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dawnlovesbooks · 7 years ago

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Summer reading is my favorite time of year! Don’t these gorgeous covers just make you want to pack up and run off to the beach with a few books in your beach bag? Here are my selections for the beachiest books of the summer:

The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand. Publish date: 6/13/17. I am most excited about this one, the latest beach read from one of my favorite authors. She never disappoints. After more than a decade apart, Harper and Tabitha (identical twin sisters who live very differently) switch islands–and lives–to save what’s left of their splintered family. The twins quickly discover that the secrets, lies, and gossip they thought they’d outrun can actually travel between islands. Will Harper and Tabitha be able to end their sibling rivalry once and for all? Before the last beach picnic of the season, there will be enough old resentments, new loves, and cases of mistaken identity to make this the most talked-about summer that Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have experienced in ages.

Beach House for Rent by Mary Alice Monroe. Publish date: 6/20/17. Mary Alice Monroe returns to her beloved Isle of Palms to tell the poignant, charming story of two women, one summer, and one very special beach house. Cara Rutledge and Heather Wyatt start out as strangers, but as everything around them falls apart they learn that the only thing they can really rely on is each other.

The Salt House by Lisa Duffy. Publish date: 6/13/17. Set during a Maine summer, this book traces the lives of a young family in the aftermath of tragedy. Each member of the Kelly family navigates the world on their own private island of grief. Told in alternating voices, The Salt House is a layered, emotional portrait of marriage, family, friendship, and the complex intersections of love, grief, and hope.

The Beach at Painter’s Cove by Shelly Noble. Publish Date: 6/13/17. A heartwarming story of four generations of women who reunite in their crumbling family mansion by the sea for a dramatic summer filled with love, family, secrets and sisterhood. When the Muse family gets together to restore the mansion and catalogue the massive art collection, a surprising thing happens. Despite storms and moonlight dancing, diva attacks and cat fights, trips to the beach and flights of fancy, these four generations of erratic, dramatic women may just find a way to save the Muses and reunite their family.

The Summer House by Hannah Mckinnon. Publish Date: 6/6/17. When Flossy Merrill summons her children to the beloved family beach house to celebrate their father’s eightieth birthday, both cherished memories and long-kept secrets come to light in this charming and lyrical novel. Flossy is determined to steer her family back on course even as she prepares to reveal the fate of the summer house that everyone has thus far taken for granted: she’s selling it. With each lost in their respective heartaches, Clementine, Samuel, and Paige will be forced to reconsider what really matters before they all say goodbye to a house that not only defined their summers, but, ultimately, the ways in which they define themselves.

The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green. Publish Date: 6/6/17. Ronni Sunshine was a narcissistic, disinterested mother who alienated her three daughters, “the Sunshine sisters.” The sisters have all went their separate ways, but are called back home by Ronni, who has learned that she has a serious disease and needs her daughters to fulfill her final wishes. Although Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy have never been close, their mother’s illness draws them together to confront the old jealousies and secret fears. As they face the loss of their mother, they will discover if blood might be thicker than water after all…

Eden by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg. Available Now. Becca Meister Fitzpatrick—wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of the community—is the dutiful steward of her family’s iconic summer tradition. When she discovers her recently deceased husband squandered their nest egg, she struggles to accept that this is likely her last season in Long Harbor. Eden is the account of the days leading up to the Fourth of July weekend, as Becca prepares to disclose her secret and her son and brothers conspire to put the estate on the market, interwoven with the century-old history of Becca’s family—her parents’ beginnings and ascent into affluence, and her mother’s own secret struggles in the grand home her father named “Eden.”

The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner. Available Now. Marin Bishop has always played by the rules, and it’s paid off, but one moment of weakness leaves Marin unemployed and alone, all in a single day. Then a woman claiming to be Marin’s half-sister shows up, and it’s all Marin can do not to break down completely. Seeking escape, Marin agrees to a road trip to meet the grandmother she never knew she had. As the summer unfolds at her grandmother’s quaint beachside B&B in coastal New England, it becomes clear that the truth of her half-sister is just the beginning of revelations that will change Marin’s life forever. THE FOREVER SUMMER is a delicious page-turner and a provocative exploration of what happens when our notions of love, truth, and family are put to the ultimate test.

Honorable Mentions:

The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable

Secrets in Summer by Nancy Thayer

Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank

The Beachiest Books of Summer Summer reading is my favorite time of year! Don't these gorgeous covers just make you want to pack up and run off to the beach with a few books in your beach bag?

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