Another gorgeously escapist Nantucket novel from the USA Today bestselling author of NANTUCKET SUMMER.

When three estranged friends, Emmy, Margot, and Tessa, return to Nantucket for the first time in decades, it’s not for a reunion. It’s for Lauren. The fourth member of their once-inseparable group has passed unexpectedly, leaving behind a final request: revisit the place where their friendship began - and finish what they started.

Waiting for them on the island is The Dune Deck, the weatherworn sunset bar that once held their best memories. Run by Lila, who’s facing a decision of her own: sell the bar and leave the past behind, or fight for the dream she and her late husband built.

As the trip unfolds in a blur of sun-drenched days, late-night swims, and long-overdue truths, each woman must confront who she was, who she is, and who she wants to become. Because sometimes the only way to move forward... is to return to where it all began.

‘Blissfully escapist. CLOSER

A young woman seeks to understand the mother she never knew in this heartfelt coming of age novel.

After a childhood spent in an institution and a series of foster homes, Avery James has trained herself not to wonder about the mother who gave her up. But her safe, predictable life changes one night when she stumbles upon the portrait of a woman who is the mirror image of herself. Avery has found her mother, Isabel Colinas, an artist who died eight years earlier—and she is compelled to learn everything she can about her. Searching for Isabel, Avery is drawn into complex relationships with the people who knew her mother.

As she draws together the threads of her mother's artistic heritage, her grandmother's skills as a curandera, or healer, and her own talent for cooking, Avery learns that, while discovering Isabel provides a certain resolution in her life, it's discovering herself that brings lasting happiness.

A heart-warming coming-of-age debut novel where sisters learn that even motherless daughters must grow up and become women one day.

Arkansas, 1953. Nine-year-old Hazel McKay knows little girls need a mother. So, when her mother decides to leave her and her little sister, Ruthie, without any reason except she wants more, Hazel feels like her life is falling apart. With their father working out of town most days, Hazel and Ruthie are left on their own in the little house in the middle of the woods, where they find more than just animals and birds hiding in the forest.

Meanwhile, not far away, ten-year-old Joel lives with his alcoholic father. Caught in a struggle to survive his father's volatile nature and the desire to satisfy his curiosity about the little girls that live in the house in the woods, Joel finds a world of friendship and love he never knew existed.

Together, the three encounter school dances, heartbreaks, first loves, and a world turned upside down by the threat of nuclear war. With a new beginning on the horizon, Hazel, Ruthie, and Joel find their happiness is in jeopardy when tragedy strikes, and they are forced to make a choice. Bury a secret so deep no one will ever know the truth or lose everything they hold dear.

NetGalley Reviews are in -

"What a story!"

"Can't wait for the next book."

"I absolutely loved this coming of age story by Tennille Marie. It was one of those beautiful stories written with so much heart and love. Her characters were so honest and real. I was totally mesmerized right from the beginning."
Read more