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The Long Way Home
2021
First Published
4.05
Average Rating
327
Number of Pages

For fans of When We Believed in Mermaids and This is Not How It Ends comes a compelling and emotional story of a mother grappling with grief, long-kept secrets and a heartbreaking betrayal. When Maggie’s husband is killed in an accident, leaving her alone to raise two young boys, she thinks life can’t get any worse – until she discovers something in her husband’s belongings that shatters her world forever. Forced to sell what should have been their forever home, Maggie packs up and moves her family to Jewel Harbor, a picturesque coastal town where nobody knows her painful secret. And when she meets Evan, a local boat builder who volunteers to help fix up her new home, she begins to wonder if he couldn’t help fix her heart too. But Maggie isn’t the only one haunted by a secret tragedy. When Evan’s past threatens to destroy his future, Maggie finds herself tested in ways she couldn’t have imagined… Readers LOVE Shann McPherson! ‘I absolutely adored this story.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘Such a good read.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘I loved it… A beautifully written second-chance romance… If you enjoy books about families, loss, forgiveness, second chances, and love, then you will love this book… I highly recommend this book.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘A great read.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘A hilarious, heartfelt story… A perfect beach, feel-good read.’ NetGalley reviewer ‘Loved this book… So enjoyable.’ NetGalley reviewer

Avg Rating
4.05
Number of Ratings
101
5 STARS
42%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Shann McPherson
Shann McPherson
Author · 8 books

With big dreams of being a published author since she was an eleven-year-old girl writing Beverly Hills 90210 fan fiction before fan fiction was even a thing, Shann McPherson has been writing angsty, contemporary romances for most of her thirty-something years. Living in sunny Queensland, Australia, when she’s not writing Shann enjoys making memories with her husband and cheeky toddler son, drinking wine, and singing completely off-key to One Direction’s entire discography.

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