Hello, Summer

The New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next summer blockbuster.
Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rear view mirror years ago. Now, after ten years of blood, sweat, and tears, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position at a New York City newspaper. That is, until she discovers at her own going away party that her new job is suddenly gone, disappearing overnight along with her hopes and dreams of a bright future in a big city.

Dread in her heart and a sinking feeling in her gut, Conley ends up right back where her father always told her she would: The Beacon, now reluctantly run by her brother Grit, whose own dreams of being a lawyer were put on hold with the death of their father. Covering a sleepy beach town with church news and the local funeral home director dictating the day’s obituaries to her over the phone isn’t exactly every reporter’s dream, and to make matters worse, her schedule has her covering summer hours--a time when everyone else leaves, and absolutely nothing happens. Except for one night, when she witnesses a car accident that ends in the death of a local politician – a politician with a secret shady history whose death may not be exactly what it seems.

Faced with small town backlash, growing family drama, and a romance that can only spell disaster, Conley finds herself at the crossroads of many choices: follow her gut, follow her head, or follow her heart.