Determined to make sure everyone has the perfect last trip, Harriet and Wyn resolve to fake their relationship for the week.
Telling the truth about their breakup is out of the question, because the cottage is up for sale, and this is the group’s last hurrah. But (surprise!) Wyn is there too, and he and Harriet have to share a (very romantic) room and a bed. She’s ready for a vacation at her happy place-the Maine cottage she and her friends visit every summer. So they keep it a secret from their friends and families-in fact, Harriet barely even admits it to herself, focusing instead on her grueling hours as a surgical resident. They’ve been part of the same boisterous friend group since college, and they know that their breakup will devastate the others and make things more than a little awkward. Wyn Connor and Harriet Kilpatrick were the perfect couple-until Wyn dumped Harriet for reasons she still doesn’t fully understand. Readers looking for a nuanced exploration of how people live with and manage mental illnesses will not find it here.Įxes pretend they’re still together for the sake of their friends on their annual summer vacation. Of note, Julian suffers from anxiety and panic attacks, but they are used as a plot device. Characters do things-prank calls are made, letters are written, grapes are picked, speeches are given-but very little of it makes coherent sense given the way characters have been described. Bailey’s characteristic banter and instant chemistry between her main characters aren’t enough to salvage the novel, which feels entirely constructed of scenes and tropes but without any real plot. When Julian’s sister, who's dealing with untreated alcoholism, returns home as well, Julian realizes the depth of his family’s dysfunction. The winery owned by Julian’s family, Vos Vineyards, was once one of Napa’s preeminent wineries, but it's struggling to recover after wildfires almost destroyed the business. Julian doesn’t remember Hallie, but he’s strongly attracted to her despite the fact that her special brand of chaos wreaks havoc on all his carefully timed schedules and plans.
When Hallie hears that Julian Vos is back in town on sabbatical to write a novel, she’s determined to finally rid herself of the crush she’s been harboring for 15 years.
Rather than face her feelings, Hallie channels her grief through childish acts of sabotage and petty thievery against the new wine store threatening to put her grandmother’s best friend out of business. Hallie is facing old anxieties about where she belongs without her grandmother’s anchoring presence. When her beloved grandmother died, Hallie Welch became the sole owner of Becca’s Blooms, a gardening and landscaping company in St. A woman writes secret letters to the man she had a crush on in high school.
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