Kirjahaku

It's the first Christmas in their new normal. But it was probably never normal, anyway.Newly widowed Jessie Oakley is spending Christmas in her favorite place: home at the beach. It also happens to be her first Christmas with Paul Jameson, also newly widowed and the new love of her life. The emotions run deep and complicated among them and their big, blending family.Meanwhile, Jessie's best friend Maggie is coming to town, with her own new husband and grown daughters and stepchildren in tow. She's taking care of Jessie by taking over the kitchen, but also harboring a secret that Jessie doesn't want to hear.When December 24 arrives, everyone is geared for a holy exhale and a kind-of silent night. Secrets are revealed and a chain of unexpected visitors throws more chaos into their Christmas.Come back to Surfside Beach with the Oakleys. Their new normal is sure to include forgiveness, laughter, and love.

Look how far she had fallen. Even her internal monologue was unrecognizable. Julie Jameson once thought the answer to her grief was leaving her hometown on the South Carolina coast, working toward a new career, and refusing her role in a blended family. But months later, she's only moved backwards, with no place to go except for the last place she wanted. Jobless, homeless, and still motherless, she shows up on her father's doorstep, desperate for a life and a love that can never be hers. Now she's not only lost and resentful but forced to be housemates with someone she can never think of as her stepmom. She can't run away again, but she does run... miles and miles on the streets of Surfside Beach, right into a new chance and new friends at the local running store. Meanwhile, Julie's dad Paul and his new wife Jessie navigate life as newlyweds, in their 60s, still grieving their own losses, and discovering what life looks like when you find love again. Run the familiar streets of Surfside Beach and Myrtle Beach, too, with this close, complicated, relatable, and growing family.

It's the first Christmas in their new normal. But it was probably never normal, anyway.Newly widowed Jessie Oakley is spending Christmas in her favorite place: home at the beach. It also happens to be her first Christmas with Paul Jameson, also newly widowed and the new love of her life. The emotions run deep and complicated among them and their big, blending family.Meanwhile, Jessie's best friend Maggie is coming to town, with her own new husband and grown daughters and stepchildren in tow. She's taking care of Jessie by taking over the kitchen, but also harboring a secret that Jessie doesn't want to hear.When December 24 arrives, everyone is geared for a holy exhale and a kind-of silent night. Secrets are revealed and a chain of unexpected visitors throws more chaos into their Christmas.Come back to Surfside Beach with the Oakleys. Their new normal is sure to include forgiveness, laughter, and love.