Summer Breeze

A Novel

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Pub Date Jun 05 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012

Description

New York Timesbestselling author Nancy Thayer never fails to imbue her novels with warmth andwisdom. In Summer Breeze, the author of Beachcombers and HeatWave tells the wonderfully moving story of three women who forge a uniquebond one sun-drenched summer on New England's Dragonfly Lake.

Morgan O'Keefe feels trapped in a gilded cage.True, the thirty-year-old mother agreed to put her science career on hold toraise her young son while her husband pursued his high-powered job. Butthough Morgan loves many things about staying home with her child, she missesthe thrill of working with her colleagues in the lab. She's restless and indire need of a change.

Fed up with New York City's hectic pace,Natalie Reynolds takes up her aunt's offer to move to the Berkshires andhouse-sit her fabulous lakeside house for a year. Passionate about applyingbrush to canvas, Natalie is poised to become the artist she has forever longedto be. But life on Dragonfly Lake is never without surprises, and for a noviceswimmer like Natalie, the most welcome surprise proves to be the arms of ahandsome neighbor pulling her up from the water for a gulp of air.

When her mother breaks her leg, Bella Barnabyquits her job in Austin and returns home to help out her large, boisterousfamily. Among her new duties: manning the counter at the family business,Barnaby's Barn, an outdated shop sorely in need of a makeover. While attractivearchitect Aaron has designs on her, Bella harbors long held secret dreams ofher own.

Summer on Dragonfly Lake is ripe for romance,temptation, and self-discovery as the lives of these three women unexpectedlyintertwine. Summer Breeze illustrates how the best of friends can offercomfort, infuriate, or even-sometimes-open one's eyes to the astonishingpossibilities of life lived in a different way. This captivating novel displaysa prestigiously gifted writer at the height of her storytelling powers.

Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestsellingauthor of Moon Shell Beach, The Hot Flash Club, The Hot Flash Club StrikesAgain, Hot Flash Holidays, The Hot Flash Club Chills Out, and BetweenHusbands and Friends. She lives on Nantucket.

New York Timesbestselling author Nancy Thayer never fails to imbue her novels with warmth andwisdom. In Summer Breeze, the author of Beachcombers and HeatWave tells the wonderfully moving story of...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780345528711
PRICE $26.00 (USD)
PAGES 320