"One of my own favorite writers." --Elin Hilderbrand J.
And as the promise of June turns into the chilly nights of August, the truth will come out, forcing each of them to decide what they value most, and what they are willing to give up to keep it..
Over the twelve short weeks of summer, these three strangers will meet and grow close, will share secrets and bury lies.
Torn between her work and home, she\'s beginning to question that deal she made.
But a few years ago, Lu quietly began working on a private project that has becoming increasingly demanding on her time.
When Lu\'s second son was born, she and her husband made a deal: he\'d work and she\'d quit her corporate law job to stay home with the boys.
Lu Trusdale is spending the summer on her in-laws\' dime, living on Block Island with her two young sons while her surgeon husband commutes to the mainland hospital.
A food truck from a famous New York City brand is roving around the island, selling goodies--and threatening her business.
But this summer she\'s thrown off balance.
And mostly she is.
To her customers and friends, Joy is a model of independence, hard-working and happy.
She came to this quiet space eleven years ago, newly divorced and with a young daughter, and built a life for them here.
Joy Sousa owns and runs Block Island\'s beloved whoopie pie caf .
Now Anthony\'s borrowing an old college\'s friend\'s crumbling beach house on Block Island in the hopes that solitude will help him get back to the person he used to be.
But something went very wrong with his second work.
The son of an uber-famous thriller writer, Anthony\'s debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics.
Anthony Puckett was a rising literary star.
Courtney Sullivan\'s Maine meets the works of Elin Hilderbrand in this delicious summer read involving three strangers, one island, and a season packed with unexpected romance, well-meaning lies, and damaging secrets. "One of my own favorite writers." --Elin Hilderbrand J
