Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there’s a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can’t seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom?  

My first Elin Hilderbrand book, so I didn’t know what to expect (for some reason I thought she wrote historical fiction). It took me a couple of chapters to get into the book, as I didn’t quite understand the point-of-view characters at first (I listened to the audio; I suspect the physical book may have cues in it to help with that).

Once I settled into the story, though, I was hooked. I loved the diversity of characters and their traits, the unique setting, and even the unexpected supernatural element (which didn’t feel gimicky or unnatural). Even more importantly, I so appreciated that this story had all the feels without any step-by-step sex scenes or excessive swearing–I was able to feel the romance, the fear, the love, and the evil without the play-by-plays and f-bombs.

The romantic in me wanted everything to come together perfectly but the realist in me loved that everything didn’t. This will not be my last Hilderbrand book.

Rated PG-13 for adult situations. Get your copy here!

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