On my way to Padre Island National Seashore one weekend, my husband and I stopped for drinks and snacks at Wal-Mart.

It was then I noticed I forgot to pack any reading material. I need to read on the beach. It's part of the experience.

In frustration, I looked through all the Wal-Mart bestsellers. It was like someone rounded up all the kinds of books I hated and stacked them in one place. I saw "Savannah Breeze" by Mary Kay Andrews.

Hoping it would be a good beach read, I dropped the book in the basket. Laying on the sand in the next few hours, I felt like I was transported to Savannah's Tybee Beach.

The main character BeBe's relationship with men reminded me of Sex and the City. Her relationship with her friend Weezie was adventurous and I liked the quirkiness of both.

The story turns into a mystery as BeBe searches for the boyfriend who scammed her out of millions. In order to make ends meet in the meantime, she must fix up a dilapidated inn and work her butt off.

She tries so hard to get back the life she had, she almost misses the new life she never knew she wanted. Yes, she meets someone in the end.

All in all, the book was a good leisure read that made me feel like I was hanging out with my girlfriends.