Life doesn't always go as planned. This is a concept with which Kimberly is quite aware and when she is left alone for five weeks while her boys visit their father with whom she shares custody she learns that God's plans are much bigger than she could ever imagine. In order to give her something to occupy her mind, Kimberly's dad assigns her the task of hiring a new house/groundskeeper for their vacation home in Cedar Key. Kimberly goes to Cedar Key with somewhat of a resigned attitude. It is almost as if she will actually enjoy wallowing away the days until her boys return. She hopes to make a quick trip of it but ends up staying longer than she thought after befriending an elderly neighbor woman and more intriguingly, meeting up with her old flame who broke her heart when he left for college and then got married. In the absence of her sons will love bloom for Kimberly?

When I saw that Eva Marie Everson had written another novel I was thrilled. I absolutely loved her first novel, This Fine Life and was looking forward to more of Ms. Everson's writing. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book as much as I did This Fine Life. I feel like this book, while full of unexpected twists and turns had a predictable ending. All throughout the book, I was quite sure that what did happen, would happen and for me, that is always a bit of a disappointment. HOWEVER, Ms. Everson did a wonderful job of piquing my interest for the next book in the series which talks about Kimberly's elderly neighbor's earlier years. I am waiting on pins and needles for that one. All in all this was a fun book to read, but I am only giving it four stars out of five.

I received a copy of this book from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. All opinions are my own.