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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another musthave USA TODAY beach read about family secrets and the ties that bind

When her twentytwoyearold stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend Sarah Danhauser is shocked But headstrong Ruby has already set a date just three months away and spoken to her beloved safta Sarahs mother Veronica about having the wedding at the familys beach house in Cape Cod Sarah might be worried but Veronica is thrilled to be bringing the family together one last time before putting the big house on the market

But the road to a wedding day usually comes with a few bumps Ruby has always known exactly what she wants but as the wedding date approaches she finds herself grappling with the wounds left by the mother who walked out when she was a baby Veronica ends up facing unexpected news and must revisit the choices she made long ago Sarahs twin brother Sam is recovering from a terrible loss and confronting big questions about who he isquestions he hopes to resolve during his stay on the Cape Sarahs husband Eli whos been inexplicably distant during the pandemic confronts the consequences of a long ago lapse from his typical goodguy behavior And Sarah frustrated by her husband concerned about her stepdaughter and worn out by the challenges of the quarantine faces the alluring reappearance of someone from her past and a life that could have been

When the wedding day arrives lovers are revealed as their true selves misunderstandings take on a life of their own and secrets come to light There are confrontations and revelations that will touch each member of the extended family ensuring that nothing will ever be the same in this firstrate pageturner Publishers Weekly that will whisk you to the charming beaches of Cape Cod