A Book Review: Wind Chime Café

This month's book review is USA Today bestselling author Sophie Moss's Wind Chime Café. Wind Chime Café is the first book in the lovely Wind Chime series. I adore this book. Here's why!

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Book Description: When single mother Annie Malone purchases a quirky Main Street café on Heron Island, she thinks she’s finally turned her dream of opening her own restaurant into a reality. Hearing rumors that a developer is about to build a five-star resort on the sleepy Chesapeake Bay island, she plans to transform the café into a premier upscale bistro. But Annie’s life is about to get a lot more complicated.

Back on Heron Island for the first time in ten years, Navy SEAL Will Dozier has no intention of selling his grandparents’ property to a developer. As he works on renovating the house and trying to find another buyer, he’s forced to face a painful reality—that he’s secretly struggling with PTSD. Determined to hide his troubles from the rest of the islanders, Will decides that a fling with the new girl is the perfect way to help him “get his head straight.”

The last thing Will expects is to fall in love…with his hometown and with Annie. But Will’s life and career are in San Diego with the SEALs. Can Annie’s love and the healing magic of the island be enough to convince him to stay?

Ang's Review: Ms. Moss’s Wind Chime Café is a bittersweet story of healing, forgiveness, and bravery.

Her novel is about real people, going through real struggles, and trying to help one another heal. While the love story between Annie and Will is beyond swoon-worthy, this novel is not limited to their interaction. Most if not all the characters within the book are treated with respect and given a chance to grow and move forward. Taylor and Will learn to trust one another and create a lasting bond. Will reaches out to Colin and they find common ground after years of friendship and heartache. Della becomes the support that Annie had been lacking all her life. And don’t get me started on Riley the dog and her faithfulness to Taylor.

All the relationships were skillfully intertwined—each given time to develop and expand into real lasting bonds. Weaved into the story is a gorgeous setting and a touch of magic that sets it apart from your average boy meets girl, boy and girl have issues, boy and girl work out issues and fall in love. This was exactly the right book at exactly the right time. It gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up from me!

Pick up your copy on Amazon and other major retailers today!

And while you're at it, check out the next two books in this wonderful series:

Wind Chime Summer and Wind Chime Wedding.