When you enter the book store which section draws your attention first? For me it's the romance section, and then I hit the fiction section. I am without a doubt a huge fan of women's fiction and always in search of a new author to add to my list. With that thought in mind it was with great pleasure that several years back I discovered Elin Hilderbrand, and since then she has not failed to keep my eyes glued to every page of her stories.

Her newest release, SILVER GIRL, is the story of Meredith Martin Delinn who, while maybe not born with a silver spoon in her mouth, certainly didn't have to struggle and worry about money and her place in the world, until the day came that the Federal government began to investigate her husband Freddy Delinn, in a possible Ponzi scheme. While Freddy was arrested, charged, and subsequently found guilty Meredith is left to face her own investigation into what she knew or didn't and is being forced out of her home, and left nearly penniless. Where can she go and who can she trust?

Finally, feeling as though she has no choice, she calls her old friend Connie. She and Connie haven't talked in many years, and yet she answers Meredith's call and comes to her rescue. What happens during the course of the summer will have an impact on Connie and Meredith in a variety of ways. Both women learn things about themselves that I believe they probably knew but, in the course of being wives and mothers, had forgotten.

SILVER GIRL is a story of courage, inner strength, and in its own unique way the ultimate power of love and friendship. I do believe that if you are a newcomer to Ms. Hilderbrand's work SILVER GIRL will you have searching the backlist, and if you are familiar with her stories then it will also have you turning pages late into the night and finding a spot on your keeper shelf for a new addition.

Book Summary

Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything – her friends, her homes, her social standing – because her husband, Freddy, cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith must turn to her old best friend, Connie Flute, who has recent worries of their own. Together, Meredith and Connie escape to Nantucket as a refuge and a sanctuary to spend the summer trying to heal.

But the island can't offer complete escape, and they are plagued by new and old troubles alike. When Connie's brother Toby—Meredith's high School boyfriend—arrives, Meredith must reconcile the difference between the life she is leading and the life she could have had.