Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #167 pick. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).
Length: 283 pages / ~ 9 hours.
Narrator: TBD.
Genre: Women’s Fiction
From The Publisher:
A young widow embraces a life-changing new start on San Juan Island in a joyful and redemptive novel about closure, self-discovery, chosen family, and the courage it takes to live truthfully.
Newly widowed Shelby Wright has left the Portland suburbs for a new life on Washington’s San Juan Island to fulfill her late husband’s dying wish. Running the shuttered Captain Merrick Inn, where they’d honeymooned twenty years before, is also a chance for Shelby to prove she can go it solo. Miles from home and her young adult son, Shelby is ready to finally acknowledge to herself that she is gay. But becoming the person she’s hidden away for so long isn’t going to be easy.
As Shelby renovates and rebrands the inn, she meets charismatic winemaker Holly Caster. Their fast connection challenges Shelby to confront her emerging identity and lingering attachment not only to her husband, whom she loved, but to the best friend she left behind. When Shelby is welcomed by a supportive group of local queer women dubbed “the San Juan Sisters,” she’s on her way to making a professional venture—and a long-awaited personal quest—come true.
Both she and the inn may be in need of a little TLC, but Shelby is about to find love and purpose in the most unexpected places.
Why I Can’t Wait To Read Now That I Know You By Heart:
Being on the West Coast of Canada, I’m always drawn to books set in the Pacific Northwest. I love stories rooted in personal growth and community, and I’m especially excited to see how Shelby navigates this new chapter in her life.
Other Recent Picks for Can’t Wait Wednesday:
Can’t Wait Wednesday #166: You & Me and You & Me and You & Me by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees
Can’t Wait Wednesday #165: Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
Can’t Wait Wednesday #164: My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
What is a book that you Can’t Wait to read? Let me know in the comments!
I hope you have a wonderful day!
Jonetta | Blue Mood Café
Great choice, Jodie💜 I’m also drawn to Pacific Northwest settings.
thathappyreader
Thanks Jonetta.
Barb @ Booker T's Farm
I love that cover but it may be influenced by the fact we got snow yesterday and I’m currently trying to adjust to winter when it technically is still fall. The book does sound good though and hope you love it!
thathappyreader
Thanks Barb!
Carla@CarlaLovesToRead
This definitely sounds like one I would also enjoy, Jodie. I hope you love it.
thathappyreader
Thanks Carla.