Five of This Summer’s Hottest Beach Reads

Looking for a great book to check out while you relax in the warm summer sun? From romance to suspense, we have five recommendations you’re sure to enjoy.

My Goodbye Girl by Anna Gomez

What do you do when love is tested? Do you let it go or grab on with both hands and fight for it?

When R&D scientist, Simon Fremont meets famous romance writer Tessa Talman, he knows he has to have her. She’s a contradiction; beautiful and spirited, yet refined in a way that makes him sit up and take notice. When an opportunity presents itself to get to know Tessa better, he takes it, even though the pair couldn’t be more different.

Simon likes things clean, neat and orderly. He’s practical, decisive and doesn’t take risks. But he’s willing to bet on Tessa. After ending an old relationship, he sets out to find the one woman who stirs him, mind, body and soul. My Goodbye Girl by Anna Gomez follows Simon and Tessa across the globe as they open themselves up to the possibility of a happy ending while tackling grief, loss and compromise along the way.

Maribelle’s Shadow by Susannah Marren

Once again from the excess and folly of Palm Beach society, the novelist Susannah Marren has woven an intricate tapestry of secrets and foreboding.

The third volume in her trilogy about the Florida haunt for the wealthy and famous, Maribelle’s Shadow comes to life with biting dialogue and the inner monologues of three sisters who are at cross-purposes with each other and their elegant, imperialistic mother. The Barrows women just can’t shake their personas and the place they came from.

Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club by Diane Bergner

What happens when gossip becomes reality? In her debut novel, Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club (Meridian Editions), author Diane Bergner shares the trials and tribulations of ladies who lunch.

Julia Wild is sure the transition from attorney to fundraiser for an affluent performing arts center will be everything she wanted, and more. But that was before she caught her boss, Chrissy, in bed with one of the Addison Center’s most high-profile married donors.

Suddenly, giving up the courtroom for her dream job doesn’t seem like such a good idea. Especially not when her boss refuses to give her any credit for the work she does, and not when she works with a team that she’s not sure she can trust. A little healthy competition is a good thing, but when a donor’s check goes missing, Julia finds herself questioning just how loyal they are.

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they began dating in high school. Except they broke up six months ago and still haven’t told anyone. Thus, at their group’s annual Maine vacation, they find themselves faking a relationship. With the cottage for sale, they don’t want to ruin everyone’s last time there. They’d been together for a decade, how hard can it be to fake another week?

The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

Ten years ago, on the way back from a high school service project, two vans were in a tragic accident and only nine students survived. Yet none of the survivors feels like a hero, each ashamed of a decision they made that fateful night. Every anniversary since, they have met at a North Carolina beach house to check up on each other. Cassidy Brent has tried to distance herself from the other survivors, but when she finds out one has recently died, she finds herself drawn back in. When the group realizes that someone has been talking, they begin to suspect each other, and Cassidy wonders if one would go to great lengths to keep them all quiet.

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