The Cedar Key by Stephenia H. McGee

This was a pleasure to read. While it is a small southern town contemporary it almost feels like a historical read. That ticks both of my love to read genre boxes.
It starts with the inheritance of a Victorian house and a very broken character, Casey Adams. She’s been fighting her whole life looking to belong to someone. This is her second chance but before she can find out much about her past her grandmother, the one person who could tell her dies.
But her grandmother leaves her clues through letters delivered to her by her neighbor.
Casey hasn’t had an easy past and it looks like the future of a good one may very well disappear like sugar in rain.
It’s a book that surprises in a gentle way. Perfect for afternoon reading on a swing while you sip iced tea.
I enjoyed the way it entertained but didn’t stress me while reading and yet I couldn’t stop reading it.
It has a great spiritual thread that doesn’t preach at you but fits into the story the way it should in a Christian book.
Casey’s journey will stick with me for a long time.
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Casey Adams unexpectedly inherits an old Victorian house full of other people’s memories. Stuck in a quirky little Mississippi town, Casey’s hope for a fresh start died as soon she had to lay the grandmother she’d just met to rest.
But Grandma Ida carried secrets beyond the grave.
Before her death, Ida carefully planned a trail of clues to help Casey unlock the Macintyre family secrets and finally explain why they abandoned her. But each of Ida’s letters will only come from Casey’s handsome—and often frustrating—new neighbor. As Casey pieces together the stories behind the objects filling her grandmother’s house, she embarks on a heart-stirring journey that rattles her foundations, ignites her faith, and leads her to a startling discovery that will reshape her future. But only if she can face the lies that have been slowly tearing her apart.