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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Beach Café
Lucy Diamond · 489 pages
Evie Flynn has always been the black sheep of her family - a dreamer and a drifter, unlike her over-achieving elder sisters. She's tried making a name for herself as an actress, a photographer and a singer, but nothing has ever worked out. Now she's stuck in temp hell, with a sensible, pension-planning boyfriend. Somehow life seems to be passing her by. Then her beloved aunt Jo dies suddenly in a
Summer Blowout
Claire Cook · 249 pages
Bella Shaughnessy is the spitfire middle daughter in a large, noisy, faux Italian family (they're really Irish) of beauty salon owners (think Lucia, Lucia). She works as a hairdresser and makeup artist in her family’s salon, along with her four half-brothers and sisters, where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Her father, Lucky Shaughnessy, is a gregarious charmer with Donald Trump hair who
Beach Town
Mary Kay Andrews · 675 pages
Greer Hennessy is a struggling movie location scout. Her last location shoot ended in disaster when a film crew destroyed property on an avocado grove. And Greer ended up with the blame. Now Greer has been given one more chance -- a shot at finding the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budget movie. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida panhandle town. There's one motel, a marina, a long stret
Wedding Season
Katie Fforde · 480 pages
Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth - she doesn't believe in love. Or not for herself, anyway. But as the confetti flutters away on the June breeze of yet another successful wedding she somehow finds herself agreeing to organise two more, on the same day and only two months away. Whilst her celebrity bride is all sweetness and light, her own sister soon starts d
Barefoot
Elin Hilderbrand · 424 pages
It's summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, threewomen arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a localboy, home from college. Burdened with small children,unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues,the women--two sisters and one friend--make their way tothe sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They're alltrying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven fai
Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses
Carole Matthews · 421 pages
Christie Chapman is a single working mother who spends her days commuting to her secretarial job and looking after her teenage son, Finn. It can be tough just getting through the day but Christie has always found comfort in her love of crafting and any spare time she has is spent working on her beautiful creations. From intricately designed birthday cards to personalised gifts, Christie's flair fo
The Island House
Nancy Thayer · 416 pages
"Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself caught between two lifestyles and two very different men. This summer has taken an unexpected turn and now she must decide what she really wants"--
Deeper
Megan Hart · 392 pages
Twenty years ago she had her whole life spread out before her. She was Bess Walsh, a fresh-scrubbed, middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And she was taken. Absolutely and completely.But not by Andy, her well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who had hinted more than once about a ring. No. During that hot summer as a waitress and living on the beach, she met Nick, the moody, dark-
The Summer House by the Sea
Jenny Oliver · 344 pages
Ava Young has the whole summer stretching out ahead of her - living in her Grandmother's apartment above the Sunbeam Cafe. Yes, she's there to work, but life is so laid back compared to her frenetic London schedule, leaving her plenty of time for lazy afternoons soaking up the beauty of Spain from underneath her favourite Orange Blossom tree. But no summer is complete without a splash of romance,
The Little French Guesthouse
Helen Pollard · 346 pages
Voices in Summer
Rosamunde Pilcher · 276 pages
For the shy, lovely, newely-married Laura Haveerstock the beauty of Cornwall in summer surpassed all expectation. Brilliant sun danced on a jewel-like sea, gardens abounded with dazzling color, and the air was fragrant with oneysuckle. But with her husband off on a trip and Laura arriving at Tremenheere, his family's estate, for the first time she felt vulnerable and alone. But Tremenheere a
Summer at Willow Lake
Susan Wiggs · 544 pages
Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis-a st
The Light In Summer
Mary McNear · 371 pages
A summertime marked by loneliness turns hopeful for beautiful Billy Harper, who confronts painful realities about her father's death while navigating relationships with a complicated newcomer and her son's long-absent father.
Beach House for Rent
Mary Alice Monroe · 408 pages
"Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer series, returns to her beloved Beach House series with the highly anticipated follow-up to Beach House Memories and The Beach House!"--
Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe
Debbie Johnson · 352 pages
A Sea Change
Veronica Henry · 90 pages
Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all, it's a happy name, and there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams on Everdene beach. Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman, it is a restful change from his daily life, and he's surfing mad. One weekend he's down there on his own when
The Little Theatre by the Sea
Rosanna Ley · 455 pages
The bestselling author of The Villa and The Saffron Trail returns with a gorgeous summer read about love and starting over - set in West Dorset and beautiful Sardinia. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Dinah Jefferies and Harriet Evans. West Dorset. Faye has just completed her degree in interior design as a mature student when she finds herself jobless and boyfriend-less at thirty-four. While
Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin · 322 pages
Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy, throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiancé. Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to di