Beach Reads
2025
Beach house rules
by Kristy Woodson Harvey

A mother-daughter duo learn to lean on their community of women—and each other—after their world is turned upside down.
Mansion beach
by Meg Mitchell Moore

A delicious summer read following a young woman entwined in the opulent lives of her neighbors on Block Island, set against the backdrop of scandal, secrets, and a not-so-subtle love triangle.
Songs of summer
by Jane L. Rosen

A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother-and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for.
Just beachy
by Wendy Wax

A former actress in need of a reset reunites with her grandmother, her first crush, and the ladies of Ten Beach Road.
Till Summer Do Us Part
by Meghan Quinn

Witty friends to lovers... turns... enemies to lovers romance.
One golden summer
by Carley Fortune

Charlie was 19 when Alice took his photo near her Nan's cottage in Barry's Bay, but now he's a grown-up flirt who makes Alice feel 17 again - warm nights on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice's soul, but she begins to worry for her heart.
Far and away
by Amy Poeppel

Perfect strangers Lucy and Greta have agreed to a house swap - and boy are they going to regret it.
Beach vibes
by Susan Mallery

Beth's idyllic life running her Malibu beach shop unravels when she discovers her brother's infidelity and must make a moral decision threatening her newfound happiness and forcing her to choose between love and loyalty.
The last ferry out
by Andrea Bartz

Abby travels to the storm-ravaged Isla Colel seeking answers about her fiancée Eszter's mysterious death, but as expats reveal chilling secrets and a key witness vanishes, she uncovers a web of lies that may put her own life in jeopardy.
The Martha's Vineyard beach and book club
by Martha Hall Kelly

In 2016, grieving Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard and uncovers a surprising connection to the Smith sisters, who, during World War II, balanced family struggles, romance, and whispers of espionage while running a farm and forming a transformative book club.
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