These Summer Storms
A Novel
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4.2 • 104 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From author Sarah MacLean, a razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.
“Deliciously impossible to put down.”—Jodi Picoult
“Addictive.”—Ali Hazelwood
“A gripping inheritance drama, wrapped around a swoony summer romance.”—The New York Times Book Review
Alice Storm hasn’t been welcome at her family’s magnificent private island off the Rhode Island coast in five years—not since she was cast out and built her life beyond the Storm name, influence, and untold billions. But the shocking death of her larger-than-life father changes everything.
Alice plans to keep her head down, pay her final respects (such as they are), and leave the minute the funeral is over. Unfortunately, her father had other plans. The eccentric, manipulative patriarch left his family a final challenge—an inheritance game designed to upend their world. The rules are clear: spend one week on the island, complete their assigned tasks, and receive the inheritance.
But a whole week on Storm Island is no easy task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting with chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s unyielding arrogance. Her younger sister’s constant analysis of the vibes. Her mother’s cold judgment. And all under the stern, watchful gaze of Jack Dean, her father’s intriguing and too-handsome second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape unscathed.
A smart and tender story about the transformative power of grief, love, and family, this luscious novel explores past secrets, present truths, and futures forged in the wake of wild summer storms.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Power, inheritance, and a funeral no one wants to attend. These Summer Storms serves it all up as historical romance author Sarah MacLean trades corsets for coastal couture in her contemporary debut. Alice Storm hasn’t been to her family’s private island since she was exiled five years ago. When she’s dragged back for her estranged tech billionaire father’s funeral, she discovers she’s been lured into a setup: one week, one twisted challenge, one shot at a massive inheritance. And one infuriatingly attractive man she really shouldn’t have hooked up with. What follows is a deliciously tangled cocktail of family dysfunction, high-stakes secrets, and romantic tension that never lets up. Each Storm sibling has their own uniquely sharp edge, and watching Alice navigate them while confronting her own history is pure gold. Pick it up. You won’t want to leave the island either.
Customer Reviews
Excellent debut in the contemporary genre
Author Sarah MacLean is well known for her bestselling and award winning historical romances and young adult novels. “These Summer Storms” is her debut contemporary novel. Innovative inventor billionaire Franklin Storm has died, and his daughter Alice returns to the family island after a fight with her dad resulted in 5 years of exile. Franklin was a genius but also competitive and controlling, and his final communications to his family are conditions they must meet in order to inherit from his estate. Family dramas are not my favorite type of book, and the Storm family definitely has problems relating to each other. Sometimes I was impatient when they fell into old patterns, especially since the siblings are adults in their 30’s, but over the course of a week the widow and four siblings establish new ways of relating to each other as family secrets are revealed. I was drawn in by the characters and relationships, and there were plenty of unexpected twists in this family drama. And for fans of Sarah MacLean’s historical romances, there is still a HEA ending to satisfy. This is a review of an ARC provided via NetGalley.
