A Happier Life

When her career and her relationship fall apart at once, Keaton Smith reluctantly agrees to spend a summer at her grandparents' long-shuttered home on Sunset Lane in coastal North Carolina, a house seemingly frozen in time and full of unanswered questions. Decades earlier, her grandparents vanished from local life after a single glittering season as the toast of the town, and no one ever explained why. As Keaton restores the house and digs into its secrets, a dual narrative carries readers back to that golden 1970s summer, toward the truth her family buried and the second chance at love and purpose Keaton didn't know she needed. From bestselling North Carolina author Kristy Woodson Harvey comes a sparkling, wistful Southern novel about family, fresh starts, and the lives we inherit, now in development for film with MGM and Amazon. Available now at Spindle & Spine Bookstore.