Author Jamie Beck returns with an engrossing series about family, friendship, and starting over. In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.
On the second anniversary of her husband’s suicide, Colby Cabot-Baxter is ready to let go of her grief and the mistakes made during her turbulent marriage. Her fresh start comes in the form of A CertainTea, the restaurant she’s set to open along Lake Sandy, Oregon, with help from her family. But when her executive chef quits just weeks before the grand opening, Colby is pressured to hire old family friend Alec Morgan. His award-winning reputation could generate buzz, but their friendship has withered since her husband’s reckless dare cost Alec’s brother his life.
Distracted by guilty secrets concerning the tragedy that changed his and Colby’s lives, Alec self-destructed and lost his famed restaurant. With his career in tatters, he’s determined to use this opportunity to redeem his reputation and to help the woman he’s loved from afar find happiness again.
But secrets have a way of coming out. When Alec’s do, they might destroy the new life he and Colby have rebuilt together.
EXCEPTIONAL BEFORE I KNEW is an exceptional first book in Jamie Beck’s new series THE CABOT’S. I was heartbroken before the end of chapter one and relished my heart being mended as Ms Beck wove her magic throughout the remainder of the story.Â
pain & happiness. Alec & Colby discover a chemistry that they … How do you recover from a tragedy? Or a second one a few short weeks later? Colby Cabot-Baxter is still trying to find out that answer. Her childhood friend, Joe, had welcomed her husband Mark with open arms. They became close friends & were together a lot. Mark dared Joe to jump off a cliff & Joe died while doing it. Overcome by grief & his illness, Mark took his own life. Now, 2 years later, Colby is ready to start living again. She’s talked her father into backing her in a new restaurant &…
Too much angst and no joy. Too much angst and NO joy. I’m exhausted after pushing through till the end of this book. I loved Jamie’s first three books, but each of her books since then have been really going downhill. Each character in the book was so miserable. I know it is a heavy subject matter, but what was gained from reading all that misery without the balance of some characters who were at least a step above misery and despair, guilt , resentment, etc, etc, etc? Geez! I had many other issues with this book. Jamie…