A Hundred Summers (Paperback) by Beatriz Williams

About the Book

Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview. But an unwelcome specter from Lily's past also appears: her former best friend and her former fianc, now recently married.

Book Synopsis

As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of Her Last Flight and The Golden Hour.

Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. It's an escape not only from New York's social scene but from a heartbreak that still haunts her. Here, among the seaside community that has embraced her since childhood, she finds comfort in the familiar rituals of summer.

But this summer is different. Budgie and Nick Greenwald--Lily's former best friend and former fiancé--have arrived, too, and Seaview's elite are abuzz. Under Budgie's glamorous influence, Lily is seduced into a complicated web of renewed friendship and dangerous longing.

As a cataclysmic hurricane churns north through the Atlantic, and uneasy secrets slowly reveal themselves, Lily and Nick must confront an emotional storm that will change their worlds forever...

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Praise for A Hundred Summers

"Blends history, romance, and social commentary into a very potent novel that is much more than a summer guilty pleasure."--Connecticut Post

"Sparkles like the New England summer sun."--New York Times bestselling author Karen White

"It is what every beach book should aspire to be--smart and engrossing."--New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand

"[A] great summer read."--People

"Will keep the reader so engrossed, multiple applications of sunscreen will be required."--USA Today

"A wonderfully evocative atmosphere of hot and hazy days, shimmering parties, and lazy afternoons on the beach. Add in a little romance, a lost love, and a family mystery, and you've got the perfect way to spend an afternoon in the hot sand."--Examiner.com

"A candidate for this year's big beach read."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] fast-paced love story."--O, The Oprah Magazine

"Summer of 1938: A scandalous love triangle and a famous hurricane converge in a New England beach community. Add in a betrayal between friends, a marriage for money, and a Yankee pitcher, and it's a perfect storm."--Good Housekeeping

About The Author

Beatriz Williams lives with her husband and children in Connecticut. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Along the Infinite Sea, Tiny Little Thing, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, A Hundred Summers, and Overseas. She also writes under the pseudonym Juliana Gray.