From nearby tables Katie could hear snippets of conversations-people talking about friends or family, the weather or fishing. "Sure." She nodded.Įileen walked down the stairs. Katie scanned her tables, running the rhythm in her head. A pretty, ponytailed nineteen-year-old, she was working part-time as the restaurant hostess.
She turned to see Ivan's daughter, Eileen. A moment later, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She started another pot of sweet tea, wiping down the station. Melody had leaned toward Katie and confessed that she was more worried about where the plunger had been than she was about the seagulls.
He called them rats-with-wings, and he'd already patrolled the railing twice wielding a wooden plunger, trying to scare them off. A dozen seagulls perched on the railing, waiting to dart beneath the tables if someone dropped a scrap of food. Beyond her, the Intracoastal was calm despite the breeze and seemed to mirror the color of the sky. It was late April, the temperature hovering just around perfect, and blue skies stretched to the horizon. Melody had mentioned the men had come from Wilmington and were scouting locations for a movie.Īfter retrieving a pitcher of sweet tea, she refilled their glasses before returning to the waitress station. Though he tried to act as though he was just a friendly guy, she knew he was watching her as she walked away. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivan's: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.Īs Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. With Jo’s empathetic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards. a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.īut even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past.
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