I always look forward to reading a new Mary Kay Andrew's novel
Big city reporter, Conley Hawkins, comes back home to her family-owned newspaper after her new job at an online paper goes under. Reunited in her small southern hometown, Conely finds herself in the middle of a career making news story. Will she accept the position with a major television affiliate, embrace the love a longtime friend, or rescue the failing family newspaper?
Hello Summer is full of gossip, romance, and scandal with a few added thrills. While most of your MAK craving will be fulfilled, this novel does lack her signature southern humor.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance read in exchange for an honest review.

Family ties and strains. Career disappointments. Romance and intrigue.
All of this along with wonderful characters, great situations and a few surprise elements. Mary Kay Andrews is pure royalty. She just gets it right.

I am a long time fan of Mary Kay Andrews. Hello, Summer had great characters and it was set in a gorgeous locale. I felt that the book was too long with too many subplots. I must admit that the main plot kept me guessing until the very last minute! All in all, it was good escape read.

Great book. Another I read in one day during the great quarantine of 2020. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of all the people with double names in the south but once you get that Conley one of the main characters is also Sarah. It gets easier. The hero’s of the story are ones you’d never guess and the villains are right there where you see there true self. The Congress man could go either way. I like the Grandmother and her “help”, they are the heart of the story and both match making till the end. Will the Becon be saved I guess you’ll have to read till the end.

Oh my goodness y’all! I can’t say enough great things about Mary Kay Andrews first and foremost but this was not just a perfect beach read it was multiple plot lines that converged into an amazing mystery, thriller and love story all in one. This is a must read for your Summer and here’s to hoping we all get a little beach and relaxation soon!

Part mystery, part romance, Hello Summer is a totally enjoyable read! Love the small town flavor of . Silver Bay and the small town newspaper owned by Conley's family. She doesn't really want to be here this summer, not to work on the Silver Bay Beacon with her sister and not to deal with events from the past. But present events conspire to force the issues for Conley.

Popular fiction at its best: a combination of mystery, coming of age, family, romance and beach read. A newspaper reporter between jobs comes home to her family and gets involved with their fading print paper, investigates a mystery, reconnects with her family. Explored through the lens of a southern Florida beach town. The story is well written and the characters are well developed. A beach read of good quality.

Mary Kay Andrews sure knows how to mix a cool drink of family angst, mystery, and love! Put all of these ingredients at the beach and you have the perfect concoction. This is a once you start you can’t put it down kind of book. It had me rooting for the small town as soon as we arrived. The descriptions make you want to be there eating and drinking while walking along the ocean. I’m ready to pack my bags and head to Silver Bay today!
Thank you for my requested copy of the ARC. This are truly my own thoughts and opinions.

Conley Hawkins is a star reporter for the Atlanta paper, but she's been hired away by a hotshot Washington, D.C. online news organization. Or so she thinks.

When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself out of a job, out of her apartment, out of her latest boyfriend's life, and right back where she started. She heads home to small town Florida, and the life she left behind. She begins working for her sister, who is trying to keep the family-owned newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, afloat is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column, “Hello, Summer.”

When Conley witnesses an accident that ends in the death of a local congressman, she believes she's found the "big" story that will be her ticket back to the big leagues The more she digs into the story, the more dangerous it gets, and she soon realizes that this little backwater town holds more secrets than she expected.

Hello, Summer is the perfect beach bag read. Although I read it during a rainy, shelter in place weekend, it transported me to sunnier times at the beach. This book was the perfect mix of romance, family drama, and mystery. Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for this ARC.

I enjoyed this book so much. I needed an escape, and in classic Mary Kay Andrews fashion, she granted that to me. The story swept me away and kept me going and guessing all the way to the climax of the story. You know it's a good book when you are constantly trying to figure out who's behind something. Well done on this one.

Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews.  Another fun summer read by one of my favorite southern authors.  Hello Summer has many amusing characters and unexpected twists that drive the story. I always like reading about beach life, beach towns, and beach houses. Wish there had been more. Thank you Net Galley and St. Martins for the opportunity to read this advance offering.

Mary Kay Andrews heralds the coming of summer for me every year. I have not been disappointed since the teenager in The Weekenders made me crazy! I love her family dramas with a bit of mystery. A perfect beach read.

Hello, Summer is one of those books that has has a little bit of everything and covers many genres. I loved the characters and the small town feel, and especially loved the column written by Rowena! Her character was my favorite! I did find myself losing interest about 75% of the way through and started skimming, but overall it was a good read.

I’d intended to read this book on the beach in Florida but the universe had other plans. I’m happy to say this book is the perfect escape during these days of quarantine. I love how it started with Conley’s going away party in Atlanta – only to find out the job she was going to Washington D.C. for has disappeared before she had a chance to head north. Her only choice is to head home to the small Florida town where she grew up. Her grandmother lets Conley know that she is expected to pitch in and help her sister at the struggling weekly newspaper owned by her family. Hello, Summer is filled with family dynamics, quirky characters, a juicy political story for Conley to chase, and a flame from her past. Which is to say it's my kind of book. A perfect beach read, quarantine read, or wherever read. I really enjoyed it and recommend to fans of Mary Kay Andrews.

Mary Kay Andrews is one of my favorite authors so I was very excited to read her newest book and it did not disappoint! I highly recommend "Hello, Summer." It is full of suspense, mystery, and romance. I really enjoyed the characters and small town feel and it kept me hanging until the very end. It's a great summer beach read!

This book is a great beach read - now if only the beaches were open for me to visit. I obtained this book as the perfect spring break read while I accompanied my children to the beach, but the Coronavirus had us cancel our trip so I read it from my back deck instead. :)

Conley Hawkins is the younger daughter of a family that owns a print newspaper in a small town on the gulf coast in Florida. Her older sister, Grayson, is an educated lawyer, but instead chose to remain in her small town and run the family newspaper. Conley has worked for big city newspapers - most recently in Atlanta, but the book starts off with her "goodbye party" at the Atlanta Journal Constitution because she was moving to work for a paper in DC, a definite step up from where she had been. But during her party, she finds out the DC paper has gone belly up and her job is gone. And they have already hired her replacement at the AJC. So she is jobless. And homeless. This makes her decide to move back home to the gulf coast just while she is searching for permanent jobs. But it's print journalism - is anyone hiring anymore?

Once she gets to the gulf coast, Conley finds all sorts of excitement waiting on her - her older sister who feels jealous of Conley's success and her ability to escape her hometown; her former childhood best friend and "boy next door" who has recently gotten divorced; a lifelong politician who suddenly dies in a mysterious one car vehicle accident; various members of the politician's family that seem shady and have motive for his death; not to mention a stalker that nearly kidnaps and murders her one evening. Throughout it all, Conley never stopped reporting the news - after all, that's what she does. But is this small town ready for her style of reporting? The type where she isn't afraid to ask questions and report the truth - whether or not it is the "southernly" thing to do.

This was an enjoyable read. I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The opinions above are mine and are unbiased.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @StMartinsPress for a digital ARC of Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews.

Conley has big ambitions in the print reporter field but her big move gets squashed when she is on her way to a new job. Conley ends up back home in a little town and is strongly persuaded to work at the family newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon. What follows is family drama and secrets revealed as a large news story hits the tiny town.

There were several places of redundancy when the “news” was retold in the story. This affected the flow of the story for me.

Mary Kay Andrews continues to write the perfect summer beach read. Hello, Summer does not disappoint. There is a little bit of mystery (well a lot of mystery), some family drama, and a sweet love story. A huge thank you to St. Martin's Press, Goodreads, and Netgalley for both the print and digital copies of this book. I loved this one and will be sharing it with all the ladies in my book clubs!

Yet again Mary Kay Andrews has hit it out of the park!! Life gone bad for Conley only helps lead her home and reunite her with her family. In the meantime of trying to make head or tails of her life she lands smack dab I. The middle of a local mystery that seemingly she is the only one in trying to report the truth. Meanwhile he family is struggling to keep the family newspaper afloat and this mystery might just be the ticket to save the day while also helping her put her life back together , find love and reunite the entire family. Find out how Hello Summer turns the life around for all those she loves so dearly.