Beach Book Giveaway!

The official first day of summer is almost here and we have some books to get you in the mood!

Without any further ado, we present...

BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT by Mary Alice Monroe
Thanks to Gallery Books, we have one copy to give away!

BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT is the story of two strangers and the power of the places we call home. 

Cara Rutledge, 50, and Heather Wyatt, 26, are at two very different stages of their lives. Cara rents her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to Heather for the summer to paint birds for postage stamps. Yet Heather’s anxiety keeps her indoors with her caged canaries. Once at the beach the shore birds – and a man who rescues them – lure Heather outside. As the summer progresses and Heather’s confidence begins to blossom, Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy. Cara wants only to return home to her beach house where she’d felt safe – but Heather refuses to budge from her sanctuary. Can the two women come together to help each other and share the healing power of the beach house?

Like the migrating shorebirds that come to the island for the summer, two women of different generations rediscover their common bonds, strengths, and how much they truly have to live for – so at summer’s end they, too, can take flight.

Photo by Mic Smith

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 20 novels, including: A Lowcountry Wedding; A Lowcountry Christmas; The Summer’s End; Summer Wind; The Summer Girls; Last Light Over Carolina; Time is a River; The Beach House; and Beach House Memories. She has received numerous awards, including the Award for Writing from the South Carolina Center for the Book, the RT Lifetime Achievement, and Florida Author of Distinction Award. Monroe is an active conservationist and lives in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Visit Mary Alice at her website, Facebook, and Twitter.

THE BEACH AT PAINTER'S COVE by Shelley Noble
Thanks to HarperCollins, we have one copy to give away!

THE BEACH AT PAINTER’S COVE tells the story of the Whitaker family’s Connecticut mansion, Muses by the Sea. The extravagant home has always been a haven for artists, a hotbed of creativity and the occasional scandal. Art patrons for generations, the Whitakers supported strangers and their artistic pursuits while slowly draining the life from each other. Now, after being estranged for years, four generations of Whitaker women find themselves once again at The Muses.

Noble’s ability to create vibrant and engaging characters is on full display in this novel. There is Leo, the Whitaker matriarch, living amidst art and junk in the mansion she can’t let go of in her old age; Fae, Leo’s sister-in-law and the town eccentric who has taken great pains to keep a secret buried in her past; Leo’s daughter Jillian, the jet-sitting actress who has run out of money and men to support her; Jillian’s daughter Issy, a successful museum exhibit designer who travels the world but remains loyal to her family; and Issy’s niece, 12-year-old Steph, who desperately needs to come out of her shell and just might after her discoveries at the Muses.

As Issy marshals the family 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.

Photo by Gary Brown

Shelley Noble is a former professional dancer and choreographer. She most recently worked on the films, Mona Lisa Smile and The Game Plan. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Liberty States Fiction Writers. Visit Shelley at her website, Facebook, and Twitter.




SECRETS IN SUMMER by Nancy Thayer
Thanks to Random House, we have one copy to give away!

Memorial Day weekend means that seasonal visitors have descended on the glamorous island of Nantucket. For year-round resident Darcy Cotterill, it means late-night stargazing in the backyard of the beautiful house she grew up in and inherited from her beloved grandmother. It’s also Darcy’s chance to hit the beach and meet her new summertime neighbors. But the last person the thirty-year-old librarian expects to see staying next door is her ex-husband, Boyz, along with his wife, Autumn, and stepdaughter, Willow.

Darcy must also navigate the highs and lows of a new romantic relationship with local carpenter Nash Forester even as she becomes smitten with handsome vacationer Clive Rush, a musicologist in town to write a book and visit family. And she finds herself pulled into the concerns of Boyz, Autumn, a charming elderly neighbor, and an at-risk teen.

As the season nears its end, Darcy must decide her next move: retreating to the comforts of her steady and secure island life, or risking it all for a chance at true happiness.

Photo by Katie Kaizer

Nancy Thayer is the author of twenty-three novels, including Summer House, The Hot Flash Club, Beachcombers, Heat Wave, Summer Breeze, and Island Girls. Nancy has a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She was a Fellow at the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference. She has lived on Nantucket Island year-round for twenty-eight years with her husband Charley Walters. Her daughter is the novelist Samantha Wilde. Visit Nancy at her website, Facebook, and Twitter.


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Giveaway ends June 26th at midnight EST.