num_pages: 336
description: Sophie Lawson should be enjoying her sisters wedding day. But nothing could have prepared her to see the best man again.After her mother became bedridden and her father bailed on the family Sophie found herself serving as a second mother to her twin brother Seth and younger sister Jenna. Sophie supported her siblings through their college years putting aside her own dream of opening a bookshop in Pipers Covethe quaint North Carolina beach town they frequented as children.Now its finally time for Sophie to follow her own pursuits. Seth has a new job and Jenna is set to marry her college beau in Pipers Cove. But the destination wedding reunites Sophie with best man Aiden Maddox her high school sweetheart who left her without a backward glance.When an advancing hurricane strands Aiden in Pipers Cove after the wedding he finds the hotels booked to capacity and has to ask Sophie to put him up until the storm passes. As the two ride out the weather old feelings rise to the surface. The delay also leaves Sophie with mere days to get her bookshop up and running. Can she trust Aiden to stick around? And will he find the courage to risk his heart?Includes discussion questions for book clubs
language: English
title: Bookshop by the Sea
publisher: Thomas Nelson