BUTTERNUT SUMMER: A Novel: 2 (The Butternut Lake Trilogy) - Softcover

Mcnear, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062283162 ISBN 13: 9780062283160

Publisher: MorrowPb, 2014

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2014-08-12 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Daisy Home from college to spend the summer with her mother. Daisy never expected to run into Will. the bad-boy from high school who now spends his days working at the local garage. She came home to help her mother run their coffee shop and build a relationship with the absentee father that recently came back into her life. The possibility of a summer spent falling in love is far more appealing ... but as summer comes to an end. Will and Daisy will be faced with heartbreaking choices that could tear them apart.Caroline Struggling to make ends meet at her coffee shop. the last thing Caroline needs to worry about this summer is her no-good ex-husband showing up in town. But Jack is back and he's determined to reconnect with the family he walked out on twenty years ago. With the bank pounding on her door...

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Review:

"Engaging and true to life, Butternut Summer offers a story not limited just to a beach read."--New York Journal of Books

"This novel is destined to please all readers. Daisy's young-love story will take readers back to their own romantic summers past, while those with tumultuouis romantic histories will empathize with Caroline's situation. McNear's latest is the perfect getaway for those craving a fun escape."--RT Book Reviews (4 Stars)

"Butternut Summer is a thoughtful examination of the pleasure and pain of love and the strength of the family bond and will leave fans eagerly awaiting the triptych's final installment."--Booklist

"This second book in the "Butternut Lake" trilogy, following Up at Butternut Lake, can also be read as a stand-alone and will appeal to fans of small-town contemporary romances such as those by Susan Wiggs and Debbie Macomber."--Library Journal

From the Back Cover:

Every summer on Butternut Lake the tourists arrive, the shops open, and the waves lap its tree-lined shores, just as they have for years. But this season everything changes for one mother and daughter who've always called the lake home. . . .

Caroline's life is turned upside down the moment her ex-husband, Jack, strides through the door of her coffee shop. He seems changed--stronger, steadier, and determined to make amends with Caroline and their daughter, Daisy. Is he really different, or is he the same irresistibly charming but irresponsible man he was when he left Butternut Lake eighteen years ago? Caroline, whose life is stuck on pause as her finances are going down the tubes, is tempted to let him back into her life . . . but would it be wise?

For Caroline's daughter, Daisy, the summer is filled with surprises. Home from college, she's reunited with the father she adores--but hardly knows--and swept away by her first true love. But Will isn't what her mother wants for her--all Caroline can see is that he's the kind of sexy "bad boy" Daisy should stay away from.

As the long, lazy days of summer pass, Daisy and Caroline come to realize that even if Butternut Lake doesn't change, life does. . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: MorrowPb
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062283162
• ISBN 13: 9780062283160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 398