Many thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Publishing for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest novel by Amy Mason Dona - 4.5 stars rounded up for a wonderful look into family, secrets and the cost of fame.
Told in two distinct time periods, 1979 and 1999, we find Jackie Pierce falling under the spell of Sandcastle, her uncle’s bohemian music colony on the CA coast. She also falls under the spell of Willa, her cousin, and they become the best of friends. Then tragedy strikes and Jackie never sees Willa again. Twenty years later, Jackie is living a world away as a teacher in Boston when she learns her aunt passed away and left her Sandcastle. She heads back, intent on packing it up and selling as soon as possible. However, she discovers her uncle left a notebook of songs that her aunt gave to a producer to make a tribute album. With musicians once again inhabiting the estate, Jackie is again under its spell and set on getting answers to long-buried secrets.
This book will transport you back in time complete with an amazing setting and summer soundtrack. It’s a coming of age story with family loyalties and secrets tested at all turns. Both Willa and Jackie are strong female characters that you will fall in love with. This is a fabulous summer read that I couldn’t put down until the mystery was solved with that wonderful ending.
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