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Synopsis
From the USA Today bestselling author of In the Middle of Hickory Lane comes Heather Webber's next enchanting novel, At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
Eloise Dowling is on the run. After the sudden death of her fianc only a month before their wedding, she closes up her lonely apartment in Vermont to answer a want-ad in Driftwood, Alabama--a town she's never heard of--to apply for a job she's never done. But the promised benefits far outweigh the cons, and being a live-in caretaker to a cranky old man in a beachside cottage is the perfect way to hide from the pain of her loss and the realities she doesn't want to face.
Maggie Laine Brightwood hardly ever sits still. On the surface, she is a bundle of bright energy as she runs Magpie's, Driftwood's coffee and curiosity shop. She spends her days matching people to what they were missing--whether that's the perfect coffee blend or a trinket they didn't know they needed. Keeping busy is the best way to distract herself from her strained relationship with her aging father, Desmond, and the guilt she feels in hiring a stranger to take care of him instead of doing it herself. She hopes no one can see the sadness lurking under her cheerful exterior, even though it weighs her down like an anchor.
As the season stretches on and tourists come and go from the beach, Eloise and Maggie become fast friends, bonding over the magic they find in letting go in order to move on--because sometimes drifting through life will lead you to where you belong.
Synopsis
From the USA Today bestselling author of In the Middle of Hickory Lane comes Heather Webber's next enchanting novel, At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
A mysterious letter. An offer taken. And the chance to move forward.
When Ava Harrison receives a letter containing an unusual job listing one month after the sudden death of her ex-boyfriend, she thinks she's being haunted. The listing--a job as a live-in caretaker for a peculiar old man and his cranky cat in Driftwood, Alabama--is the perfect chance to start a new life. A normal life. Ava has always been too fearful to even travel, so no one's more surprised than she is when she throws caution to the wind and drives to the distant beachside town.
On the surface, Maggie Mae Brightwell is a bundle of energy as she runs Magpie's, Driftwood's coffee and curiosity shop, where there's magic to be found in pairing the old with the new. But lurking under her cheerful exterior is a painful truth--keeping busy is the best way to distract herself from the lingering loss of her mama and her worries about her aging father. No one knows better than she does that you can't pour from an empty cup, but holding on to the past is the only thing keeping the hope alive that her mama will return home one day.
Ava and Maggie soon find they're kindred spirits, as they're both haunted--not by spirits, but by regret. Both must learn to let go of the past to move on--because sometimes the waves of change bring you to the place where you most belong.