Sometimes death can bring life.

When Miranda inherits her grandmother’s estate – a woman she did not know thanks to a family feud from before she was born – she has to go live in the house for 100 days before she can claim anything.

A conceit I have experienced before but one that works and in this book it works very well. Miranda’s intentions are to just sell the house and get on with her life but the house needs work. She decides to do it herself because of course she can!

But turns out she needs help after all and what better help than her new neighbor Adelaide’s grandson, Jake? It’s Adelaide that helps Miranda learn about her grandmother and mother and it’s Jake that helps Miranda learn about herself and her future.

A truly wonderful, light read that flew right by. The characters were engaging and the plot kept me interested all the way until the end. Nothing too taxing but sometimes you just want a charming romance and that is exactly what you get here.

I received a free copy for my honest review ( )

Miranda lives a very understated life - she works at the town historical museum and lives with her mother. Her mother and paternal grandmother had gotten in a fight years before so even she wasn't part of Miranda's life. In fact, she's spent her whole life running from and ignoring her past. A call from her grandmother's lawyer is the beginning of major changes in her life. She's been named as the heir to her grandmother's estate. But there's a catch -- she has to spend 100 days in her grandmother's cottage in a small town in New England. Once she has lived there for the required time, the entire estate will be hers to do what she wants to with it. She reluctantly decides to take the challenge that her estranged grandmother has left and plans to sell the cottage and move back home at the end of the 100 days. When she arrives at the cottage, she finds it in a need to a total makeover before it could even be sold. She decides to do the work herself so that it will be saleable. She soon meets her elderly neighbor Adelaide and her grandson Jake. She becomes close friends with Adelaide and through her learns things about her grandmother that she never knew. As she begins to spend time with Jake, the sparks begin to fly between them. Will Miranda end up making over not only her grandmother's cottage but also changing her own life?

This book was a sweet well written book with great characters. Miranda was so down on life that it was easy to cheer for her to find happiness and love. ( )