Summer Love

Nancy Thayer holding the book Summer Love.

In the summer of 1995, Ariel, Wyatt, Sheila and Nick come to Nantucket to work for the summer. They’ve just graduated from college and the world is theirs. They’ve never met before, but they become friends when they find themselves rooming in the basement rooms of a hotel under remodeling. The first thing they do is bike to Jetties beach and throw themselves into the fresh ocean water.

Pink bike in front of a large bush.

Over the course of the summer, they fall in love, take risks, and have a summer they’ll never forget. Sheila is involved in a car accident that will have lasting effects. Nick falls in love with a rich girl he meets on a super yacht.

Yachts in the harbor.

In 2020, the four friends return to the newly renovated, upscale hotel for a reunion. They also bring their grown children with them. Secrets are revealed, and lives are changed.

A quite from Summer Love above 5 people in swim suits running into the water.

Two handsome young men, two beautiful young women, living in close quarters for the summer on Nantucket! What could go wrong?

What could go right?!

Bouquet of pink, red, and yellow flowers from above.
Summer Love

Summer Love

Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery.

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