"They are with me wherever I go, but I'm trying not to be defined by them. I hope that I am more than the story they tell. I pray I am more than my scars."
After the horrifying accidental death of her best friend, Laney Jacobs and her high school boyfriend parted ways, the suffocating guilt and grief resulting from an innocent dare-turned-tragedy severely impacted the trajectory of their lives.
Six years later, Laney has made great strides both mentally and emotionally, but her mother's recent tell-all memoir feels a lot like a back-stab, rehashing the entire incident in the public arena while also airing harmful family laundry. Deciding to travel to the east coast to meet a grandmother who has encouraged Laney from afar all of her life, Laney not only comes face to face with her own history, but that of the beautiful old lighthouse on her grandmother's property. Unbelievably, she also comes face to face with Jason Rutherford, her . . . "lobster"???? Quite possibly.
What seems at first like a sweet second chance love story ends up being so much more . . . the pathway towards forgiveness is one that we never have to walk alone.
"The waiting. The struggles. The hope. The growing. And God's answer - He's not finished yet. His good work is continuing. The story is just the beginning. The best is yet to come."
*I purchased this book and was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 3.5 stars
BackCover Blurb:
Young love means everything . . . until it leaves you with nothing.
The
summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best
friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress
their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not.
Six
years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller
list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive
the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she
seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn. But she can’t
reconcile the loving woman with the heartless parent in her mother’s
book. As she looks for answers, the ex-boyfriend who’d witnessed her
darkest days reappears, stirring up both pain and hope.
When her
mother's vindictive fans threaten her grandmother's livelihood and the
lighthouse Laney has come to love, she turns to the century-old words of
a young lighthouse keeper to help her find the courage to move forward.
But once truths from the past come to light and old love finds new
beginnings, will Laney discover that forgiveness is the only way toward
true healing?
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