Katie Doyle meets handsome, charmer George Porter, at a
teaching conference at the Portland Hilton, where he entices
her to escape the seminar and be with him. They click and
begin a sexual relationship spending a lot of time together.
When he meets, Huck, Katie's 8-year-old son, George treats
Huck with affection and lots of special attention. As
George is preparing to return to Manhattan, where he is a
successful investor, George invites Katie and Huck to spend
the summer at his vacant family cottage in the Hamptons.
His offer is rent-free, along with a beat-up car to use, no
strings attached. George lives a few blocks away with his
mother and would visit them when his schedule permits. It
would be a good way to get really acquainted and see what
happens? Katie refuses but later thinks it would be a great
way for Huck to make new friends and start a new life in a
new locale. The recent death of her mother from cancer has
left her alone and adrift. Huck's father left before Huck
even learned to sit and Katie had no other family and only a
few, but not close, friends. It suddenly seemed like the
ideal solution to start a new beginning with Huck. Perhaps a
new job for Katie and who knows what will happen with
George? Katie and Huck begin to pack. Hamptons here we come!
After a six-hour red-eye flight from Portland, an hour and a
half Long Island Railroad ride to Southhampton, and 15
minutes in a taxi, they find the small cottage. It looks in
need of repairs but the sea air is welcome and invigorating.
When she sees a small pail filled with freshly picked
cherries sitting on the porch, she knows it is a welcome
from George and immediately starts to unpack and explore her
new "home."
Many homeowners like the Chase family are among the 1% of
the mega-rich who vacation at their lavish homes in the
Hamptons. Nate, Julia and their three children arrive in
their private helicopter. Once landed, the family waits
until the blades are still, their matching nine pieces of
Goyard Luggage, costing thousands, is moved into the waiting
Cadillac Escalade SUV with the license plate, BEACH 1. Nate
has six other personal cars. The family deplanes including
Betsy, the white bulldog wearing her own Goyard leash.
Driven to their elegant waterfront home, it is time for the
Chase family to begin their catered party. A huge guest
list, fantastic menu, exotic drinks adding up to an
overwhelming price tag. Nate is a show-off and nothing but
the best is "on tap" for the kick-off to another season.
The Hamptons is not just a playground for the very rich and
famous, it is also filled with families who have lived and
worked there for generations. The Tide Runners Camp is owned
and operated by native born and bred, Luke, a marine
biologist teacher in the offseason, and his Hawaiian buddy
and womanizer, Kona. They teach the rich children water
safety, how to jet ski, water tube, wind surf, anything
about the water at a cost of $150 for three hours. They
cater to all ages, from 4 to 70 and have great respect for
the power of the ocean. They have rules forbidding reckless
behavior and operate a filled to capacity camp.
Holly Peterson transports us to the most elite address on
the East coast with delicious descriptions that delight. The
story of Kate, Huck, George and Luke is a tale, filled with
twists and turns and the addition of many colorful
characters who add ZEST to the story. An entertaining beach
read that will tempt you to pack a bag and head to the
Hamptons. Bravo, Ms. Peterson. IT HAPPENS IN THE HAMPTONS
sparkles!
In the Hamptons, the everyday people are as
complicated and fascinating as the millionaires...
When Katie Doyle moves across the country to the Hamptons,
she is hoping for summer employment, new friends for her
young son, and a chance to explore a new love affair with a
dazzling investor. What she finds is a strange cocktail of
classes, where society’s one-percenters vacation alongside
local, hard-working people who’ve lived in the Hamptons for
generations. Though she’s looking forward to their move,
Katie is wary about mingling with her boyfriends’ East Coast
elite circles. She soon discovers Southampton isn’t all that
it seems to be on the surface—and neither are the people who
live there.
As George takes Katie on a whirlwind tour of country clubs,
haute couture, and lavish events, she is amazed to witness
sudden whims become dire needs, extra-marital affairs
blossoming right and left, and people purchase friends and
loyalties like a pair of shoes. Even the middle-class
townspeople maintain a determined façade while maneuvering
like sharks among the wealthy summer invaders.
The more Katie becomes immersed, the more she learns the
secrets of both the upstairs and downstairs, the upper crust
and middle of the road. The combustion between the classes
becomes explosive as the summer tears on. Betrayals, a
sexual predator, and a missing person lost in murky waves
drive the reader on a racing Learjet ride through impossible
twists and turns until landing at the shocking conclusion.
When she meets Luke, a local surfer and middle school
teacher, he makes her question what it is she really wants
as she understands the life she’s begun for herself is built
on shifting Hamptons’ dunes.
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