At thirty-one, reporter Tessa Bellwood has planned her life meticulously. She’s ascended the ranks of New York City’s top newspaper and is engaged to a successful hedge fund manager. But when a scandal capsizes her career and her engagement dissolves, Tess’s world spirals. Then she gets word that her estranged mother has died, making a terrible situation even worse. As if trapped in a nightmare, Tess sees a distant glimmer of hope—3000 miles away, overlooking the Pacific, is the bed and breakfast her mother has left her. Yet when she arrives, Tess finds herself caught in her mother’s secret life, hidden debts that threaten the estate, and a tempting offer from the most handsome man she’s ever met. Cornered by circumstances, Tess is forced to choose: give up her inheritance or fight to save it. Immerse yourself in Tess’s journey through family secrets, personal struggles, and small-town corruption that ultimately test her resilience to the breaking point. Grab your copy of The Inheritance, where every choice Tess makes is a step toward her truth … and her fate.
Loved every sentence in this book. The angst that the daughter carried. The eccentric mother’s legacy. The twists and the happily ever after, were beautifully woven.