Spotlight and Giveaway: California Summer

We are pleased to feature Anita Hughes' latest novel, California Summer. Thanks to St. Martin's Press, we have TWO copies to share with some lucky readers!

Ben and Rosie are Hollywood's newest director/producer dream team. After hitting it big at Sundance, it seems that their ten years of love and hard work are finally paying off. Rosie is happy making independent films, but Ben wants the A-List celebrity package: a house in Beverly Hills, fancy cars in the driveway, and his name on the biggest blockbusters. He's willing to do anything, even sleep with the most famous producer in town, to get them.

Rosie is devastated by Ben's affair, and she decides to take a break from show business. She accepts her best friend's invitation to spend the summer at her parents' estate in Montecito. It's far away from L.A., the perfect place to start over.

In Montecito, Rosie meets a colorful cast of characters including Rachel, who owns a chocolate shop, and Josh, a handsome local who splits his time between surfing and classic cars. Suddenly Rosie has new friends and a new purpose. She opens a fish taco store in the village with her secret college recipe. Everyone is buzzing about Rosie's tacos, including Colby, the "it" teen heartthrob who writes a Billboard hit song about Rosie following her dreams. The store is an instant sensation, but Rosie knows that success comes with a price, and the price might be losing love again.

"Anita Hughes is a master at sweeping the reader away to an exotic location! In CALIFORNIA SUMMER, Hughes takes us behind the gates to the manicured lawns, exquisite gardens, and mansions of Hollywood royalty to experience a second chance at a career and love. The perfect beach read!"
~Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of Beach House Reunion

"A tender and triumphant look at what happens when life falls apart and you are left to rediscover the world through an entirely different lens than the one you imagined: new friends, new passions, new roads. Anita Hughes crafts a winning heroine you absolutely root for, and CALIFORNIA SUMMER made my heart sing."
~Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of Between Me and You

Photo by Sheri Geoffreys

Anita Hughes is the author of Monarch Beach, Market Street, Lake Como, French Coast, Rome in Love, Island in the Sea, Santorini Sunsets, Christmas in Paris, White Sand, Blue Sea, Emerald Coast, and Christmas in London. She attended UC Berkeley's Masters in Creative Writing Program, and lives in Dana Point, California, where she is at work on her next novel. For more information about Anita and her books, visit her website and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Giveaway ends July 2nd at midnight EST.