Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

If you know me at all, you know that I love to read Nicholas Sparks.

Let me change that... I LOVE to read Nicholas Sparks.

From the first time I opened up his book, The Notebook, I have been hooked!

Each of his stories pull me in and leave me hanging on until the last page.

I scan the aisles looking for his signature front of books...

You know, the picture with the square on front... Name of book and his name...

Did you ever notice that before?

The only books not like that are:
The Notebook (his first one)

Wokini (have never found this one, ever)

Three Weeks With My Brother (co-wrote with his brother)

Anyways, back to the newest book...

I was so extremely super excited when I opened the mail and Safe Haven was waiting for me...

It took everything I had in me not to lock myself in the bathroom just so I could start reading it!

Finally, bed time...
My time...
Time to crack that book open!

Whoa!!!!!!!!!
This is NOTHING like ANYTHING that Nicholas Sparks has written...

Granted, it takes place in North Carolina (as do all his books, maybe that is why I am drawn both to him and the Outer Banks?)

And once again, there is a sweet love story!

BUT, that is where it ends...

Safe Haven introduces us to Katie, a fresh face to a small town.

You know the type of town I am referring to, everyone knows everyone and EVERYONE notices a newbie! Add to it that she is new to the area, she keeps to herself and does not share anything about her past.

Slowly but surely, Katie comes to make a few friends, Jo (her neighbor) and Alex (the owner of the country store not far from her home.)
Will she open up and share? Or continue to keep to herself?

As Katie finds herself falling in love, she must decide...

Share her past and face what may lie ahead?

Or pick up and run again...

Only time will tell, what is her "Safe Haven?"

Book Synopsis:

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.

But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!

Get this... Film rights have already been purchased!!!!!
Now, if I could just get Nicholas Sparks to come to my area for a book signing...
( I have all of them, hardback!)

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