Sweet Tomorrows Delivers a Sweet Ending to Debbie Macomber’s Rose Harbor Series

A beloved heroine finally gets the happily ever after she deserves in the conclusion to Debbie Macomber’s Rose Harbor series, Sweet Tomorrows; a perfect end-of-summer read for fans of Nicholas Sparks, with a touch of military romance.
When readers first met Jo Marie Rose in the first novel in the series, The Inn at Rose Harbor, she was grieving the loss of her husband Paul, a soldier who died in war. Jo Marie Rose’s journey through heartache and healing continued in book two, Rose Harbor in Bloom, book three, Love Letters, and book four, Silver Linings. Now, in the fifth and last novel in the series, Sweet Tomorrows, she has suffered a devastating and painful new loss. After years of wondering whether she’d ever find love, Jo Marie finally did: in Mark, the handyman who helped her around the Inn. But just when she thought they would finally be together, Mark abandoned her to finish a secret mission in Iraq. Believing that until this business was done—and his dark past wiped clean—he could never truly deserve Jo Marie, Mark left her alone.
After nine months of Mark’s absence, she has come to accept that he is probably never coming home. The inn has always been a special place of healing for Jo Marie’s guests, who tend to arrive shrouded by darkness and always leave in the light—but now she is the one in need of another new start.

Also in need of a new start is the inn’s latest guest: Emily, a two-time almost-married woman who has left her former beaus and family behind to start a new life. She sets her sights on buying a dilapidated house in the community, but there’s one serious roadblock: the owner, Nick. He’s bitter and angry and for some reason takes it all out on Emily. But eventually she learns that Nick’s abrasiveness covers up a dark shame over a tragic incident in his past, for which he blames himself.
Emily and Jo Marie navigate their tenuous new beginnings with bravery and grace—While Emily and Nick grow closer, Jo Marie finds a maybe-new-love, Greg, a widow. But eventually, Jo Marie makes a shocking discovery, and everything changes. Suddenly, she has a choice to make: trust a man who once betrayed her, or move on from the pain with a man who understands hers?
Fans of the Rose Harbor series will be pleased to see cameos from previous guests at the inn, as Macomber delivers a satisfying ending to a series filled with sweetness and heart.