This is a sweet romance in the style of Susan Mallery and Robyn Carr. Two neighbors, one with a young child and one who just sent a child off to college and how a friendship develops between them

Great women's fiction read. Characters are women from different generations. It explores the relationships,issues and challenges they face in a real world. Easy, quick enjoyable read. The cover gives adequate story description, but it is that, and more.
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Forever Friends, by Sarah Mackenzie, is a story of friendship and what it means to be a true friend. Although young mother Sadie Landry and empty nester Renee Rhodes are coastal neighbors in small Cranberry Cove, Maine, they have only been casual friends. They have known each other since Sadie babysat for Renee’s daughter, Tansy. Then, when Sadie’s husband, Ethan, purchase her grandmother’s house as a wedding gift for her, it made her Renee’s next door neighbor.

Unfortunately, Ethan’s job, which was originally to be mostly distance software development, now requires him to be in Boston more often than not. Sadie is struggling with her ‘single’ mom status with an energetic two year old, and Renee comes to her rescue when Sadie accidentally burns the cupcakes for little Lincoln’s birthday party. From that point on, they seem to be there to save each other, regardless of whether the storm is of nature or life making.

Renee, who had been a single mom herself, is now struggling with her empty nest situation with her daughter studying on the west coast and pulling away from the closeness they had shared. Her receptionist job for local doctor and object of her eye, Dan Hanlon, is not enough anymore. Opportunity has presented itself to her to begin her own business but she isn’t sure she has the gumption to do it on her own. Could a merger of sorts between Renee and designer Sadie be a real possibility?

I really enjoyed this story of an unlikely friendship that come full circle and seems so real. This is women’s fiction at its best. I do recommend this book!

4.5 Stars

Forever Friends is a fabulous read about friendship, family, and finding love again. Single mom Renee doesn't know what to do with herself, since her daughter left for college and started to live her own life. She's always been the caretaker and now she's left in an empty home and has been secretly crushing on her boss - single doctor in town.

Sadie is a young mom, who put her career on hold to help raise their toddler, while her husband has been traveling and away from home for work. Between being a new mom, dealing with her mother-in-law and trying to figure out where her relationship stands with her husband, Sadie needs a break and a friend to talk to.

Being next door neighbors, Renee and Sadie always been cordially and didn't really know each other. Not until they both realize that they have something in common and it turns into a great friendship.