Emily is recovering from the heart breaking loss of loosing her entire family. She heads to Dune Island for the summer.
I really enjoyed this story, the characters and the sweet romance. It was the perfect book to read after the most recent one I just finished.Definitely recommend ❤️
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the early copy

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

Emily’s fiancé walks out on her while she’s still grieving the loss of her family in a terrible accident,

She decides to escape, where her family vacated every summer, Hope Haven.

Emily hopes of fixing fixing up the house and mending her broken heart are not that straight forward as when she empties her fathers desk, she uncovers a secret, about her parents.

With loads of questions going round her head, ones which won’t be answered, she thinks coming here was a bad decision.

Then, she meets Lucas, she confides in him and pretty soon it’s spread through the local gossip network, just as her heart was mending, it breaks again as she knows that Lucas was the only one she confided in, so did he spread the gossip?? Was trusting him the wrong decision?

Some hard decisions need to be made, that’s for sure.

This was my "beach book" with no beach in sight this year. A broken heart needing time to heal, a cute doctor, and, except for one, nice people. I like it when the people that I am reading about are people that have redeeming qualities. Oh, and then some family secrets get discovered. A budding romance that moves along nicely. Fans of Mary Kay Andrews will want to add Kristin Harper to their follow list. I will be returning to Dune Island. #SummeratHopeHaven #NetGalley

Emily’s life was shattered when her parents and brother were killed in a plane crash 9 months ago. She has not been able to overcome her grief. She moves back to the cottage on Dune Island where she and her family spent summers years ago. Next door is her brothers best friend and his wife. This is a story about overcoming grief and the meaning of family. ‘This book is sad in a lot of places but it was still a heartwarming read that I enjoyed. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

Summer At Hope Haven is about Emily coming to her family’s cottage to deal with the grief of losing her family in a plane crash. While spending the Summer there, she volunteered to paint the local hospital’s children’s wing, where she met Dr Luke. They began dating but that is not the main focus of the storyline. Overcoming her grief and discovering a family secret is the main plot.
I struggled to like Emily by herself and Emily and Lucas together. I saw her as weak and needy, not independent and strong. I felt that she and Lucas had an unhealthy relationship, where they’d storm off and ignore each other for days when there was conflict instead of listening to each other and working things out. My favorite character was Collette. If she was the focus of Summer at Hope Haven, I think I would’ve enjoyed it more.

New series, new author. Beautiful story of life, love and grief. Emily had a big dose of all three! The love of her wonderful family and fiancé. The heartbreak of loss and learning to deal with it. Emily moves to her family summer cabin across the country to be with friends and to get a handle on her life and grief. Of course thru her friends she meets Lucas, an all around good guy. There are many ups and downs, a few twists and surprises. I did predict early on the twists, so no surprise, but was well written and a fast read.

What a thourghly engaging book.
My heart cried for Emily and her loss.
Lucas, was just what the "doctor" ordered .
I love how Emily uses her art to help get through her grief.
A bevy of emotions were felt reading this book.
4.25

This was a really moving book about one woman’s despair over the loss of her family and her struggles with grief. Emily was a sympathetic character, though at times I found myself getting frustrated with her behaviour towards Lucas, and sometimes I struggled to work out what made her so appealing to him. I enjoyed it though and will definitely read more from this series

What a perfect beach read. I enjoyed getting to know the characters of Dune Island and can't wait to read the next installment.