... an uplifting story about second chances, healing and finding love in the spaces life leaves behind

 – on line review

ABOUT THE BOOK: Since her ex-husband's betrayal, Melissa has all but given up on true love. A worn-out single mom balancing a career and her five-year-old daughter, Ellie, she jumps at the chance to go on sabbatical in the quiet beach town where she grew up. When she arrives, she's met with familiar faces: her brother Andrew, his wife Olivia, and his best friend Luke. But the resurgence of her old, unrequited feelings for Luke throws a wrench in Melissa's relaxation plans, especially when she clashes with Luke's girlfriend. As his seemingly perfect relationship begins to crack, Melissa and Luke learn that maybe their hardships were meant to lead them together.

Emi Hilton is a California native who was born at March Airforce Base, to an Officer in the US Army Combat Engineer Battalion father and an English Professor mother.

Emi followed in her mother's footsteps and graduated from Brigham Young University in English. While in college, she took a year and a half break from her studies to serve as a full-time missionary for her church in the Canary Islands.

Emi writes sweet contemporary romance novels. Her novels, Memories in Morro Bay, Bluebird Sky and Picking Pismo were nominated for Whitney Awards. Her novel, Picking Pismo, won the Christlit Book Award. When Emi isn’t writing, she enjoys training for marathons, fishing off local piers with her husband and three sons, or visiting her other love, Spain.