Thank you so much to Berkley for the free copy of the book & ebook!

This book is out now.

Lord, I did not what I was getting myself into when I pushed play on this book. I thought I was going to get this sweet romance about a woman at a beach with a dog and instead I got a book about 3 women who have had 3 different versions of love.

I will break down my mini thoughts into the 3 point of views.

Joy - Joy is an older woman who has just never felt like she could just be herself. She was always striving to appease someone. She never fully was living for herself. We learn about Joy's upbringing and the toxic environment in her household. She was very close to her brother and would do anything for him. She was constantly changing her appearance and refuses to allow herself to age. She became friends with her tennant's mother and learned what it was like to have a real friend. I was so happy when Joy found what she was meant to do with her life.

Ellie - Just like with Joy, we see Ellie early on in her life as she is a young mother to 5 children with her husband Gerald whom she has been married to for 38 years. They have had a wonderful life together devoted to their children and to each other. She learns that her husband has been keeping a secret and it was so jarring that she had to leave her home and asked Joy if she could stay with her. Ellie's chapters are mostly her figuring out what she should do with her husband. I love the friendship that she and Joy begin to have as a result of this. They really were able to help each other out.

Lark - Lark is the star of the book being the focal point that connects to the two above. Lark rents a cottage on the property owned by Joy and is the daughter of Ellie. At the beginning of the book Lark is timid and not the most confident oncology doctor who tends to be overly emotional when she loses patients. She gets sent to emergency department and is not super thrilled about it. In hopes to get back into the oncology she agrees to fake date a surgeon Dr. Lorenzo Santini, whom is known as Dr. Satan. I appreciated Lark's tenacity to try to break Lorenzo and make him seem like a normal human. This is not your typical fake date as we learn over the course of the book. Lark's story of her first love truly broke my heart. I was not prepared for how sad I was going to be while reading. I truly enjoyed reading her parts despite the pain it brought me. I love the growth that we see in Lark. By the end of the book she is putting her skills as a doctor to use and she realized what she was truly made to do.

I listened to this one via Libby and I was so happy that we had three narrators for each POV: Susan Bennett, Christina Moore, Xe Sands. It helped distinguish each of the character's voices. They each brought out the personalities of the 3 women perfectly. Highly recommend via audio but reading with your eyes also is fine!

I feel like this book is going to sit with me for awhile after finishing. Even now a day later, I am finding myself still thinking about all 3 women and their stories and how we are all connected in this world.

If you are looking for a book that will put you through an emotional rollercoaster ride but still end with happy endings, give this book a read!