Happiness Key

By Emilie Richards

Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key.

With her husband in prison, pampered Tracy Deloche is left with five ramshackle beach houses and no idea how to start over.

Janya Kapur left her close-knit Indian family for an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows.

Wanda Gray takes a job guaranteed to destroy her already failing marriage–if her husband cares enough to notice.

Widow Alice Brooks has grown forgetful and confused. Her family comes to stay with her, but Alice isn't sure she's grateful.

When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, the four women warily join forces to find his family. Together they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they love–and uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Nov 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781408955420

Emilie Richards

Emilie Richards ha accumulato esperienza sui problemi di coppia e sui risvolti sociali lavorando come consulente familiare. I suoi numerosi bestseller hanno incantato la critica e i lettori di tutto il mondo.

Reviews for Happiness Key

[judithdcollins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

"I have read all Emilie Richards books and wait anxiously for her latest works! This one was surperb, especially if you live in Florida and are a woman, as you never know who will impact your life in the strangest ways! A must read! "

[busyreadin · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very entertaining story of a group of misfits living on an underdeveloped spit of land in Florida. Janya, Wanda, Alice and Tracy all have problems that they prefer not to share and mind their own business, until another neighbor dies. When they try to find any living relatives, the group slowly become friends. It was nice to see them slowly come to understand and care for each other.A fast summer read.

[punxsygal · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Five tumbledown beach houses stand on twenty-five acres of land in Florida. One house is occupied by Tracy, owner of the property and landlord to the tenants in the other houses. The former trophy wife of a man now serving many years in prison, Tracy isn’t sure how to put her life back together. In another house lives Janya Kapur, who left her wealthy parents in India for an arranged life. Widow, Alice Brooke, has her son-in-law and granddaughter living with her since the death of her daughter. Wanda Gray is watching her marriage fall to pieces. And Herb Krause, well Herb is a mystery that will bring the women together following his death by natural causes. Each of these women will be drawn into the search for answers about the man Herb Krause was and each woman will find herself in the process and learn that friendship is the key to happiness. This was a pleasant read in the women’s fiction genre, and with the temperature outside my house resting at 0 degrees, it was nice to bask in the warmth of friendship and Florida.

[readinggeek451 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tracy's now-ex-husband is in prison for securities fraud. All she has left from their high-flying lifestyle is a small parcel of land in Florida occupied by several crumbling cottages. She moves into one to save money until she can sell the land to a developer--a sale that's being blocked by environmental groups. When one of her tenants dies, she and her other neighbors overcome a rocky start to search for his relatives. In the process, they become friends.Not Richards's best, but worth reading.