNATE HARBOR by Emilie Richards

"A delightful read about friends genuinely caring for each other as they deal with everyday problems."

By: Emilie Richards

Genres: Women's Fiction

Posted: June 16, 2010

Dana Turner and her daughter Lizzie return to Florida to sprinkle her brother's ashes in Little Palmetto Bay. She hopes in doing so to bury her deep secrets with him. Constantly moving to protect her secret, Dana has dreams of putting down roots when she rents a home on Happiness Key. Never allowing herself to become close to anyone for fear of disclosure, she is suddenly surrounded with women who choose to be her friends, if not her salvation.

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?

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Fortunate Harbor by Emilie Richards

Fortunate Harbor

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

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