First published 2020
Mallory Blessing inherits a beachfront cottage on Nantucket in 1993 and agrees to host her brother Cooper's bachelor party. Jake McCloud, Cooper's college friend, attends the weekend celebration. Mallory and Jake connect immediately, starting a relationship that will span twenty-eight summers. They meet for one weekend each year, even as Jake marries Ursula DeGournsey, who becomes a rising political star and presidential candidate. Mallory also marries and has children, but she and Jake maintain their annual tradition. When Mallory discovers she is dying, she leaves instructions for her son Link to contact Jake. Link makes the call in spring 2020, just as Jake's wife Ursula leads the polls for president. The novel traces how this once-a-year romance shapes both their lives and affects everyone around them.
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult-fiction, 21st-century, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Nantucket
Period: 1993, 2020
432 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company