
Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer
Kindle Edition
Pocket Books · Ebook · May 4, 2004
From national bestselling author Rochelle Alers comes the unforgettable story of three strangers whose lives are forever changed on a sultry island off the South Carolina coast.
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- Who it’s for
- A summer-soaked romance with emotional stakes, family pressures, and room to settle in.
- Genres
- Black Romance, Contemporary Romance, Southern Fiction
- Published
- Pocket Books, May 4, 2004
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From national bestselling author Rochelle Alers comes the unforgettable story of three strangers whose lives are forever changed on a sultry island off the South Carolina coast. Dr. Hope Sutton has everything she's always wanted: a winning career as an advice columnist and a hard-lovin' man who is not afraid to commit. But just when she's ready to settle down she finds out her man's been living a double life.
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Now she has to get a new one of her own—starting with a soul-searching trip to McKinnon Island. Rebecca Owns is a devoted wife and stay-at-home mother in desperate need of a vacation—alone. But will spending the summer on McKinnon Island help her to get it together...or will she be tearing her family apart? Theodore Howell has had a lot of success as a screenwriter. But his personal life? It's a mess. Suddenly the guardian of two half brothers and a half sister, how will this tried-and-true bachelor find room in his life for surrogate fatherhood and his demanding career? Their answers lie somewhere on sandy shores...
Why It Lands
A summer-soaked romance with emotional stakes, family pressures, and room to settle in.
Come here for
- lowcountry-flavored emotional terrain
- relationship and family reckonings
Expect
- cultural texture without heavy lift
- a steady, sustained read
Where it sits
| Black Romance | 98% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Romance | 52% |
| Southern Fiction | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Romance
- Contemporary Romance
- Black Romance
- Southern Fiction
- Authors
- Rochelle Alers
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Published
- May 4, 2004
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Romance