Summer at Hideaway Key, Barbara Davis
Summer at Hideaway Key, Barbara Davis
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Summer at Hideaway Key

Author: Barbara Davis

Narrator: Tiffany Morgan

Unabridged: 13 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

From the author of The Wishing Tide comes a stunning new novel about two summers, one journal, and the secrets that can break and open our hearts . . .

Pragmatic, independent Lily St. Claire has never been a beachgoer. But when her late father leaves her a small house on Hideaway Key—one neither her mother nor she knew he owned—she's determined to visit the sleepy spit of land along Florida's Gulf Coast. Expecting a quaint cottage, Lily instead finds a bungalow with peeling shutters and mountains of memorabilia. She also catches a glimpse of the architect who lives down the beach . . .

But it's the carton of old journals in the front room that she finds most intriguing. The journals were written by her mother's sister, an infamous beauty whose name has long been banned from the St. Claire home. The journals tell a family tale Lily has never heard, of her mother and her aunt as young girls in Tennessee and the secrets that followed them into adulthood. As she reads, Lily gains a new understanding: about her family and about herself. And she begins to open her heart—to this place, these people, and the man next door. But can she ever truly learn to trust, to believe that love is not a trap but a harbor? And is it true that hearts, even broken ones, can be forged anew?

About Barbara Davis

After spending more than a decade as an executive in the jewelry business, Barbara Davis decided to leave the corporate world to finally pursue her lifelong passion for writing. She is the author of When Never Comes; Love, Alice; Summer at Hideaway Key; The Wishing Tide; and The Secrets She Carried. She currently lives in Rochester, New Hampshire, with her husband Tom, and their beloved ginger cat, Simon, and is working on her next book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on February 12, 2017

An inherited beach cottage with memories of its own, a beach cottage filled with journals about the life of an unknown aunt, a job as a fashion designer in Milan, and decisions, decisions, decisions. Lily St. Claire had no idea that her father had left her a beach cottage that once belonged to her es......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on April 27, 2015

I'm a huge Barbara Davis fan. I honestly believe she's the queen on the dual time line. Her third novel, SUMMER AT HIDEAWAY KEY, sucked me in from page one and never let go. If you loved Adele's voice is Barbara's fantastic debut, THE SECRETS SHE CARRIED, you will love Lily-Mae's voice. She was my f......more

Goodreads review by Robin on September 03, 2020

This is not your typical beach read, that said I loved this story. At times it is dark and depressing but overall a beautiful story. Be prepared to cry and not get much done or sleep, as you will want to stay up and read. After Lily’s father dies and leaves her an old beach house in Florida she deci......more

Goodreads review by Candace on July 12, 2015

I have always been a lover of Women’s Fiction for the pure ‘realness’ of the story. I love the feeling I get when I read about a character and feel connected to her, like she is just as real as I, knowing that the struggles she is going through are struggles that so many other women face, and finall......more

Goodreads review by OpenBookSociety.com on January 26, 2022

[URL not allowed] Brought to you by OBS reviewer Una I loved this story and it is one of the best I have read this summer. Filled with intrigue, blackmail, love, and a surprise ending it keeps the reader turning pages from page one. I know for a fact I couldn’t put it down. When......more