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Summer Rental [Hardcover]

Mary Kay Andrews
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (232 customer reviews)

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Book Description

June 7, 2011

Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction….

Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia—whose caustic wit covers up her wounds--has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure she feels about her looks, her brains, her life.  And Dorie has just been shockingly betrayed by the man she loved and trusted the most in the world…though this is just the tip of the iceberg of her problems and secrets. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what they each of them needs.

Ty Bazemore is their landlord, though he's hanging on to the rambling old beach house by a thin thread. After an inauspicious first meeting with Ellis, the two find themselves disturbingly attracted to one another, even as Ty is about to lose everything he's ever cared about.

Maryn Shackleford is a stranger, and a woman on the run. Maryn needs just a few things in life: no questions, a good hiding place, and a new identity.  Ellis, Julia, and Dorie can provide what Maryn wants; can they also provide what she needs? 

Five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life. Five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness. Five people who each need a sea change, and one month in a summer rental that might just give it to them.


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Editorial Reviews

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“Andrews…is at her warm and funny best…[she] simply excels at creating the kind of characters readers can relate to, and she has a fabulous sense of humor to boot.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

 

“Andrews spins a beach blanket sizzler… This warm weather treat has a lot going for it.”

—Publishers Weekly

 

“[A] tailor-made beach read…another charmer”

—Booklist

 

“…unraveling secrets makes for fascinating reading. This is a perfect beach book: the tale of a sandy, flea-bittensummer house and one month in August in which honesty triumphs over silence, and love over lies. Ellis falls in love, and Dorie meets a new guy, and Julie makes a big decision, and Maryn breaks free… and the readers ofSummer Rental will stay glued to their sandy beach chairs waiting to see what happens next.” 

--Barnes & Noble Review

 

“…this is prime beach-read material”

--Daily Record (Gannett Newspapers)

About the Author

Mary Kay Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fixer Upper, Deep Dish, Blue Christmas, Savannah Breeze, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies, and Savannah Blues.  A former journalist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.  Visit www.marykayandrews.com


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (June 7, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312642695
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312642693
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (232 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mary Kay Andrews is the author of the New York Times bestselling Savannah Breeze and Blue Christmas (HarperCollins), as well as Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies and Savannah Blues, all HarperPerennial.

A former reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she wrote ten critically acclaimed mysteries, including the Callahan Garrity mystery series, under her real name, Kathy Hogan Trocheck.

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida (and a diplomate of the Maas Bros. Department Store School of Charm), she started her professional journalism career in Savannah, Georgia, where she covered the real-life murder trials which were the basis of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

As a lifelong ""junker"" the author claims to know the location of every promising thrift store, flea market and junkpile in the southeastern United States, plus many parts of Ohio.

She has a B.A. in newspaper journalism from The University of Georgia (go Dawgs!), and is a frequent lecturer and writing teacher at workshops including Emory University, The University of Georgia's Harriet Austin Writer's Workshop, the Tennessee Mountain Writer's Workshop and the Antioch Writer's Workshop. Her mysteries have been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Awards.

Married for more than 31 years to her high school sweetheart, Tom, she is the mother of 24-year-old Katie Abel and 20-year-old Andrew. After a three-year hiatus in Raleigh, NC, she and her husband recently moved back to their old neighborhood in Atlanta, where they live in a restored 1926 Craftsman bungalow.

Customer Reviews

I highly recommend Summer Rental for summer/beach reading or for book clubs. Beverly L. Archer  |  45 reviewers made a similar statement
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119 of 125 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Guilty pleasure doesn't get any better May 30, 2011
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I am a bit of a book snob. I don't read a lot of chick lit. But it has been a cold, rainy spring in Chicago, and it's Memorial Day weekend, and I am a sucker for anything with Summer in the title.

It turns out this is a well-plotted, engrossing story with appealing characters, the perfect escape literature to usher in unofficial summer. The formula of a few characters with various hang-ups, a relaxing resort location, and sparks flying is executed quite deftly by Mary Kay Andrews. We have Ellis, the control freak, newly downsized from her bank job in Philadelphia; Julia the aging model, still gorgeous, involved in a long-term relationship with a boring guy; and Dorie who has always been the man magnet, whose marriage is tangled up in a number of very thorny problems. Then we have Maryn, on the run from a very thorny marriage of her own. The first three have rented a house on the beach in Nags Head, NC, Maryn needs a place to disappear until she can sort things out, there is an extra room at the house, along with an enigmatic, hot landlord....it all falls into place.

They have a month to spend at the house, and the first three weeks or so are relatively uneventful, full of long walks on the beach and sunning themselves. However, the last week is a humdinger.

I wouldn't say Mary Kay Andrews is the best writer I have ever read, but she is far from the worst. She does evoke a picture of a writer with a thesaurus by her side. However, I was drawn into this story and glad for a long weekend to read through to the conclusion. I am giving it 5 stars for great timing and excellent plotting. For me it was the perfect way to kick off the summer.
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57 of 63 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Grab It From the Library June 8, 2011
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Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews

Considering that this is a book about women in their mid thirties, who are educated and worldly I had to say I was rather amazed at how Ms Andrews portrayed them.

We get to spend the month of August with best friends since elementary school--meet Julie, Ellis and Dorie who are spending the month in a beach house on the outer banks of North Carolina. A very diverse group of women that in "real life" may never bond as well as this group does. Add into the mix the sexy landlord Ty and a stray woman (Maryn, a `run-away' from New Jersey) that Dorie picks up in a diner and we have the makings for either the perfect beach book or a slasher movie! Of course, what would a good beach read be without at least one of them hiding a secret...well how would you feel about at least 4 of them hiding something and one of them hiding something that could be deadly?

The idea behind this story, while is good one, it has been pretty much done to death and I hate to say it, done so much better. Don't get me wrong, I adore the books of Mary Kay Andrews and have all of them on my shelf. Therefore, I was very excited to be allowed to read this as a pre-release. And this books starts out very strong, with Ms Andrews typical well written and drawn characters, each with a clear and distinctive voice. There were quite a few hot and very heavy scenes involving Ty and Ellis too. However, something happens about one third of the way through and the voices of each woman became one, and actually even Ty started sounding like one of the `girls'. In addition, when I say that I mean GIRL as in this group of mid thirty-something successful women start sounding like badly educated adolescents.
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34 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beachy Perfection... June 5, 2011
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Brief Book Summary...from the book jacket...
For Ellis, Dorie, and Julia, a vacation in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what they need. They rent a rambling old beach house from the mysterious Ty Bazemore, who is also at a turning point in his life, and prepare for a month of rest, relaxation and reconnecting.
Their plans for a peaceful summer are interrupted when they meet up with Maryn Shackleford, a woman on the run who desperately needs their help. Soon Ellis and Julia and Dorie, Ty and Maryn will question everything they thought they knew about life as they drift towards a much needed sea change, and uncover the healing power of friendship and forgiveness.
My thoughts...
Hmmm...yum...sigh...those are my sounds of sheer reading contentment while reading this lovely book. What is it about summer reading? Like shedding heavy clothes...for light cottons and linens and other breezy fabrics...this book was a voyage of sheer contentment. It had everything I love in a summer beach book without losing substance. These women in their mid-thirties truly needed to decide what they were going to do with the rest of their lives. Ellis has been released from her banking job. Julia is tired of maintaining what she has to do to continue modeling, Dorie is at a difficult part of her marriage and Maryn is just in danger...then we throw in Ty...who has also lost his career and is trying desperately to hang on to Ebb tide...the house the women are renting and that has been in his family for generations.
All of the above is fun and a bit tense and there is some mystery as Mary Kay Andrews draws us in to this month in August in this rundown ramshackle but lovely old beach house.
I wanted to be there...I wanted to know them...
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD READ
What I expect from Mary Kay Andrews. Women friends come together at a beach house to think things out. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Cheryl B. Dale
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Summer read!
Mostly predictable with a few unexpected revelations. The people in the story were interesting. A feel good summer read you can relax with.
Published 5 days ago by Reader 523
5.0 out of 5 stars Light, great summer read
Summer Rental gets you involved and interestd in the characters. It keeps u asking for more. I really enjoysd reading it.
Published 6 days ago by Connie Loyal
4.0 out of 5 stars Great summer read
This book took me to another place. Great easy to love (and hate) characters. I would recommend this book to
Published 8 days ago by Joseph C Hayden II
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Mary Kay Andrews is one of my favorite authors. Summer Rental lived up to my expectations. It was hard to put down. I highly recommend.
Published 9 days ago by Billie Barefield
4.0 out of 5 stars not deep, but not disappointing
Lots of she said, then she said, then she said. It's a fast read, a summer page-turner. I read it when down with a cold and did appreciate that the story wrapped itself up in a... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Darcy Danielson
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Summer Read!
There are few things I enjoy reading more than a good chick lit book, and Summer Rental was just that. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Lyndsay
3.0 out of 5 stars A good beach read
A simple story that reads quickly and easily. Very predictable plot and ending, but it is based in Nags Head and is a pleasant easy book for relaxing on the beach.
Published 11 days ago by airhead817
5.0 out of 5 stars Still Reading
So far I really like this book a lot. It's an easy read and lets your mind go.
Perfect book for summer and the characters are real with real life issues.
Published 14 days ago by JRJ12
5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Kay Andrews never disappoints!!!!
As all of her other books this one I'd a page turner!!!! A perfect summer read! Grab a beach chair and dive in with Ellis, Dorie, Julia and Madison and spend August at Ebbtide!
Published 17 days ago by Dixie
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