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9781250104892 English 1250104890 Get swept away to an island where memories are made, friendships begun, and passions ignited, in two beloved Nantucket classics collected into one volume, High Tide , by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand In The Beach Club , Mack Petersen has returned as always on the first day of May to once again open and manage the Nantucket Beach Club and Hotel alongside its owners, Bill and Therese Elliott. Years ago, Mack escaped the past and started over at this hotel, and it has since become his life and his home; but though he has poured his heart and soul in the club, he knows that it will eventually pass not to him but to Cecily Elliott, the owners' daughter. At eighteen, however, Cecily is wild and beautiful andincreasingly desperate to break free on her own, even though she knows doing so will break her parents' hearts. And this summer, as Bill's health begins to falter, all of the guests and staff of this esteemed island establishment can feel the storm coming that will change everything forever. In Summer People , Beth, a recent widow, can barely keep things together; but she still decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and fulfill a promise that her late husband Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett. But when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been tryingso hard to heal., Gorgeous Nantucket is an island where memories are made, friendships begun, passions ignited... In The Beach Club , Mack Petersen has escaped the past and started over in a hotel that has become his life; but this summer his secrets can no longer stay hidden. Love O'Donnell, a glamorous Aspen native, takes a job at the Beach Club to implement her life plan-to find a man to make her pregnant. Vance Robbins has his pride and festering resentments; this season, a gun and a woman offer him a chance to get even with the man he hates most. Cecily Elliott, the owner's daughter, wild and beautiful at eighteen, is about to do something to break her parents' hearts. And Lacey Gardner, the Grande Dame of the Beach Club for 45 years, knows about desperate desire-and about the storm coming that will change everything. In Summer People , Beth, a recent widow, can barely keep things together, but she still decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and fulfill a promise that her late husband Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love, and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been trying so hard to heal.
9781250104892 English 1250104890 Get swept away to an island where memories are made, friendships begun, and passions ignited, in two beloved Nantucket classics collected into one volume, High Tide , by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand In The Beach Club , Mack Petersen has returned as always on the first day of May to once again open and manage the Nantucket Beach Club and Hotel alongside its owners, Bill and Therese Elliott. Years ago, Mack escaped the past and started over at this hotel, and it has since become his life and his home; but though he has poured his heart and soul in the club, he knows that it will eventually pass not to him but to Cecily Elliott, the owners' daughter. At eighteen, however, Cecily is wild and beautiful andincreasingly desperate to break free on her own, even though she knows doing so will break her parents' hearts. And this summer, as Bill's health begins to falter, all of the guests and staff of this esteemed island establishment can feel the storm coming that will change everything forever. In Summer People , Beth, a recent widow, can barely keep things together; but she still decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and fulfill a promise that her late husband Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett. But when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been tryingso hard to heal., Gorgeous Nantucket is an island where memories are made, friendships begun, passions ignited... In The Beach Club , Mack Petersen has escaped the past and started over in a hotel that has become his life; but this summer his secrets can no longer stay hidden. Love O'Donnell, a glamorous Aspen native, takes a job at the Beach Club to implement her life plan-to find a man to make her pregnant. Vance Robbins has his pride and festering resentments; this season, a gun and a woman offer him a chance to get even with the man he hates most. Cecily Elliott, the owner's daughter, wild and beautiful at eighteen, is about to do something to break her parents' hearts. And Lacey Gardner, the Grande Dame of the Beach Club for 45 years, knows about desperate desire-and about the storm coming that will change everything. In Summer People , Beth, a recent widow, can barely keep things together, but she still decides that she must continue the family tradition of going to Nantucket, and fulfill a promise that her late husband Arch made before he died. Beth invites Marcus, the son of Arch's final and most challenging client, to spend the summer with her and her teenage twins, Winnie and Garrett, who have mixed reactions to sharing their special summer place with this stranger. Always a place of peace before, Nantucket becomes the scene of roiling emotions and turbulent passions as Marcus, Winnie, and Garrett learn about loss, first love, and betrayal. And when they stumble upon a shocking secret from Beth's past, they must keep it from destroying the family they've been trying so hard to heal.