Reader Score
79%
79% of readers
recommend this book
But this summer is different. Budgie and Nick Greenwald--Lily's former best friend and former fiancé--have arrived, too, and Seaview's elite are abuzz. Under Budgie's glamorous influence, Lily is seduced into a complicated web of renewed friendship and dangerous longing.
As a cataclysmic hurricane churns north through the Atlantic, and uneasy secrets slowly reveal themselves, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional storm that will change their worlds forever...
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"Blends history, romance, and social commentary into a very potent novel that is much more than a summer guilty pleasure."--Connecticut Post
"Sparkles like the New England summer sun."--New York Times bestselling author Karen White
"It is what every beach book should aspire to be--smart and engrossing."--New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand
"[A] great summer read."--People
"Will keep the reader so engrossed, multiple applications of sunscreen will be required."--USA Today
"A wonderfully evocative atmosphere of hot and hazy days, shimmering parties, and lazy afternoons on the beach. Add in a little romance, a lost love, and a family mystery, and you've got the perfect way to spend an afternoon in the hot sand."--Examiner.com
"A candidate for this year's big beach read."--Kirkus Reviews
"[A] fast-paced love story."--O, The Oprah Magazine
"Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge in a New England beach community. Add in a betrayal between friends, a marriage for money, and a Yankee pitcher, and it's a perfect storm."--Good Housekeeping