Summer
Beach
Reads
Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend
the summer at Château de Roussignol, deep in the rich,
sunlit hills of the Dordogne. There, Jess’s ex-boyfriend,
and William’s father, Adam, runs a beautiful hotel in a
restored castle. Jess is bowled over by what Adam has
accomplished, but she’s in France for a much more urgent
reason: to make Adam fall in love with his own son.
But Adam has other ideas, and another girlfriend, and
he doesn’t seem inclined to change the habits of a lifetime
just because Jess and William have appeared on the scene.
But Jess can’t allow Adam to let their son down because
she is tormented by a secret of her own, one that nobody
must discover.
One September evening in 1785, the merchant
Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front
door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the
step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be
a mermaid.
As gossip spreads, everyone wants to see Mr.
Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of
his ordinary existence and through the doors of
high society. At an opulent party, he makes the
acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable
woman he has ever laid eyes on… and a courtesan of
great accomplishment.
Where will their ambitions lead? And will they be
able to escape the destructive power mermaids are
said to possess?
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf
Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her
20,000 acre barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled.
Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric
millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never
actually met her. Josephine’s cryptic note says she wants to
discuss an important legal matter, but why enlist Brooke
and not the prestigious Atlanta law fi rm she has used for
years?
She is hiring Brooke for two reasons: fi rst, to protect her
island from those who would despoil her land, and second,
to help her make amends with the heirs of the women who
were her closest friends, the girls of The High Tide Club.
When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the
pre-eminent black fraternity at the Florida’s fl agship
university, is discovered hogtied in the Stygian water
swamps of the Suwanee River Valley, the death sets
off a fi restorm that threatens to rage out of control
when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president
of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the
crime.
As he navigates each twist and turn of the search,
Jack becomes increasingly convinced that his client
may himself be the victim of a criminal plan more
sinister than the case presented by the state attorney.
For Jack, it’s about the truth.
A few years after losing her beloved husband, Alison
is doing something she never thought she would do
again: getting married. While placing the fi nishing
touches on her summer nuptials, Alison is anxious to
introduce her fi ancé, David, to her grown daughters.
The sisters have a somewhat distant relationship and
Alison hopes that the wedding and the weeks leading
up to the ceremony will give the siblings a chance to
reconnect, as well as meet and get to know David’s
grown children.
Against the gorgeous backdrop of the sunswept
island of Nantucket, Nancy Thayer sets the stage for a
walk down the aisle no one will ever forget.
Whether you’re vacationing on a beach, taking
a beach break this summer, or just want to
unwind with a good read, here are some books
that will keep you in a sunny mood all summer
long. Choosing the best beach read is a
delicate art. Here are some suggestions to toss
in your beach bag. So kick back, put your feet
up, and get lost in these page turners.
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