Sarah MacLean returns to Bookmarks on Thursday, July 10 to celebrate her new book These Summer Storms! This new novel follows a wealthy New England family who face a long-overdue reckoning during the span of one week on their private island. Renée Ahdieh will join as Sarah MacLean's conversation partner.
Tickets are $30 (plus taxes & fees) and include access to the event and a hardcover copy of These Summer Storms. Attendees will be able to get books by both authors signed after the event.
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About the Book
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.
About the Authors
Sarah MacLean is the author of bestselling novels that have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. The co-host of the weekly romance novel podcast, Fated Mates, she is a leading voice in the romance genre and on the national leadership team of Authors Against Book Bans. A product of Rhode Island summers and New England storms, Sarah now lives in New York City.
Renée Ahdieh is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renée enjoys having her head in the clouds. She and her family live in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Wrath and the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series, and The Beautiful quartet.
