Lucy is a struggling kindergarten teacher aid. She came from a broken home and loves surrounding herself with the joyous children. Christopher was one of her students a few years prior, and he lost both his parent to an accident. Now he’s struggling in foster care, and Lucy helps take care of him while working hard to adopt him.

Lucy has all but given up on her dreams of calling Christopher hers, when her favorite author, Jack, announces he is holding a contest on his private island. As luck would have it, Lucy gets an invitation and winning would mean the world to her and Christopher. But to win, she faces some tough competition, a grumpy illustrator, and ruthless book collectors. Will Lucy be able to pull it off? Or will she walk away empty handed.

I’m still in disbelief that this book is a debut, and still crying from how moved I was. This book is just amazing. Words cannot describe how touched I am by this story. This book will pull on your heartstrings from the very beginning and they won’t let go until it’s over. This book is so pure, and sweet. I couldn’t put it down. I absolutely loved how this book wrapped up – it was more perfect than what I imagined in my head. I had been feeling down as I had read a couple book in a row that I just didn’t like, but then came upon this one and that cloud was lifted. I will be checking out more from this author as she releases more – and I can’t wait!
I absolutely loved this one and hope you check it out May 30th.

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