Tour—The Secret of Joy

The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate
Genre: Fiction

Summary from Goodreads: When twenty-something New Yorker Rebecca Strand learns (her father's deathbed confession) that she has a twenty-six-year-old half-sister she never knew existed, she can't wait to meet her. With her lawyer boyfriend's protests ringing in her ears ("She's just going to want her share of his million-dollar estate!"), Rebecca drives to a small coastal town in Maine with the 26 letters her father wrote to Joy every year on her birthday. All alone in the world, Rebecca knocks on Joy Jayhawk's door, having no idea what to expect.

Turns out Joy, the separated mother of a little boy (Rebecca has a nephew!), isn't very interested in the "father" who turned his back on her existence from day one–or her "sister." But Rebecca is so determined to establish family bonds with Joy that she doesn't go home . . . and finds herself being welcomed into small life by some very loveable, quirky characters, including a sexy carpenter named Theo . . .


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I’ve started this book and it’s really very good. I’m excited to finish it. Review will come soon, hopefully within the week.

About the Author:

“I'm the author of eight novels, including my debut, SEE JANE DATE (also available in cute TV movie form on DVD) and my newest, THE SECRET OF JOY, coming in November from Simon & Schuster's Downtown Press imprint. And after that comes my YA novel, The MOSTS, in June 2010 from Delacorte. I'm also the proud mother of an adorable seven-year-old boy who is the proud owner of two pet rats named Jeffrey and Timmy (the rats are cuter and more fun than I thought they'd be.)”

~Haleyknitz

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