Unspoken Promises: A Bailey Island Romance (Bailey Island Romances Book 1)

About the book

On the rugged shores of Bailey Island, Maine, two love stories—separated by decades—intertwine through the whispers of the past. Unspoken Promises is about Kenzie and Eleanor, one rebuilding her life in the present day and one left waiting during WWII. It’s about the promises both women made to themselves and about the uns ... poken ones they made to others. It is about love, loyalty and starting over. Reeling from the loss of her job, the end of her marriage and an empty nest, Kenzie Ross decides to fill the void temporarily by traveling to Bailey Island Maine to check out the cottage her old college mentor had bequeathed to her, accompanied by Duffy, the shelter dog the woman had adopted only months before her death. Stunned to discover Bailey House is far more than the rustic seaside bungalow she envisioned, Kenzie ends up deciding to stay and start fixing up the 150-year-old mansion big enough to shelter three or four families with ease. Kenzie, determined after a marriage of always giving in, promises herself that she is going to be her own woman, learn to make her own decisions and not fall for the first man she meets. Then she nearly trips over the dangerously charming Sam Phillips who has his head under an old truck he’s trying to fix. While poking through the dusty old attic, Kenzie finds boxes of fun old puzzles, books it will take years to read and a wedding dress that had never been worn. On a whim, she tries it on, admiring the lovely dress in front of a tall oak