HarperCollins
May 2010
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Featuring: Beth Hayes
416 pages ISBN: 0061988332 EAN: 9780061988332 Trade Size (reprint) Add to Wish List
Dorothea Benton Frank returns to the enchanted landscape of
South Carolina's Lowcountry made famous in her beloved
New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island to
tell the story of the next generation of Hamiltons and
Hayes.
Newly graduated from college, aspiring
writer Beth Hayes is elected by her family to house-sit the
Island Gamble. Buoyed by sentimental memories of growing up
on this tiny sandbar seemingly untouched by time, Beth vows
to give herself over to the Lowcountry force and discover
the wisdom it holds. Just as she vows she will never give
into the delusional world of white picket fences, minivans,
and eternal love, she meets Max Mitchell. All her
convictions and plans begin to unravel with lightning speed.
There is so much about life and her family's past
that she does not know. Her ignorance and naivetÉ nearly
cost her both her inheritance and her family's respect, but
Beth finds unexpected friends to help her through the
disaster she faces. If everything happens for a reason, then
Beth's return to Sullivans Island teaches her that betrayal
and tragedy are most easily handled when you surround
yourself with loyal family and friends in a magical place
that loves you so much it wants to claim you as its own.