Unerringly perceptive, superbly written,
every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom
that have become Nancy Thayer’s trademark, Heat Wave tells
the moving story of a woman who, after her seemingly perfect
life unravels, must find the strength to live and love again.
Making the startling discovery that her family finances are
in dire straits is only the latest shock endured by Carley
Winsted after her husband’s sudden death from a heart
attack. Resisting her in-laws’ well-meaning overtures to
take in Carley and her two daughters, the young widow
instead devises a plan to keep her family in their beloved
home, a grand historic house on the island of Nantucket.
The solution is right at Carley’s front door: transforming
her expensive, expansive house into a bed-and-breakfast. Not
everyone, however, thinks this plan prudent or quite
respectable—especially not Carley’s mother-in-law. Further
complicating a myriad of challenges, a friend forces Carley
to keep a secret that, if revealed, will undo families and
friendships.
When her late husband’s former law partner keeps showing up
at the most unexpected times, Carley must cope with an array
of mixed feelings. And then, during a late-summer heat wave,
the lives of Carley and her friends and family will be
forever changed in entirely unexpected ways.
Lyrical, emotional, dramatic, and ultimately wonderfully
uplifting, Nancy Thayer’s latest novel is compelling from
its first page to its last.
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