The Summer Guests

This novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Beach House series explores new beginnings that emerge from disaster and how difficult circumstances can reveal what matters most in life. Late August on the Southern coast brings warm weather and peak hurricane season. When a hurricane threatens Florida and South Carolina, an eclectic group of evacuees seeks shelter at the North Carolina farm of Grace and Charles Phillips: their daughter Moira with her rescue dogs, equestrian Javier Angel de la Cruz, makeup artist Hannah McLain, horse breeder Gerda Klug and her daughter Elise, and island resident Cara Rutledge. Strangers to one another except through the Phillips family, they must weather the storm together. During one of the most challenging weeks of their lives, relationships are tested as the evacuees confront unresolved personal issues and conflicts with each other. As the storm passes, they discover that what truly matters is not what they brought to the mountains, but what they will take with them when they leave.