Laura Myers is having a bad day. She loses her mother-in-law, her husband wants a divorce and she finds out he was cheating on her after 30 years of marriage. And, it's her 50th birthday!
Laura has two options: Accept the paltry offer Kurt makes or keep the promise she made to a dying woman. Her best friend, Shar, a sassy attorney who isn't fond of Kurt, helps her win the property that soon becomes the Hideaway Inn. Laura also has three children who come home to assist her in this new lifestyle. Never expecting to start over again, she surrounds herself with family and friends on this new venture.
Her oldest, Olivia, who is a professional chef, comes home for the grandmother's funeral and decides to stick around for a while to help Laura. Olivia gives up her apartment in New York City and contemplates leaving her job at The Traveling Chef, even if it is a lucrative income.
Cole, Laura's middle child, loses his job as a construction supervisor in Philly. He decides to move home to help Laura with the Inn and cottages at Hideaway Lake. He brings along a secret and a large uncashed check that he can't talk about yet.
Bailey, Laura's youngest, and adopted daughter, is at Penn State College of Nursing. With a year and a half to go, she hooks up with a guy who is bad news and trouble follows. When she comes home for the funeral, her siblings realize that something is wrong, but Bailey insists she's fine. When something life-changing happens, she has to face the truth.
The Hideaway Inn is the first book in a new series about the Myer's family and friends, and the community at Hideaway Lake, a small lakeside town tucked into the lush hills and mountains of Central Pennsylvania. Follow Laura and her kids, friends, and others as secrets unfold, relationships develop and love finds its way to some.
