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Cece Downing Starts Over
A warm, witty novel about starting over, finding love, and discovering where you truly belong
By Soon Wiley
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About The Book
A witty, heartfelt novel about a young woman who leaves everything behind to work on an oyster farm in a small New England town.
‘Fun, thoughtful, romantic!’Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
Sacked from her city job and following a messy break up with her fiancé, Cece decides it’s time for a new start, which is how she ends up in a New England coastal town working as a deckhand on an oyster boat and falling for her neighbour, Morgan, a handsome shipyard worker.
But when plans for an oyster farm divide the community, and a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her choices, Cece must decide what she’s prepared to risk for the life she wants . . .
‘This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’s a hot guy who works in the boatyard’ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
‘An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater’ Weike Wang, Rental House
‘Fun, thoughtful, romantic!’Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
A new town, a new life, a new man – get ready for the reinvention of Cece Downing . . .
Sacked from her city job and following a messy break up with her fiancé, Cece decides it’s time for a new start, which is how she ends up in a New England coastal town working as a deckhand on an oyster boat and falling for her neighbour, Morgan, a handsome shipyard worker.
But when plans for an oyster farm divide the community, and a family crisis forces her to reevaluate her choices, Cece must decide what she’s prepared to risk for the life she wants . . .
‘This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’s a hot guy who works in the boatyard’ Annie Hartnett, Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
‘An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater’ Weike Wang, Rental House
About The Author
(c) Rachel EH Photography
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (June 16, 2026)
- Length: 400 pages
- ISBN13: 9781398501799
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Raves and Reviews
'A perfect beach read - fun, thoughtful, romantic!' Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful and Dear Edward
'This novel has everything I love about a New England summer: it’s warm, fun, the people are witty, and there’s a hot guy who works in the boatyard. I fell in love with our heroine Cece Downing as she searched for love and meaning amidst the oysters. Soon Wiley has gifted us wonderful characters and a totally satisfying story' Annie Hartnett, national bestselling author of Rabbit Cake and The Road to Tender Hearts
'An intimate coastal portrait of reinvention, tracing a woman who trades certainty for saltwater. Wiley's prose is precise and restrained, with an observational grace that carries the novel forth like a steady, well-kept tide' Weike Wang, author of Rental House
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