Summer Reading
28 summers
Hilderbrand, Elin, author
2020
Once a year, Alice and Tom have met on Nantucket to rekindle the passionate love affair they began 28 years earlier. Each married to someone else, with busy lives and happy families, they've managed to keep their secret, and to keep their love alive. But Tom's wife is in the national spotlight for her controversial and increasingly popular campaign for a Senate office. And Alice has received a diagnosis that puts her future in doubt. Could their 28th summer together also be their last?
The beach at Summerly : a novel
Williams, Beatriz, author.
2023
In 1954, Emilia Winthrop, a professor at Wellesley College, is summoned to CIA headquarters where she?́?s forced to confront the harrowing consequences of the summer she exposed a traitor amongst the New England elite and a choice that could destroy her chance for redemption all over again.
Hello, summer
Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954- author
2020
Stuck as a sleepy small town newspaper reporter, Conley Hawkins grows bored with her daily grind. But trouble stirs when a beloved politician dies mysteriously, and Conley aims to find out why.
My Magnolia summer : a novel
Frank, Victoria Benton, author.
2023
Gran, the treasured matriarch, has fallen into a coma after a car accident caused by Maggie's troubled mother, Lily. But once Maggie returns, she finds that her hometown of Sullivan's Island holds even more secrets. The Magic Lantern, the restaurant owned and run by generations of women in her family, is now rudderless, and her sister seems headed for a savage breakup. When the three generations of South Carolina women join forces - the family pillar Gran, troubled Lily, impulsive Violet, and redoubtable Maggie - anything is possible.
Sunny days & sea breezes
Matthews, Carole, author
2020
On a ferry bound for the Isle of Wight, Jodie Jackson is leaving her London life, her career, and her husband behind. She'd like a chance to turn back the clocks, but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's beautifully renovated houseboat, Sunny Days. Jodie soon delights in her newfound freedom. But out of mind isn't out of sight, and when her old life comes knocking Jodie is forced to face reality.
The sweet remnants of summer
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-, author
2022
Moral philosopher Isabel Dalhousie is caught up in a dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry when he helps to select a new cellist for his ensemble.
The villa
Hawkins, Rachel, 1979- author
2023
When Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. While there, Emily digs into the villa's complicated history, learnng of a fateful summer in 1974. That perhaps the murder that took place was more sinister. Yet the closer that Emily gets to the truth, the more tension she feels developing between her and Chess. As secrets from the past come to light, equally dangerous betrayals from the present also emerge - and it begins to look like the villa will claim another victim before the summer ends.
Welcome to beach town : a novel
Wiggs, Susan, author
2023
In idyllic Alara Cove, class valedictorian Nikki Graziola veers off script while giving her commencement address and reveals a secret that breaks open the whole community. Nikki's accusation shakes the foundation of Alara Cove, pitting her against the wealthy family whose money runs the town. For years, Nikki is in exile until a personal tragedy compels her to return to Alara Cove. As Nikki struggles to rebuild her future, she finds that the people of the town have not forgotten her. But time has changed Alara Cove - so redemption may be possible after all.