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Thanks to @ballantinebooks for sharing an advance copy of These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean, out July 8th! I’ve read nearly all of Sarah MacLean’s historical romances, so I was absolutely chomping at the bit to get to read her departure — a contemporary!!! — set on a private island off the East Coast, where exiled daughter Alice returns to reckon with family secrets in the wake of her magnate father’s unexpected death. This is the perfect summer read: Rich people behaving badly! Summer storms (both literal and figurative)! Rolled up shirtsleeves and slutty forearms! Steve Jobs meets Succession meets Sarah MacLean doing what she does best — creating complex characters and worlds that captivate readers. I thought the premise was both SO FUN and a bit of a nod to the murder mystery genre — it kept me guessing til the very end. 📸: I’m holding up a kindle displaying the ebook cover of These Summer Storms. Sand, sea, and sky are visible in the background. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DK14WMGgXEw/