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Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse seriesโ€”the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBOยฎ original series True Blood.


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The bear is unleashed. The danger is real. The attraction is impossible to resist.

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SWIMMING LESSONS
By: Mary Alice Monroe

The Beach House #3
MIRA
April 2007
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Featuring: Ethan Legare; Cara Rutledge; Toy Sooner
368 pages
ISBN: 0778324621
EAN: 9780778324621
Kindle: B01N16CSA4
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Fiction Women's Fiction | Romance | Women's Fiction Southern

It's been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie.

Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional lifestyle to become a strong single mother and aquarist at the South Carolina Aquarium. But success has taken its toll, leaving Toy fearful of change and risks.

Caretta Rutledge, Florence Prescott and Emmaline Baker have all experienced loss. This summer, with each other's friendship and support, they will try to make their dreams a reality.

The turtle season begins the day Toy rescues a sick sea turtle on the beach. When Toy brings the loggerhead to the aquarium, she begins a turtle hospital with the help of her boss, Ethan. As the summer progresses and the sea turtles take their measured steps toward healing and freedom Toy, Cara, Flo and Emmi must find their own strength to face their fears and move courageously toward their futures.

Mary Alice Monroe delivers another deeply satisfying novel written with an eye to nature and keen insights into the connections between women.

The Beach House

The Beach House
THE BEACH HOUSE
#1.0 โ€ข May 2002
Swimming Lessons
SWIMMING LESSONS
#3.0 โ€ข April 2007
Beach House for Rent
BEACH HOUSE FOR RENT
#4.0 โ€ข June 2017
Beach House Reunion
BEACH HOUSE REUNION
#5.0 โ€ข June 2018
On Ocean Boulevard
ON OCEAN BOULEVARD
#6.0 โ€ข May 2020

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