One night, when Alex is not home, and Erin is alone with her children, the house is soon lit to fire and Kevin waits downstairs for her with a gun. After taking help from a friend, Kevin finds that a license had been recently issued by the name of Katie Feldman in Southport. After a neighbour’s death, Kevin finds out about the secret friendship that Erin had with the neighbour’s daughter, Katie Feldman, and he later realizes that Erin might have stolen Katie’s identity. Meanwhile, Kevin continues to search for Katie. On the other hand, Katie and Alex’s relationship starts growing stronger. Jo, who initially seemed to push Katie towards Alex, suddenly warns her to leave Alex if she is not fully sure and is not ready to commit. She tells him that her real name was Erin, and also talks about her escape from Boston, and more importantly, from her abusive and dominating husband- Kevin. One evening when Alex visits Katie for dinner, Katie slowly opens up to Alex and reveals her true identity.

Katie slowly begins spending more time with Alex and his children. Sometimes, Katie and Jo used to spend their evenings together by sharing a bottle of wine and talking about their lives. Later, Katie is introduced to her new neighbour, Jo. Katie was soon drawn toward his children, especially his five-year-old daughter, Kristen. When Katie used to visit Fisher’s, Alex’s store, to buy her daily groceries, Alex soon grew attracted to her and also started to try and make small conversations with her. During her stay, she tries to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships- one with Alex Wheatley, a widowed store owner, who had a kind and caring heart, and also with two young children, the other person being Jo, Katie’s neighbour. After having changed a number of jobs, she finally ends up working as a waitress at Ivan’s, a fine diner. Initially, when Katie arrived in Southport, she just had enough money to pay a month's rent for an old cabin and nothing more. Her sudden arrival raises numerous questions about her past, and later, also reveals a number of dark secrets. Katie, a young woman with a mysterious past, flees from her home in Boston and lands up in the small town of Southport, North Carolina. The home state of the author is used as a backdrop to his romances, depicting the beauty and history of the state as the central motif.Īdapted in Safe Haven ( A film released in 2013) The setting of the novel is in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, just like many other novels by the author. The novel was written in 2010, and later in 2013, it was adapted into a movie by the same name. ‘Safe Haven’ is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks, who is known to be one of the best-selling authors in the New York Times.

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