Summer Promises (Silver Beach) [Paperback]

Diane Schwemm (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silver Beach | Publication Date: June 14, 2005

It’s the summer when everything goes crazy. . . .

Ethan Wells, heartbroken when Laura McIver dies, turns once again to dangerous Charlotte Ransom for love and comfort.

Charlotte Ransom, driven by vengeance and loneliness, will stop at nothing to trap Ethan . . . until Sam DeWitt makes her an irresistable offer.

Elli Wells will risk everyting to save her brother from a disastrous marriage . . . even her love for Sam DeWitt.

Sam DeWitt loves Elli more deeply than ever . . . but can he do what she asks if it means losing her?

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From the Publisher

"Ethan Wells, heartbroken when Laura McIver dies, turns once again to dangerous Charlotte Ransom for love and comfort.

Charlotte Ransom, driven by vengeance and loneliness, will stop at nothing to trap Ethan....until Sam DeWitt makes her an irresistible offer.

Elli Wells will risk anything to save her brother from a disastrous marriage....even her love for Sam DeWitt.

Sam DeWitt loves Elli more deeply than ever....but can he do what she asks if it means losing her?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers (June 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553567225
• ISBN-13: 978-0553567229
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely good book for teenage romancers., August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Summer Promises (Silver Beach) (Paperback)

This Book will make you laugh and cry. Its full of wonderful love stories that make you wish you had you own Silver Beach to escape to. The carachters are so familiar to teens, that you feel very close to them. Its a combination of stories almost all teen girls can relate to. First love, Break ups, heartaches, and more. A wonderful book to complete the exquizid series. You'll be sorry thier stories are over.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SAVOUR THIS BOOK!!! possible spoilers:Warning, August 31, 2005

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Heidi R. Shafer "lefantomedelopera" (High Springs, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer Promises (Silver Beach) (Paperback)

One word: wow. When I first heard of this series I was not expecting anything like this. I finished it in one hour. I couldn't put it down. When I was finished, I was so sad that there wasn't going to be another one in the series.
It made me sp irritated at times where Sam did that repulsive thing to Ellie and how Charlotte was so disgusting and rude. I found it rather dramatic and romantic with how all the hidden loves that were in the family and how Ellie realizes that her family isn't so picture perfect after all. She learns that her mother and her next door neighbor had been in love since they were kids and they had an affain before Ellie was born. Then Mr. Ranson gets Mrs. Wells pregnant with Ellie and she learns that her father is actually Mr. Ransom. I thought it was so cute with the two grandparents finally being together after so many years of being seperated by their parents. I rather liked Sam but in this book, my liking for him was put out quite a bit. I just couldn't think of anyone doing such a thing to the one that they love. Ellie just asked for one thing and then he took it completely out of proportion and didn't even say he was sorry afterwards. He just continued to torture her and then she takes him back because he gets his arm hurt in a storm. I found it rather sad that Mrs. Wells and Mr. Ransom had to be seperated once again. I just think its sad because they loved each other so much and would forever, I think. But Mrs. Wells did put him back in line after she felt like he was putting her second place to his writing. I wish that the author would write more books to the series. It's so good and just sucks you in. You can't help but want more after your finished. Buy the book. I highly recommend it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a promise of excellence, June 30, 2005

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kittycat "KC" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Promises (Silver Beach) (Paperback)

Once again one year later, and its back to Silver Beach for the Wells family. After Laura's tragic death the summer before, Ethan is right back in Charlotte's poisonous clutches. Elli and Sam are together at last, but her knows the deep dark secret that could destroy her and rip her already broken family apart forever. Meanwhile, Mr. Ransom are Mrs. Wells are finally together, after an affair that lasted for decades, but is their romance destined to last? Charlotte, eager to spite Elli once and for all, hatches a plan to keep Ethan under her thumb....forever. Desperate to rescue her brother, Elli puts her own relationship at risk. She knows she can break Ethan and Charlotte up by offering Charlotte the one thing she has always wanted and never been able to have....her boyfriend, Sam. Can Elli save her family and her relationship? Or will the dark secrets of the past finally come out, and destroy Elli and Ethan?