Marcus & Quinn grew up on Sanctuary Island down the road from each other. She had a crush on him & tagged along behind him. As she grew older, he feelings began to deepen. Then she has her chance. Marcus came home from the service & opened a bar. They briefly dated & then he dumped her. The town loves Quinn & is boycotting Marcus's bar. Then Quinn comes in with an idea to help him.

Quinn needs help too. She has been house sitting until her parents returned from a long trip. Instead of being happy & relaxed, they've returned home on the brink of divorce with an extra passenger, a "relationship guru". He's urging them to sell their place of negative emotions & has even tried to put them in contact with a realtor he knows. Quinn is trying to get her hippie mother under control & save her parents marriage. She proposes a relationship of convenience. Marcus helps her by being her fake boyfriend & she helps get the community to accept him & his bar.

This story pulls the reader in from the beginning. The descriptive dialogue paints the visual scene of a war hero, bitter from his experiences, sitting alone in an empty bar on opening night. The only bar on a small island would not ordinarily be empty. Marcus is on a journey to open his heart to Quinn & the islanders. He has to take control of his past & confront the father he feels so bitter towards. Quinn has to grow up & realize that everything isn't going to go her way & you have to fight for love, not run away. The writer has a talent for making her written word touch the readers' heart & feel so realistic.

Home at Last by Lily Everett is a fascinating tale. The emotional journey inside is what really stands out to me. A young man's pain. A past that has held him hostage even now. Then, there's one woman who makes him want more in life. But he's too sacred. Life is complicated, messy, and hard. He wants her to have the best. But what he doesn't know is that he's not only pushing her away forever but the town people as well. They love her. In their eyes, he's the bad guy. Unless he changes...

Home at Last is beautifully written. Engaging, sweet, and knocks readers off their chairs into the to story. Never a dull moment. The intensity is shocking but good. I can feel the characters emotions coming off the pages. Their chemistry is there. But one chooses to ignore it. That only sends them both down a lonely miserable road. Unless fate intervenes...both will be unhappy. Lily Everett has once more sent me on an unforgettable journey. A chance for love. Second chances. A happily ever after is in the air. Only time will tell, if it will happen. I loved characters. A broken man and a strong hearted woman. The plot is exciting. The other characters only add to it. Highly entertaining and suspenseful. When they do open up...readers will fall deeeply in love with this book as much as I did. I can't get enough of Lily Everett's novels. She has talent in creating the perfect worlds where her characters feel so real. Overall, I highly recommend Home at Last to readers worldwide.