Seaside Letters by Denise Hunter was my pick as a Thomas Nelson Book Reviewer. I received my free copy and thoroughly enjoyed it. At first I was a tad bit frustrated at all the unknowns in the beginning, but it certainly kept me turning the page, trying to figure out the heroine and her reasons for keeping a tight wall around her heart.. Denise Hunter is GREAT at not divulging everything at once…no backstory dumping here! Hunter slowly began to unwrap the story, layer by layer and beautifully displayed a heart healed and ready to bloom.

One of the coolest aspects of the book is the beauty of allegory throughout the book. The theme of God’s patience was strong and paralleled the hero’s care of the heroine.The theme of forgiveness and acceptance was artistically portrayed. There was even a side-subplot that mirrored the theme of fear and the steps to courage.

Hunter delivers a sweet romance that makes you heave a sigh at the end. And oh…the kissing scene fair stole my breath away! Gotta love a heart stopping kiss. 🙂 It reminds me of You’ve Got Mail in some ways, but with more emotional depth. I think you’ll like it!

Here is the back cover copy:

Sabrina never intended to fall in love with Tucker McCabe, the man she serves coffee to every morning at a Nantucket cafe–especially since he’s unwittingly tied to a past she deeply regrets. But she’s fallen hard, though she’s kept her feelings a secret.

When Tucker learns Sabrina is the research assistant for a local mystery writer, he asks Sabrina to help him with a little sleuthing of his own…locating an elusive woman he’s fallen for online.

If Sabrina accepts the job, she’ll spend her evenings in close proximity to a man who can never be hers. If she turns him down, he’ll hire someone else–and that would be a disaster. Because if someone else sifts through all those letters and finds out the truth, Tucker will discover her secret…

That the person he’s trying to find is her.

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