This is book 1 of the Sconset Beach Series. This is a fun book with an interesting premise. Ava is a high-powered attorney, who husband just left her and took all of their savings. Ava flounders for a while until a call from out of the blue. A client that she respected has passed away and left her something. So she packs up her fancy apartment and moves to the beach. Can she make a go of a new life?

Ava's life can't get more complicate. Or so she thinks, until a sudden inheritance take her and her two best friends from New York to Nantucket. They will start journey to healing their souls and finding happinnes again. Great first book. Looking forward to read all the series.

This is the first book from this author for me. I liked a lot. Ava is a tax attorney who went off on her client so she was fired. She had recently been divorced from her husband and was at a crossroads in her life when an old client/friend left her a house. She decides to move to the new house and takes her friends along for support. There is also her children who come to visit and have problems in their lives as well. She decides to turn her new house into a high end bed and breakfast. She hires Deacon, who she is attracted to, to renovate the B&B. I loved all the side characters and cant wait to read more from this author. The love and support from family and friends mean everything in life. This book has all of that and more. My only negative thing to say is I was left with an open ending that i was not happy with. There is no real ending. leaving too many open questions...but i guess that means I will need to read the rest of the series.

I really wanted to like this book and parts of it I did. I like books about mature women, their friendships, how they overcome adversity, and how women support each other. This story is about Ava, a high-powered attorney, who just got let go from her job. Luckily for her, a previous client has passed and left her a house on the beach in Nantucket. Ava moves to Nantucket with her two best friends, Hallie and Quinn.

Here is one of the issues I had, Hallie, Quinn and Ava are supposed to be best friends, yet all of them hold back MAJOR secrets from each other and seem more like casual acquaintances than best friends. Story lines were told and quickly wrapped up or glossed over such as the secondary story line about Ava has a daughter who is estranged from her. Charlotte just happens to live on the island as well as Ava’s mother. Ava and Charlotte met and poof, they are back to having a relationship, not a whole lot of detail just done. Or the story line where Ava’s granddaughter Luna, has a medical emergency that is so quickly glossed over, it doesn’t seem to do much for the storyline other than to (spoiler alert) bring two separated parents back together. The final chapter has plot lines being thrown at you every other paragraph as if the author is letting you know in advance, this will be a series of books so I’m giving you tons of possible story lines.

I enjoyed the writing style, the characters were engaging, I enjoyed the magical elements, I really was looking forward to reading this book but the book felt rushed as if the author waited until the last moment to write it. Too bad, could have been an enjoyable read.

This book begins with Ava, a High-powered New York attorney who specializes in tax law, getting her wealthy clients off for tax evasion. When she is finally fed up and tells one of her clients the truth, she is promptly fired. She then inherits a valuable home on Nantucket Island, but there are several loopholes she must accomplish before the home is transferred to her permanently. She decides to renovate the home into a boutique B&B and convinces her two best friends to move with her. Although the friends are extremely close, all three have secrets that they must overcome that they haven’t told the others about. I found these characters very well developed and am looking forward to see what happens next in the series.

This book was very cute. I found myself rooting for Ava, but also for all of the side characters. I liked the side stories of magical healing and Ava’s granddaughter. It felt like it ended very suddenly but that just makes me want to read the next book in the series.

This was a good little novel. 3 Friends changing their lives in middle age. Sticking together and helping out

I had high hopes for this book, and it could have great potential, but it fell way short of the mark. It needs extensive editing to address all manner of problems. If I could sum up this book in one word it would be "awkward." The writing is uneven, characters aren't consistent in their actions, timelines (especially for a major house renovation) are unreasonable and all over the place. here are way too many characters and each of them gets their own POV chapters, which seems excessive.

I see that this is the first in a planned seven-book series, so part of the problem may be trying to do too much too soon in this one. But I will not be continuing this series.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a wonderful, delightful read. The characters were colorful, vibrant and fun. A story of love, family and new beginnings. Ava, Quinn and Hallie are three best friends who each have secret hurts they don’t want to reveal to the other two. Ava is 53, a highpowered tax attorney. She loses her job because one day she tells a client exactly what she thinks of him. He is extremely wealthy yet avoids paying tax. Ava has no money behind her as her husband left after clearing out their accounts. She is left a $7million house on Nantucket Island and decides to turn it into a B&B. We meet other members of her family and others who live on the island. Simply delightful! I can’t wait for the next in the series!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this

Ava Flynn, an attorney in Manhattan, had finally had enough of her prestigious position where she was defending cheats and liars. At 54, Ava had raised her triplets alone after the untimely death of her husband when she was eight months pregnant, and she had worked punishing hours all while never feeling successful at either motherhood or her career. After being fired, she discovered that her second husband had a gambling addiction and had completely emptied their savings account, leaving her with nothing. Fortunately, a former client had been impressed with her work, and as a reward, left her a beautiful home on Nantucket. With the help and support of her best friends Hallie and Quinn, Ava relocated and decided to open an upscale Bed & Breakfast. Her daughter Charlotte and her family lived there, her son Jackson came out from Los Angeles to help with the move, and during the renovation the family is able to strengthen their bonds while also forging new ones.

I loved the loyalty the three ladies had for one another, and they were willing to expand their circle to include Hallie’s nurse, Maria; Willow, who is the local Wiccan healer; all three of Ava’s children, and Deacon, the contractor who renovated the inn. The Nantucket Beachfront Inn is a welcoming place, inviting and safe, in a beautiful setting, and after an ending with several surprises, I can honestly say I am waiting anxiously for the sequel.

I really enjoyed this book. Character development was good. The plot was very interesting. Not a lot of typos.

A feel-good beachy read that wraps up neatly a lot of problems facing Ava. Ava is divorced, fairly broke and newly fired from her job. Kismet brings an opportunity into her life,but she has to force herself to mend some bridges.

Ava, a 54 year old divorced New York attorney, is starting over after being fired from job as a high powered attorney at a firm where she slaved through 70-80 hour work weeks without ever being made partner. She thinks she's unemployable at her age in the law profession, and is looking for a change when a surprise gift of a Nantucket Beach Inn is willed to her from a former client who she had befriended. She moves to Nantucket to survey the Inn and decide what to do with it. Ava hires a friend as a designer and a local contractor to help her remodel the Inn as a B&B. Her daughter moves in with her infant after suffering a rift in her marriage, and she hires her son-in-law as the future chef of her Inn. And then there's the local young woman gifted with "Magick" who tells fortunes and bestows potions and cures and is somehow involved with Ava's son. The coincidences and oddball relationships are all wrapped up in a hurry at the end of the novel, apparently just to tie everything up with a bow. It all seemed rather improbable to me, and could have used the skills of a professional editor to fix the wrong word choices, flawed sentence construction and incorrect grammar. There was even one case of a character being called by the wrong name...

The Nantucket Beachfront Inn, by Ainsley Keaton is book one in an upcoming series of seven books. The story centers around Ava who is a high-powered attorney and her friends Hallie and Quinn. This book introduces you to the main characters and I am assuming they will develop more as the series continues.
Ava is discontented in her career which leads to her being fired. Her life is in a turmoil for a bit, and just when she does not think she can cope with her monetary issues, she inherits a humongous Nantucket beach home. Her daughter Charlotte is having marital problems and reluctantly comes with her baby to Nantucket to live with her. In an effort to repair their marriage, Ava decides that Charlotte’s estranged husband will be the head chef. Hallie and Quinn also join Ava in her new venture. You will also meet other characters that add interest to the story. This group has their share of heartbreak, illness, love, and new beginnings.
I enjoyed this book, and I am sure it will be a great feel-good beach read. It was easy to read and at times hard to put down. If you like stories about strong women and novels by Erin Hilderbrand, you will be fond of Ainsley Keaton’s new series. Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

What a delightful story! This is my first time reading anything by Ainsley Keaton, and it looks like this is the authors first book. It's perfectly setup to be a series, which the author has stated at teh end that there will be 7 books in this series. I cannot wait to see what happens with Ava, Hallie, Quinn, Willow, Jackson, Charlotte, Samantha......just so many characters to fall in love with in future stories. Can't wait for the next book!

This review is based on an ARC from NetGalley, courtesy of the publisher. All opinions are my own.

The story of three friends helping establish a B & B. and all their problems. Typical summer read which was totally enjoyable .and kept your interest

Ok storyline, but extremely repetitive and overly detailed. Also, somewhat politically/agenda driven which took away from the enjoyment of the story. However, I did read through to the end and was invested in most of the characters. I would probably not read another in the series. Not my cup of tea, but might be someone else's favorite. If I could do half stars, I'd do 2.5, but rounded up because I did finish it.

This the first time I read this author and I really enjoyed this book.. Ava was a lawyer that helped billionaires find ways not to pay taxes. She was at a point where she had one of her clients so and he requested she be fired or he would take his business elsewhere, and then there is the fact that her husband left her and took their million dollar savings out of there account and besides her severence pay, left her for broke. A client had passed away and left her a beach house in Nantucket. She decided to move there and her two best friends Hallie and Quinn went their to to help her get the house fixed up to be a bed and breakfast. She needed an investor and that was her mother. Thus this journey begins. A VERY GOOD READ. Find out what happens on this journey. This is the first in a series and I can't wait until the next one.

This book was just okay for me. The title gave me very high hopes as there’s nothing I love more than Nantucket in the summer. I think the story could flow much better and easier with some editing work. Definitely has potential!
Thank you to netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I received this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

3.5/5 stars

Ava is a 54 year old lawyer who decides that she hates her job and tells off a client. She gets fired. her ex-husband has cleared out her savings. What is Ava going to do. She inherits a mansion in Nantucket and decides to make it an exclusive B&B. She takes her two best friends with her to start a new life.

I was on the fence on this one. I like the storyline but at times it was just odd. The whole Willow thing. kinda weird and seemed out of place for the rest of the story. At times I wanted to take the shoulders of some of the characters and shake them. I never felt very connected to any of the characters.

It was a quick read and one I didn't have to think to hard about. Will I read any of the other books in the series? Probably.