Sunrise Reef is a great testimony to Irene Hannon’s skill. Not many authors can keep readers coming back to the eleventh book in a series, but this one is every bit as great as the very first visit to Hope Harbor.

This time we have barista Bren who has built a quiet but happy life from a shattered past. Unfortunately her birthday starts with her being made temporarily homeless until cafe a patron invites her to use his guest house. The arrangement works out well until the buttoned up son of said patron arrives unexpectedly. What follows is one of the best meet cutes in the history of fiction. Seriously.

CPA Noah has a schedule to keep and chafes at his father’s relaxed attitude to growing older. Only when two major needs arise, does he start to learn the value of community, which is lacking in Noah’s big city life.

As ever with a visit to Hope Harbor, the secondary story is as touching as the main plot and again Hannon did not disappoint with Bren getting to pay forward kindness she’d be shown when down on her luck. Healing and love start to grow from the troubles and lead to several excellent happy endings. I highly recommend the whole series.

I received a copy of Sunrise Reef from the publisher via NetGalley. The views are all my own.