Instead, I’m going to stick Beautiful Dreamer on my to-reread-when-everything-sucks pile, because it’s sure to make me happy again and again.' - Smart Bitches Trashy Books Read more I also want to go to Dreamer’s Bay, so I can eat the donuts, hang out on the beaches, and maybe even join in on the Saturday night cornhole game with Devyn and Elizabeth. Though her brain knows Devyn is only home temporarily, her heart didn’t seem to get the memo. She remembers Devyn Winters as shallow in high school, but now everything about Devyn makes her lose focus. In the quaint town of Dreamer’s Bay, she’s the only employee of On the Spot, an odd jobs company. Now the question is just how long until she can leave again? And when did boring Elizabeth Draper get so beautiful?Įlizabeth Draper loves people, free time, and a good cup of coffee in the warm sunlight.

Unfortunately, a distress call hauls her back home and away from the life she’s constructed. She’s pretty much blocked out her formative years in Dreamer’s Bay, where the most exciting thing to happen was the twice a year bake sale. Philadelphia real estate broker Devyn Winters is at the peak of her career, closing multimillion-dollar deals and relishing it. When Bethany and Reid confront their past, they give new meaning to letting go, forgiveness, and a future worth fighting for. But she hadn’t planned on the reckoning in store when she learns the truth. The happenstance run-in was a stroke of luck and ignites Reid’s plan to get to the bottom of Bethany’s silence, a mystery she can’t let drop. Reid never fully understood why Bethany withheld forgiveness all those years ago, but no kiss since has ever been as satisfying as Bethany’s lips on hers. Forgiveness doesn’t come easy, and Bethany isn’t about to let Reid in. But when grown-up Reid’s shopping cart bumps into hers, Bethany is catapulted into the past and staring into Reid’s eyes, which are still annoyingly stunning. Since then, Bethany avoids risk, reward, and anything romantic on TV. Eleven years ago, her fellow cheerleader Reid Thatcher held her heart in her hand.and crushed it like a bug.

Is it truly better to have loved and lost? Bethany Cahill says nope.

Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden