It’s a hot August Saturday on Nantucket Island. Over the
course of the next 24 hours, two lives will be transformed
forever.
Marguerite Beale, former chef of culinary
hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for
over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from
Marguerite’s goddaughter, Renata Knox. Marguerite has not
seen Renata since the death of Renata’s mother, Candace
Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is
on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fiancé, she
takes the opportunity, against her father’s wishes, to
contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her
mother’s life—and death. But the events of the day spiral
hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends
up as planned.
Welcome to The Love Season—a
riveting story that takes place in one day and spans
decades; a story that embraces the charming, pristine island
of Nantucket, as well as Manhattan, Paris and Morocco. Elin
Hilderbrand’s most ambitious novel to date chronicles the
famous couplings of real lives: love and friendship, food
and wine, deception and betrayal—and forgiveness and healing.