Beach House Summer: read 2022’s brand new women’s fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestseller

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do you know who I definitely wouldn’t want to be?’ She pushed her glasses up her nose and gave Joanna a knowing look. ‘That girl in the car. Don’t know who she is or what she was doing, but I would not want her life.’

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Ashley Blake can’t believe it when Joanna shows up in her hospital room and suggests they hide away at her beach house on a sleepy stretch of California coast. Joanna should be hating her, not helping her. But alone and pregnant, Ashley can’t turn down Joanna’s offer. Yet she knows that if Joanna ever found out the real reason Ashley was in that car, their tentative bond would shatter instantly. Ashley is pregnant and alone, or so she thinks. She has fled from an unsure situation into the fire. When Joanna takes an interest in her, things look up for her. Together both of them support each other and help build each other up into stronger women. Her body told her she was an adult, but inside she still felt like the child who had wobbled on that bike with her ponytail flying. They were climbing now. Climbing, climbing, the road winding upwards into the hills while the city lay beneath them like a glittering carpet. She felt like Peter Pan, flying over rooftops.Yes, she had to go. Divorce or no divorce, it was the respectful thing to do. People would be watching. Everyone would want to know how she felt, not that she would tell them. She never spoke to the press.

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The perfect blend of drama, friendship and heart-melting romance: sumptuous, escapist fiction at its finest’ Cressida McLaughlin, The Staycation Beach House Summer is a perfect slice of joyful summer escapism from Sarah Morgan, the master of the genre” - Clare Pooley, The Authenticity Project Beach House Summer is the perfect beach read. A warm story with relatable characters that illustrated love, family and growth. The healing that was in this book truly warmed my heart. Oh how she loathed being the subject of attention and gossip. Cliff hadn’t understood her aversion. He’d hungered for the limelight, and not only because it was essential to building his brand. If attention was a large pie, he would have greedily devoured the whole thing without offering her a sliver. But perhaps precisely because she wasn’t interested, the media chose to focus on her. How did she feel about his latest affair? Why didn’t she leave? Had she no self-respect? She became a case study in humiliation, although she’d never understood why the shame should be hers when he was the one who was cheating. They photographed her from every angle, commented on the weight she’d lost, how haggard she looked, their speculation cruel and deeply personal. If he cheats, it must be her fault. They’d speculated on whether in marrying a man fourteen years her senior, she’d somehow been trying to replace her father. That suggestion had offended her more than any of them. Cliff was nothing like her father. Hearing the two of them mentioned in the same breath had made her want to lash out. Joyful, uplifting and overflowing with love. Sarah’s writing speaks straight to my heart” - Cathy Bramley, Sunday Times bestselling author

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She had no one. Just herself, which was why she was here now, doing what needed to be done regardless of the consequences. Joanna decides to visit Ashley and offers her an escape from the public eye. She is planning to head to Otter's Nest at the beach and offers Ashley the opportunity to go with her. Since Ashley is pregnant and alone, she agrees. Joanna is helping her, but she is not sure why. Joanna Whitman has been divorced from celebrity chef Cliff Whitman for a few years, but is still a partner in his business as well as being dragged through the gossip mill whenever he does something stupid or "newsworthy". When he is killed in a car accident with a young female survivor, Joanna is dragged into the fray again. Joanna heads to the hospital to support the young and pregnant woman. They manage to sneak out and head to Joanna's childhood home in a secluded beach town. Joanna has a past there, an ex-boyfriend and his twin sister that used to be Joanna's BFF. There are secrets to be revealed, reconciliations and new beginnings that will bring this unlikely group together in a wonderful way.