This book exudes the charm of the South. Settle in with a sweet tea in hand, you're transported into a story of southern family drama and a touch of romance. I look forward to Kristy Woodson Harvey's summer reads each year! Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. A Happier Life is set to be released on June 25th.

Keaton loses her job and goes to her mother’s childhood home to her it ready to sell. Her mother and uncle haven’t been to the house since their parents died 40 years ago. Keaton finds friendship, love and a sense of self while there. You will love Keaton and all the characters in this wonderful story of love and strength.

Saturdays are for staying up “late” to finish Kristy Woodson Harvey’s latest masterpiece!
A huge shoutout to NetGalley for the ARC of one of my favorite writers!
A Happier Life may be Kristy’s best book yet! Little ole Beaufort will be a must visit for readers after they devour this long line of family secrets.
Do yourself a favor and preorder this book RIGHT NOW.
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I would recommend my patrons to read this pleasant beach read. Good character and plot development. Believable characters that you will root for. Always love Kristy Woodson Harvey’s stories
5stars

I loved the Peachtree Bluff series, but just couldn’t get into this book. It was slow, I never really connected with the characters, and couldn’t really tell if it was a mystery or not.

I received an ARC from NetGalley.

A Happier Life🏡

I really enjoyed this! I always have a great time with @kristywharvey books, and this has a fun dual timeline element. In the present, after a breakup and leaving her job, Keaton travels from NYC to South Carolina to clean out her grandparents’ home to put it on the market. No one has been inside in over 50 years, though! In the past, Keaton’s grandma, Becks, is followed through the years when she first met her husband and the final summer of her life.

I like how this incorporated both romance (two actually! Keaton’s grandparents and eventually Keaton herself) as well as mystery! It kept me reading to know what happened but also because I really enjoyed the characters in all of the timelines. Especially Keaton’s new next door neighbor, 10 year old Anderson🥹. Such a great mix of story elements from historical fiction to romance to family dynamics to mystery. Definitely put this one on your summer tbr!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have read a lot of books by this author, but this was easily my favorite of all of them. I especially enjoyed the mystery that was at the heart of this novel.

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I will never in my life pass down the opportunity to read a book crafted by the southern queen herself, @kristywharvey 🥹. Ugh - I adore you. Seriously ... you make reading so enjoyable, light, and heartfelt!!

A huge thank you to @uplitreads for allowing me to read this gem months in advance - I am so grateful to work together 🫶. This one publishes on June 25th by @gallerybooks, and it will be the perfect beach read. It was also a wonderful book to read in the dead of winter, as it helped to transport me to warmer weather!

If you want a feel good, and heartwarming book about life, unexpected love, and self-discovery, this will be a perfect book to add to your collection. I truly loved how Harvey weaved in the past and present seamlessly. Becks is a character that you can not help but love. She and Townsend had such a beautiful relationship that helped inspire romance in the present day. Keaton and Bowen were so sweet together, and I loved her relationship with Anderson. This one is very light on spice, but it worked incredibly well with the story. I was truly enamored by everyone in Beaufort - it was the perfect southern setting for this novel. You'll enjoy some mystery mixed into the plot as well, which was a really nice element to the book.

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This one was an interesting read for me that I very much enjoyed, 5 star rating from me. I'm not always a huge fan of duel timelines depending on the author's writing but this one worked. You have the 1976 line with Becks Saint James' story and the present day line of Keaton Smith. I especially liked how Keaton discovers grandparents that she knew nothing about and was adopted by a new community where she thrived. Throw in a little mystery, what really happened to Becks and Townsend? A little romance between Keaton and Bowen. Add in Anderson, Bowen's son and Salt, the dog! What's not to love!

I want to live in Beaufort. Oh, so endearing with its Southern seaside charm, lifestyle, and characters that a few chapters in you call friends. It's more than a page turner, it's a life inspirer. To live your dream, to live grand—whatever that may mean to you—to do things right, and to love on people—thoughtfully, intentionally, lovingly, making their world more beautiful.
As always, this book has all the feels. The highs, the lows, the suspense with its—just teasin', I don't do spoilers. Kristy Woodson Harvey's novels never disappoint. KWH's prose flows effortlessly, like floating down a lazy river. Her writing style, so flawless you're wholly engrossed and forget you're reading. So let her sweep—no, softer—carry you away to A HAPPIER LIFE.
A special thank you to @kristywharvey @uplitreads and @netgalley and the publisher, Simon & Schuster for the honor & delight of reading an ARC. Now, the only thing I have to wait until June for is the hard copy to come out so that I can add it to my Kristy shelf.

A Happier Life is sure to become one of your favorites. It's The Must Read of the Summer!
Happy Reading. XO

Keaton ends up taking a break from her career in NYC to help her her grandparents house up for sale in NC. She didn't even know her mom still owned the house as her grandparents died in a car crash before she was born and her mom never talks about them. She gets to NC and immediately discovers the man next door, that her grandparents didn't actually die in the car crash, and warm welcoming people in NC that maybe feels more like home than NYC...

This book was SO good!! I always look forward to the next book Kristy Woodson Harvey releases! I was so excited to get my hands on this one early, and I’m glad to say I enjoyed it so much!

This is such a beautifully written love story. But it was so much more than that. This book has romance, life challenges, secrets, discovery, and so much more. This is a quick and easy read, even though it’s filled with so much. I found myself not wanting to put it down once I started it. I loved the small town feels in this book, I felt like I was there, wishing I was! There’s so much to this story I don’t want to say more without giving it all away. But I highly recommend you add this book to your TBR!

Thank you Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is one of the best books I have read recently. First of all, the opening scene is amazing! Readers will not be able to complain that this book starts slow or does not engage them right away. The story of Becks and Townsend in the 1970s is so intriguing and unusual, and their granddaughter Keaton’s move into the house in the present day allows for the stories of multiple generations to be explored. The town of Beaufort is evocatively described and populated by an interesting cast of characters who befriend Keaton and help her to understand the grandparents she never knew.. While there are multiple love stories in the book, I found the exploration of family relationships—parents and children, siblings, etc—to be even more compelling. In my opinion, this is Kristy Woodson Harvey’s best book yet, and I loved every page.

Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a character driven, closed door romance. Would make a great summer read!

I just let out the biggest sigh upon finishing this book. It's not exactly happy, but it's not exactly sad either.

This book was so good and so wonderfully written. The author managed to tell a book from different times, and different people, yet make it all feel seamless. I truly felt like I was in the head of each narrator and that's not always easy for me.

I will say, many of the main characters have first names that I think should be last names. Yes, I know, that's only MY opinion, but it was on my mind throughout the book. :) In fact, I'd say it's the only "wrong" thing about this book.

I appreciated that while Keaton is broken up with early, she doesn't let that, or the potential of a new romance, take over her life. She's set on getting her grandparents house cleaned up and on the market. During that process she learns so much about both her grandparents and it's endearing how she absorbs it and opens her heart, and home, to those around her because of it.

I would definitely recommend this book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This might be my favorite Kristy Woodson Harvey yet! What an incredibly beautiful story. I loved every single second of it!

The dual timeline and multiple POV was pure perfection! I absolutely adored the Beck and Townsend storyline from the past, the dinner parties, the journal, the notebook…and of course the seaside setting.

A Happier Life is the love story that you absolutely won’t be able to get enough of! I can’t wait for everyone to read this book when it hits shelves. Do yourself a favor and go ahead and preorder it! You definitely won’t want to miss this 🩵

She’s done it again! Every single time I read a book by this author I want to be transported to the setting of this book. I don’t know what it is about a small beach town that just makes me want to live in one. I loved the mystery this one had. Trying to figure out what really happened to her grandparents had me swiping the pages on my kindle so fast! Not to mention the budding romance with the neighbor!
This is the perfect summer read! Don’t miss out!

Thank you to the publisher, author and netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this before releasing. Kristy Woodson Harvey does it again. Possibly her best one yet! This will be THE beach read of summer 2024!

Kristy Woodson Harvey never disappoints. I was completely sucked into this story and devoured it in one sitting. Traveling between the past and the present, Keaton is sent to Beaufort, NC to get the family home ready to sell. After a blinding setback, Keaton is lost, and this just might be the project that sets her straight. Once there, she assimilates into coastal life and begins researching the tragic history of her grandparents. They went missing many years ago, and all the townies have their suspicions of what happened. Told from Keaton and her grandmother's POV, any reader will be smitten with the story, just as I was. A fantastic summer read! I predict this will be everywhere poolside this year. I hope KWH and her team create the actual accounts/books based off the ending; I'd be the first to promote/follow!

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. An excellent, fast, beachy read about researching your past and learning the true story of what really happened. I loved all the characters in this story and how it had some twists that I didn't expect.