A poignant and powerful story about how one woman’s best intentions lead to the worst of situations, and how love helps her to heal and ultimately triumph. From the outside looking in, Lauren Delaney has a life to envy—a successful career, a solid marriage to a prominent surgeon and two beautiful daughters who are off to good colleges. But on her twenty-fourth wedding anniversary Lauren makes a decision that will change everything. Lauren won’t pretend things are perfect anymore. She defies the controlling husband who has privately mistreated her throughout their marriage and files for divorce. And as she starts her new life, she meets a kindred spirit—a man who is also struggling with the decision to end his unhappy marriage. But Lauren’s husband wants his “perfect” life back and his actions are shocking. Facing an uncertain future, Lauren discovers an inner strength she didn’t know she had as she fights for the love and happiness she deserves. Sullivan’s Crossing THE BEST OF US THE FAMILY GATHERING ANY DAY NOW WHAT WE FIND Thunder Point WILDEST DREAMS A NEW HOPE ONE WISH THE HOMECOMING THE PROMISE THE CHANCE THE HERO THE NEWCOMER THE WANDERER Virgin River MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS SUNRISE POINT REDWOOD BEND HIDDEN SUMMIT BRING ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS HARVEST MOON WILD MAN CREEK PROMISE CANYON MOONLIGHT ROAD ANGEL’S PEAK FORBIDDEN FALLS PARADISE VALLEY TEMPTATION RIDGE SECOND CHANCE PASS A VIRGIN RIVER CHRISTMAS WHISPERING ROCK SHELTER MOUNTAIN VIRGIN RIVER Grace Valley DEEP IN THE VALLEY JUST OVER THE MOUNTAIN DOWN BY THE RIVER
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THE SUMMER THAT MADE US THE LIFE SHE WANTS FOUR FRIENDS A SUMMER IN SONOMA NEVER TOO LATE SWEPT AWAY (formerly titled RUNAWAY MISTRESS) BLUE SKIES THE WEDDING PARTY THE HOUSE ON OLIVE STREET Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk The View from Alameda Island Robyn Carr ISBN: 978-1-474-08381-2 THE VIEW FROM ALAMEDA ISLAND © 2019 Robyn Carr Published in Great Britain 2019 by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental. By payment of the required fees, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right and licence to download and install this e-book on your personal computer, tablet computer, smart phone or other electronic reading device only (each a “Licensed Device”) and to access, display and read the text of this e-book on-screen on your Licensed Device. Except to the extent any of these acts shall be permitted pursuant to any mandatory provision of applicable law but no further, no part of this e-book or its text or images may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, translated, converted or adapted for use on another file format, communicated to the public, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of publisher. ® and ™ are trademarks owned and used by the trademark owner and/or its licensee. Trademarks marked with ® are registered with the United Kingdom Patent Office and/or the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and in other countries. For Phyllis and Eric Preston, with affection. Contents
