This will be the perfect book to read as Summer 2019 begins. It's about starting over despite adverse circumstances and its about love and family. The setting is beautiful Saugatuck Michigan, one of the resort towns along the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline.

Adie Lou is facing middle age with her only son in college when her husband decided to leave her for a much younger woman. She decides to leave Chicago and move back to the small lakeshore cabin that her parents owned in Michigan and turn it into a bed and breakfast. When she starts out, she has no idea of the work and the costs involved. Her belief that her parent's cabin can successfully be turned into a B&B is met by problems all around - from the unexpected repairs to the Historical society of the town who don't want the home modernized. Along the way, Adie Lou has to find inner strength that she didn't know she had, she has to learn to rely on others and to accept the help of her son and her friends to make a success of her plans.

Adie Lou was a wonderful character. She loved her cottage and she had strength and determination to make her plans a success. Her goal was to move on with her life and be a success instead of thinking about her husband's betrayal. The other star of this novel was the location - the author described it all so well that you'll feel like you've been to Lake Michigan when you finish it.

Thanks to netgalley for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.

I love a story where a strong heroine overcomes adversity, kicks her sleazy ex-husband to the curb and starts over. Adie Lou Kruger’s husband cheated on her with one of her grad students but she’s bound and determined not to let that ruin her life. She dumps him and heads to the beach house on the shore of Lake Michigan that she spent so many happy hours in as a child. She knows the old house needs some work, but she’s overwhelmed at what she’ll need to do to turn the place into an inn. There’s only one way to go and that’s forward, so Adie tackles her old family home rehab one step at a time, and in the process discovers that she’s a lot stronger and more capable than she ever knew