Summer Rental - Softcover

"Mary Kay Andrews spins a beach-blanket sizzler around three lifelong friends . . . a warm-weather treat that has a lot going for it, not least the sunny forecast that summer love can blossom into a four-season commitment." --Publishers Weekly "Andrews writes another charmer with a picturesque Southern setting and winsome female characters." --Booklist "[R]eaders of Summer Rental will stay glued to their sandy beach chairs waiting to see what happens next." --The Christian Science Monitor "Secrets are shared, a mystery woman appears, love may be in the air." --People magazine "[T]his is prime beach-read material." --Daily Record (Gannett newspapers) "Summer Rental is like a great day at the beach. You don't want it to end. Enjoy a vacation any time of the year with the ever-delightful Mary Kay Andrews." --Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author of Heroes Are My Weakness "The bright and breezy plot of Summer Rental delivers just the right combination of sexy romance and warm friendship." --Chicago Tribune "Summer Rental is just a delight to savor. The lively cast of characters is complex, genuine, and strong, and the interplay between the long-term friends is heartwarming." --Times Record News (Texas) "You will relate to the women and their relationships as you laze through the pages . . . and you will smile, chuckle, and maybe even get a little misty eyed." --Examiner.com

Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction...Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia - whose caustic wit covers up her wounds - has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure she feels about her looks, her brains, her life. And Dorie has just been shockingly betrayed by the man she loved and trusted the most in the world...though this is just the tip of the iceberg of her problems and secrets. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what each of them needs. Ty Bazemore is their landlord, though he's hanging on to the rambling old beach house by a thin thread. After an inauspicious first meeting with Ellis, the two find themselves disturbingly attracted to one another, even as Ty is about to lose everything he's ever cared about. Maryn Shackleford is a stranger and a woman on the run. Maryn needs just a few things in life: no questions, a good hiding place, and a new identity. Ellis, Julia, and Dorie can provide what Maryn wants; can they also provide what she needs? This title features: five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life; five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness; and, five people who each need a sea change, and one month that might just give it to them.