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‘Deliciously impossible to put down’ JODI PICOULT ‘Powerful, tragic, and beautiful. Is there anything Sarah MacLean can't do?’ ASHLEY POSTON From bestselling author Sarah MacLean comes a sharp, sexy novel about a family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets . . . and one week... Read More
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A sexy, sharp, big summer read about a hugely wealthy family forced together on a private island after the death of their patriarch. Succession meets Knives out, with big emotions and a bonus love story

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‘Deliciously impossible to put down’ JODI PICOULT

‘Powerful, tragic, and beautiful. Is there anything Sarah MacLean can't do?’ ASHLEY POSTON

From bestselling author Sarah MacLean comes a sharp, sexy novel about a family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets . . . and one week that threatens to tear them apart.

These Summer Storms presents Alice Storm, who isn't like her siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents' approval, and their billions, she walked away, building a life beyond her family's reach. Nothing could induce her to come back. Nothing except the shocking death of her father.

Now back on the family's private island off the Rhode Island coast, Alice plans to keep her head down, pay the last of her respects, and leave.

But her father had other plans.

The manipulative patriarch left behind a final challenge: an inheritance game designed to unravel the Storm family in ways both petty and life-altering. The rules are simple: stay on the island for one week, complete the tasks, receive the inheritance.

But a week on Storm Island may destroy Alice. The family home seethes with dysfunction, and then there's Jack Dean—her father's infuriatingly attractive second-in-command, watching her every move.

Alice just wants to survive the week. But the Storm legacy isn't done with her yet.

‘Money, sex, and intrigue . . . unputdownable from beginning to end’ CHRISTINA LAUREN

‘From the first rumbles of thunder to the torrential downpour, MacLean takes readers for a wild ride!’ ABBY JIMENEZ

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349444789

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Piatkus Books

Contributors:

  • Read by Julia Whelan

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 612g

Pages: 400

About the Author

A life-long romance reader, Sarah MacLean wrote her first romance novel on a dare, and never looked back. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical romances, and the author of a monthly column at The Washington Post celebrating the best of the romance genre. She lives in New York City with her husband, daughter, dog and a ridiculously large collection of romance novels. She loves to hear from readers.

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