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Breezy Beach Reads

Author : Andy Holden

Publisher : Independently Published

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 49,88 MB

Release : 2023-05-27

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"Pure beach bliss! My whole family loved these wonderful short stories. Andy Holden nailed it." -Melissa N. Embark on a journey to the enchanting coastal realm of Holden Beach in Breezy Beach Reads, where the azure waves hold a world of secrets, and every grain of sand whispers a story. This extraordinary compilation brings together 50 short tales, each a mesmerizing blend of adventure, mystery, and heartfelt emotion. Perfectly bite-sized at five minutes or less, these stories are as brief as the treasured moments carved out of our bustling lives, delivering all the feels without the commitment of an extended narrative. Breezy Beach Reads includes a trove of unforgettable characters and spellbinding vistas - from sun-kissed shores to moonlit beaches. Walk with the old seashell collector as he unravels the sea's lore, share in the innocent joy of a child creating her sandcastle dreams, or stand alongside the silent secret mailbox at the edge of the sea as it bears witness to the timeless dance of the humanity. These stories, rich with warmth and wonder, are perfect for readers of all ages and stages. Designed with the modern family in mind, this collection provides the ideal escape for parents keeping a watchful eye on spirited children, and for young explorers getting lost in the hypnotic beauty of rolling waves. Dive into a story when a moment presents itself, and resurface with your heart brimming with emotion and your spirit humming with adventure. Each story in Breezy Beach Reads offers a fleeting glimpse into the magic that resides where land and sea meet, an experience as ephemeral and profound as the beach itself. Feel the sea breeze in your hair, hear the call of the gulls, and let the rhythm of the waves guide you through this realm of enchanting tales. Get your copy of Breezy Beach Reads today, and let the gentle waves of these poignant narratives transport your whole family to a private beach of shared emotions, in the heart of your busy life. This is more than a book - it's an invitation to share in the spectacle of the ocean's vast beauty, to uncover the mysteries whispered by the sea breeze, and to feel the warm embrace of the setting sun. Breezy Beach Reads is waiting to engulf your family in a soothing tide of words, gifting you an ocean of shared feelings, one powerful, short wave at a time.







Very Nice

Author : Marcy Dermansky

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 39,83 MB

Release : 2019-07-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0525655646

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“A juicy tale of bad behavior.... Very Nice gets pretty mean—but gloriously so.” —Entertainment Weekly Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his silky hair, and the sad, beautiful life he laid bare on Twitter, she does, and the kiss is very nice. Zahid Azzam never planned to become a houseguest in his student’s sprawling Connecticut home, but with the sparkling swimming pool, the endless supply of Whole Foods strawberries, and Rachel’s beautiful mother, he does, and the home is very nice. Becca Klein never thought she’d have a love affair so soon after her divorce, but when her daughter’s professor walks into her home, bringing with him an apricot standard poodle named Princess, she does, and the affair is ... a very bad idea. Zigzagging between the rarefied circles of Manhattan investment banking, the achingly self-serious MFA programs of the Midwest, and the private bedrooms of Connecticut, Very Nice is an audacious, addictive, and wickedly smart take on the way we live now.



The Blue Bistro

Author : Elin Hilderbrand

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 20,80 MB

Release : 2010-05-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429905492

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Elin Hilderbrand, author of the enchanting Summer People and The Beach Club, invites you to experience the perfect getaway with her sparkling new novel. Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of Nantucket's hottest restaurant, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. Thatcher gives Adrienne a crash course in the business...and they share an instant attraction. But there is a mystery about their situation: what is it about Fiona, the Blue Bistro's chef, that captures Thatcher's attention again and again? And why does such a successful restaurant seem to be in its final season before closing its doors for good? Despite her uncertainty, Adrienne must decide whether to open her heart for the first time, or move on, as she always does. Infused with intimate Nantucket detail and filled with the warmth of passion and the breeze of doubt, The Blue Bistro is perfect summer reading.



Love Walked In

Author : Marisa De Los Santos

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 15,11 MB

Release : 2006-11-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101213353

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Us Shine comes a “bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you’d least expect it” (Jennifer Weiner). When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them through the unpredictable currents of love and life.



All Adults Here

Author : Emma Straub

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 368 pages

File Size : 43,97 MB

Release : 2020-05-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0698407989

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! "In a time when all we want is hope, it’s a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager "Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished. This is Emma Straub's absolute best and the world will love it. I love it." —Ann Patchett “An immensely charming and warmhearted book. It’s a vacation for the soul.”—Vox A warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family--as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matriarch confronts the legacy of her mistakes. From the New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers and The Vacationers, and the forthcoming novel This Time Tomorrow. When Astrid Strick witnesses a school bus accident in the center of town, it jostles loose a repressed memory from her young parenting days decades earlier. Suddenly, Astrid realizes she was not quite the parent she thought she'd been to her three, now-grown children. But to what consequence? Astrid's youngest son is drifting and unfocused, making parenting mistakes of his own. Her daughter is pregnant yet struggling to give up her own adolescence. And her eldest seems to measure his adult life according to standards no one else shares. But who gets to decide, so many years later, which long-ago lapses were the ones that mattered? Who decides which apologies really count? It might be that only Astrid's thirteen-year-old granddaughter and her new friend really understand the courage it takes to tell the truth to the people you love the most. In All Adults Here, Emma Straub's unique alchemy of wisdom, humor, and insight come together in a deeply satisfying story about adult siblings, aging parents, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls, the lifelong effects of birth order, and all the other things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not.



Summer of '69

Author : Elin Hilderbrand

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 28,17 MB

Release : 2019-06-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0316419990

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Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. And thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, while each of them hides a troubling secret. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.



Beach Read

Author : Emily Henry

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 31,75 MB

Release : 2021-05-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0593336127

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION! "Original, sparkling bright, and layered with feeling."--Sally Thorne, author of The Hating Game A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.



It Started with a Secret

Author : Jill Mansell

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 312 pages

File Size : 13,34 MB

Release : 2020-06-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1728211069

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Feel-good chick-lit from international bestseller Jill Mansell, with a chaotic cast who must let go of their grudges and secrets to build the lives they've dreamed of. Thanks to little white lie, Lainey and Kit arrive at their new jobs in blissful, summery Cornwall only to find themselves in the midst of a lovable but overwhelming family—where every family member is having an identity crisis at the same time. Widowed mom Majella has done her best for years, but can't quite grasp why things are falling apart. No one can guess what's causing the chaos because everyone is keeping secrets. In classic Jill Mansell style, Lainey and her friends are drawn through a hilarious multi-generational soap opera. By the end, happily-ever-afters are available to anyone willing to tell the truth about their heart's desire. Romantic fiction with characters you can root for, this is the perfect beach read for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Elin Hilderbrand. Also by Jill Mansell: This Could Change Everything Miranda's Big Mistake Maybe This Time