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Chapters (55)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Novels by
  3. Dedication
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  51. PROLOGUE
  52. A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
  53. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  54. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
  55. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I’m on the ferry back to the island. I have business to take care of. I have a choice to make about the master chief position—they’ve officially offered it to me, even though I never told Duncan I’d consider it. It’s a good opportunity.

But it’s Nantucket.

Staying would be hard. How could I live on that island and not have Louisa in my life? But then how could I leave and know she won’t be in my future?

I wish you were here to tell me what to do. I wish you knew her—the person she became. I have a feeling you’d love her. She’s just so easy to love.

And she seems to be a lot like you—the way she loves people, the way she’d do anything for anyone. I didn’t realize how important that was until recently, but it’s like Louisa has always known it, from the beginning.

Thanks for living a life that taught me so much. Thanks for saving me, for giving me another chance.

I promise not to waste another day.

Cody

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

THE FERRY WOULD ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND AT 5:15. Cody had purposely taken this boat so he wouldn’t feel anxious about being on Brant Point. If he’d arrived any earlier, he would’ve been tempted to check and see if Louisa was there.

He leaned back in his seat and stared out the window. He watched the boat glide through the water, and he itched to get back out there with his guys. He wondered if they’d had any rescues while he’d been away. He wondered if they’d been keeping up maintenance on the cutter. He wondered when he started thinking of Nantucket as home.

He shook the thought aside as his phone buzzed in his hand. He turned it over and saw a text from McKenzie Palmer:

My new blog post. Thought you might be interested.

He clicked on the link and read the headline: Local Business Owner Starts Nonprofit.

Louisa Chambers is in the business of making magic . . . and if she has her way, that magic will be sprinkled on some very worthy recipients—at no cost to them.

He read the article and learned about Louisa’s plans to develop a nonprofit arm of The Good Life—free vacations fully funded and planned by her and her team.

He stopped scrolling as the image of Louisa’s beautiful face appeared on his phone. Her smile, her eyes, her pale skin and red hair—it all stared back at him, accompanied by the years-old memories that mingled with more recent ones. Memories he’d revisited more times than he cared to admit.

He missed her.