Sandy Harbor: Book 2
Publication Date: February 17, 2026
“Promise you’ll be there?” Ian’s eyes plead with me. I take a shaky breath and nod my head even as my heart is shattering into a million pieces. I thought the boy in front of me would be my future. But I’ll have to break my promise if I want to keep my family safe…
Ten years after fleeing Sandy Harbor Island, Josie’s hometown is the last place she wants to be. But she’s maid of honor for her sister Madeline and determined to give her the beachside wedding of her dreams.
Josie hadn’t reckoned on the best man: Ian. One look in his sky-blue eyes and she’s back to the summer she turned eighteen, waitressing at the sailing club. She never expected the son of the island’s wealthiest property developer to notice her. But sun-kissed days out on the water showed Josie that Ian had the kindest heart and biggest dreams.
Their future had only just begun when Josie’s life was torn apart. She can never tell Ian why she ran away. She’ll just avoid him all week and leave as soon as the wedding is over.
But Ian’s oceanside cottage is the only place to stay, and wedding events throw them together in all kinds of ways. It’s clear from every lingering glance and accidental brush of hands that neither of them ever forgot that fleeting, magical summer…
But the harder Josie falls, the more danger she’s in of revealing her secret. Ian is the one person who can never, ever know what she did on that life-shattering day a decade ago. But if Josie runs away—forever this time—will she break her own heart all over again?
An absolutely heart-shattering and gorgeously escapist romance, perfect for fans of Carley Fortune, Catherine Cowles, Mia Sheridan, and anyone who believes in second chances.
If you love these tropes, this book is for you:
- Second chance romance
- Forced proximity
- Sister’s best friend
- Forbidden love
- Best man and maid of honor
- Small town romance
It’s been a decade since Josie fled Sandy Harbor Island, but she’s determined to attend her sister’s wedding.
All she has to do is stay away from Ian and avoid revealing the secret that destroyed their chance to be together. Sounds perfectly reasonable.
In the second installment of the Sandy Harbor series, author Melissa Wiesner weaves a past/present storyline in All the Ways You Break Me. It can easily be enjoyed as a standalone.
The structure provides solid details about the past and the present while hinting at the secret that Josie has been keeping. This approach builds suspense and emphasizes the secret’s significance.
All the Ways You Break Me centers around a second chance hinging on a painful secret from the past.
Melissa Wiesner’s mother didn’t allow her to watch much TV as a child and instead, made her play with paint, colorful pipe cleaners, random bits of fabric, and all manner of other crafty things. This set Melissa up for a lifetime of creative pursuits, and it was only a matter of time before things took a bookish turn.
A night-owl, Melissa began writing novels when her early-to-bed family retired for the evening. She is the award-winning author of contemporary romantic comedies and emotional women’s fiction. Her work has earned praise from Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly, and has been featured in Women’s World, The Knot, and Book of the Month. Melissa’s novels will soon be translated into a dozen languages. Along with her charming husband and two adorable children, she splits her time between the big city of Pittsburgh, PA and rural West Virginia.
