This third book in the Indiana Summers series tells the story of Berkley, the pet shelter (The Love Shack) manager and the hot new tshirt shop owner, Lawson. Both are from the same small town, where Berkley had a horrible event happen in her life that she is trying to move on from. We also get to know Oliver (who works at the restaurant in THE LITTLE FLOWER SHOP) and Lark (also new to town and a hairstylist) more. 

Both characters in the first two books were animal people and involved with what became Berkeley’s Love Shack. The dogs also have a lot of time in this book.

Many characters continue over the series. I loved seeing Yardley (from book 1) quite a bit, Betty Cemetery (the matron of the town, whose family founded it), and Kathleen (the mannequin that the town dresses up and puts in front of businesses and events).

“Remember the hard times? You’ll have more, believe me. Some worse, some not as bad. All are worth remembering for the lessons we learned, or the trials we overcame. You know how strong you are because you got through it and you’re still a wonderful person.”
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“If you forget the bad times, then you forget the good times that were woven around them,…” 
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“We can’t pick and choose the parts of our past that look the prettiest to our memories. We can move on from them. We can get over the rough times and celebrate the good times. But forgetting them completely is never the way.” Ch 5