For the love of summer

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable beach read about the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters and finding friendship with the unlikeliest person, perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emily Giffin…As the owner of Twisted, Seattle’s best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She’s terrified that she’s losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her “other” family, especially to her stepmom, Allison.All it takes to blow up Allison’s happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter ferrets out the truth, the teen rushes to the last person Allison wants to ask for help—her husband’s battle-ax ex.Erica would do anything for Summer, even take in the woman her daughter loves like a second mom. Allison feels intimidated by Erica—a woman who would never let herself become so dependent on a man. But the more time they spend together, the more Allison realizes what Erica truly needs is a friend. Can two women who married the same man move beyond their complicated past and rethink what it means to be family?Don’t miss Susan Mallery’s brand new novel, BEACH VIBES, a dazzling, clever and poignant story about the family we’re born into—and the one we create for ourselves, coming March 2025! Discover more heartwarming tales by Susan Mallery:
  • One Big Happy Family
  • The Summer Book Club
  • The Happiness Plan
  • Home Sweet Christmas
  • The Boardwalk Bookshop

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Best-selling author Mallery (The Summer Book Club, 2024) gives readers another amazing novel filled with strong female characters. Erica is a successful businesswoman. On the outside, she appears unshakable, but she fears losing her daughter, Summer, to Summer's other family, specifically stepmom Allison. Summer is a great daughter but is disinterested in Erica's beauty business and calls it frivolous, which often strikes a nerve. Allison has a toddler and is pregnant when her husband, Peter—Erica's ex—is arrested for money laundering. Her accounts are frozen, and she has both an impending due date and moving date, since her rental is being sold. Allison has no money and not many options, and Summer asks Erica to let her move in. To appease her daughter, Erica agrees, and while the situation is awkward initially, the two women become real friends. Allison realizes that her husband has lied about everything for their entire marriage, and her budding friendship with Erica gives her the confidence to begin a life independently from him. Everyone gets something out of this unlikely arrangement. Mallery's emotional novel will have Jill Shalvis fans speeding through and wanting more. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Lovers of heartfelt, breezy relationship fiction will flock to genre legend Mallery's moving latest. Copyright 2024 Booklist Reviews.

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In her latest, Mallery (The Happiness Plan) explores motherhood and what makes a family. Peter shatters Erica's life when he walks out, but she takes in his new wife and toddler after he is arrested, for the sake of their daughter Summer. With a 250K-copy first printing. Prepub Alert. Copyright 2023 Library Journal

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