Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, returns to her beloved South with this sequel to The Beach House!
Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Olivia âLovieâ Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage. As the seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summerâŠ
In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston remains eternally the same. When Lovie married aristocratic, well-connected businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her fortune and fate to his control. But she refused to relinquish one thing: her familyâs old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her children on the barrier island are Lovieâs refuge from social expectations and her overbearing husbandâs philandering. Here, she is the âTurtle Lady,â tending the loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs in the warm night sand and then slip back into the sea.
Then, in the summer of â74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads. Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a passionate, profound loveâforcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision. Strattonâs influence is far-reaching, and if she dares to dream beyond a summer affair, she risks losing her reputation, her wealth, even her children.
This emotional tale of a strong woman torn between duty and desire, between tradition and change, is an empowering journey through the seasons of self-discovery. Until this autumn, this time of winds and tides, of holding on and letting goâŠ
