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• Island Affair

  Oliveras, Priscilla,

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  Sara's successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis to play the part of her smitten fiance.

• The Beach at Summerly

  a Novel

  Williams, Beatriz,

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  In 1954, Emilia Winthrop, a professor at Wellesley College, is summoned to CIA headquarters where she's forced to confront the harrowing consequences of the summer she exposed a traitor amongst the New England elite.

• Here Comes the Sun

  a Novel

  Dennis-Benn, Nicole,

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  Set in Jamaica, where lavish resorts displace existing communities and exploit poor black residents, it revolves around two sisters and their abusive mother. Jamaican patois may slow down some readers, but vibrant characters make for a deep and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rocks

  Nichols, Peter, 1950-

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  Though they live on the same island, Gerald and Lulu have managed to avoid each other since their brief marriage dissolved more than 60 years ago. The book opens with the two of them meeting by chance on a cliff and falling to their deaths together.

• Wide Sargasso Sea

  Rhys, Jean,

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  A prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, telling the story of Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress in 1830s Jamaica, and her marriage to an unnamed Englishman (Mr. Rochester).

• The Island Villa

  Morgan, Sarah (Romance fiction writer),

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  A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape….

• Summer Stage

  a Novel

  Moore, Meg Mitchell,

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  Amy has stayed close to her hometown while her famous brother, Timothy, pursued his dreams. Now a high school teacher and drama director, Amy takes on the production manager role for her brother’s play in an effort to mend family relationships.

• Hula

  a Novel

  Hakes, Jasmin ʻIolani,

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  A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and proving herself worthy of carrying on her family’s name.

• An Island Summer

  Hale, Jenny, 1975-

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  Longing to feel close to her grandfather, Meghan returns to the golden sands of Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks for the summer, clutching the manilla envelope he gifted her tightly in her hand.

• The Last Summer

  Swan, Karen (Writer),

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  When the residents of St Kilda ask to be evacuated from their remote island home in the summer of 1930, it’s in search of a better life on the mainland. When a body is discovered on the island, soon after the evacuation, a scandal erupts.

• Queen Bee

  a Novel

  Frank, Dorothea Benton,

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  A Sullivan's Island beekeeper navigates her demanding hypochondriac mother and flamboyant rival sister while immersing herself in the lives of two young neighbor boys and their widowed father.

• Loyalty

  Scottoline, Lisa,

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  Set during the rise of the Mafia in 19th-century Sicily, this epic story of good vs evil follows four individuals -- a lemon grower; a lawyer; a new mother; and a reclusive goatherd under threat of being discovered as a Jew -- as their lives collide.

• Evil Under the Sun

  a Hercule Poirot Mystery

  Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

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  Detective Hercule Poirot takes a holiday at an exclusive hotel on a tiny island. The tranquil atmosphere is disrupted by the appearance of the charming Arlena Stuart who brings an indefinable tension to the place.

• Lord of the Flies

  Golding, William, 1911-1993,

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  The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.

• The Summer Skies

  a Novel

  Colgan, Jenny,

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  Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective.

• Mermaid Confidential

  a Novel

  Dorsey, Tim,

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  Dropping anchor in the Florida Keys, Serge Storms and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, become local favorites as they take a stand against investors who are trying to destroy their paradise while dealing with drug smugglers.

• Black Cake

  a Novel

  Wilkerson, Charmaine,

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  Estranged siblings Byron and Benny reunite in an attempt to piece together the puzzling inheritance left by their recently deceased mother Eleanor -- a lengthy audio recording and a traditional Caribbean fruit cake left behind in her freezer.

• Summer on the Bluffs

  a Novel

  Hostin, Sunny,

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  As influential Amelia Vaux Tanner nears the end of her life, she's decided to leave her Oak Bluffs home to one of her three goddaughters -- all successful professionals struggling with personal matters. But which one?