What a perfect summer pleasure Hilderbrand provides in [this work], mixing the complexities of family life and friendship with suspense, romance, and moonlit Nantucket nights.--Nancy Thayer, author of "Custody."
It's summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a local boy home from college. They're all trying to escape their problems, when Josh enters their lives and becomes a confidant and, eventually, something more.
A group of people involved with the Nantucket Beach Club--owner, manager, owner's daughter, receptionist, bellman, et al--search for love during one hot summer.
Hearts break and emotions are pushed to the limit in this riveting story of one woman's attempt to deal with loves past and present, family, business, and high-powered social pressures. A perfect summer cocktail of sex, sun, and scandal.--"Kirkus Reviews."
Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. After Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes, the islanders mourn the loss. But nothing can prepare the MacAvoys' closest friends for what will be revealed.
The beauty of a summer retreat hides an ominous and complex family secret in this powerful novel that brings to mind "The Pilot's Wife" by Anita Shreve and Ann Packer's "The Dive from Clausen's Pier, " from the author of "The Beach Club" and "Nantucket Nights."
The last summer in the life of a popular Nantucket restaurant--and the romance between its owner and a new employee--is described by the author of "The Beach Club."
When Renata, newly engaged to a wealthy Nantucket summer boy, comes to theisland to visit her fiance's family, she decides to confront her tragic past. She goes against her father's wishes and visits Marguerite, the god-mother she's been forbidden to see her entire life- the one person who canunlock the mystery surrounding hermother's untimely ...
They hadn't known, then, what was coming. They didn't know about September 11th, they didn't know about miscarriages and love affairs, they didn't know about a girl named April Peck. They didn't know they were going to die. Back then, they had been happy.' From the outside, the close-knit circle of friends calling themselves 'the Castaways' share ...
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