Imagine Summer: A Novel

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The New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Beach delights with her latest beach read about two estranged sisters who must decide to face the past or risk history repeating itself.


As a child, Skylar Mackenzie’s imagination always got her in trouble. Now it’s making her a fortune. She owns Imagine That, a toy and bookstore and creativity center in a small Rhode Island beach town where children, and adults, can use their imagination free from judgment.

Skye is about to embark on her biggest venture yet, a weekend retreat of family exploration. But it begins to unravel when she finds her estranged half-sister Amy on the doorstep. And Amy’s not alone.

She’s brought Skye’s first love, Connor Reid—the boy who broke her heart; the man who could break it again.

Amy claims she wants to make amends—but how can Skye trust her? It was Amy’s lies that drove her from home fifteen years before. Suddenly, Skye’s perfectly imagined summer is in jeopardy. Not to mention her perfectly ordered life. Or her beloved town’s financial future.

With Amy back to her old trouble-making ways, and Connor making Skye wonder what might have been, Skye makes a decision that may cost her everything.

Imagine Summer is a story of discovery, trust, and the courage to dream.

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4.0
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Andrea Romance
May 12, 2021
Skye is a successful businesswomen with a happy romantic relationship—until her estranged half-sister Amy shows up without warning, bringing Skye's high school boyfriend with her. Amy still blames Skye for the fire that split up their family fifteen years earlier. Can Skye keep her happy life intact with Amy manipulating everyone in town? The dynamic between Skye and Amy seems like the classic scapegoat / golden child projection of a narcissistic mother (or in Skye's case, stepmother). Skye, the scapegoat, managed to escape and build a successful life independent of her parents. Amy, the golden child, is still enmeshed in her dependency, except that her parents will no longer have anything to do with her. So she turns to Skye, desperate for love and attention, without a strong sense of self, and blaming Skye for all the bad things that have happened in Amy's life. There's a lot going on in this book, and at times the plot feels a little scattered. But the author does a good job of showing the lasting havoc that can be wrought of a childhood gone wrong. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.
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About the author

Shelley Noble is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Whisper Beach, Beach Colors, and The Tiffany Girls, the story of the largely unknown women artists responsible for much of Tiffany’s legendary glasswork, as well as several historical mysteries. A former professor, professional dancer and choreographer, she now lives in New Jersey halfway between the shore, where she loves visiting lighthouses and vintage carousels, and New York City, where she delights in the architecture, the theatre, and ferreting out the old stories behind the new. Shelley is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Historical Novel Society.

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