Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey

After Charlotte’s husband is arrested for securities fraud, she and her daughter are locked out of their house and have no access to their bank accounts.

Charlotte only has enough money to last for a few days.  She quit her finance job when her daughter was born and hasn’t worked for years.

What is she going to do?  

And did her husband really do this?  He is so honest.

As Charlotte is contemplating what to do she is befriended by Alice - a woman who owns a bed and breakfast turned into a mommune where women live together and help each other.

Can she do this?  She wants to go back to her own home.  Once she stays there, though, it seems like it will be ok.

How does it all turn out for Charlotte and all the women?

We find out in this somewhat confusing read that will have you laughing at the Instagram gossip column of this small town. 

I was skeptical about the mommune and wasn’t that engaged with the book.

It just seemed to just drag on and had too many characters to keep track of, but the surprise ending raised the rating up a notch.  4/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of the book.  All opinions are my own.