Nothing hits the spot like a Diane Chamberlain novel when she's in the zone. I enjoyed the hell out of this. The interpersonal drama between Tess and her family and Vincent and Henry and his family was very compelling. Each character had nuanced motivations and their relationships were appropriately complicated and fascinating. There's a good amount of historical information seamlessly integrated into the story and Chamberlain does a great job establishing the local culture and mores of Little Italy, Baltimore and Hickory, North Carolina. 
 There are some twists and turns and mysteries that are resolved in a very satisfying way. Twists can fail in two very different ways. They can be so random and poorly foreshadowed that they seem contrived or super conventional and predictable and thus not very twisty. Henry's secret mixed race love affair with a childhood friend and unacknowledged biracial children hit the sweet spot as far as family mysteries go, not too out there or too predictable. 
 I loved this. Go read it!