by Nancy Thayer
First published 2014
Maggie and Piper become instant companions when they meet as children on a Nantucket beach. Piper's mother disapproves of her daughter befriending the seamstress's child, but the girls spend golden summers together anyway. Years later, they have grown distant. Piper fears she will never be more than a wealthy man's decorative wife. Maggie works hard and saves money, wondering if she will ever experience true romance. Then Cameron Chadwick arrives on the island. The charming Midwesterner takes moonlit walks with Maggie while also taking Piper to New York for elegant evenings. When both women learn they are carrying his child, their fragile friendship faces its greatest test. As they navigate impossible choices about their futures, Maggie and Piper discover they need each other more than ever.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Nantucket
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
339 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books