Summer island

When reporter Phoebe Adams loses her job and her fiancé on the
same day, it never occurs to her that she’ll also have to support her
mother, Ruth, through her divorce from Phoebe’s father after thirty-five
years of marriage. They both need a safe haven, and Phoebe knows just
the place—Summer Island where Grandma Alice still rules the roost from
the big New England beach house Phoebe and Ruth once called home.But
“home” has changed. There’s a trendy new look downtown. Large beach
houses are replacing the old; the Harken house next door is in
disrepair.Phoebe’s plan for a peaceful retreat is quickly
hijacked when globe-trotting Great Aunt Vera makes an unannounced pit
stop. With Vera around, no one can stay morose for long, not even Lars,
the grumpy widower next door, or his son Ty, formerly geeky middle child
all grown up into a handsome and enigmatic man. Soon they’re all
enjoying things they used to do and discovering new ones. Each adventure
opens a part of themselves they’ve neglected for too long and brings
them closer together.But when an accident threatens to destroy
the tenuous tie between them, Phoebe realizes how fragile life can be,
and that she has some serious choices to make about her own life. It
will take the support of her newly awakened family and the magic of
Summer Island for Phoebe to embrace the challenge of an unexpected
future and to trust her own heart.In Summer Island,
Shelley Noble once again creates a thought-provoking and life-affirming
beach read that will stay with you long after the last tan of summer
fades.