“ will make readers want to hop on the next ferry to seek out their own dreams and romance. Inspiring and true to life, The Guest Cottage is Nancy Thayer at her finest, inscribing in graceful, knowing prose matters of the heart and the meaning of family. But as the summer unfolds and the families grow close, Sophie and Trevor must ask themselves if the guest cottage is all they want to share. Still, determined to make this a summer their kids will always remember, the two agree to share the Swensons’ Nantucket house. Hoping a quiet summer on the Nantucket coast will help him reconnect with Leo, Trevor rents a guest house on the beautiful island from his friend Ivan Swenson.īest-laid plans run awry when Sophie and Trevor realize they’ve mistakenly rented the same house. Trevor is the last person to imagine himself, age thirty and on his own, raising a little boy like Leo-smart and sweet, but grappling constantly with his mother’s death, growing more and more closed off. Her books concern the mysteries and romance of families and relationships and the humorous adventures of growing older. Impulsively renting a guest cottage on Nantucket from her friend Susie Swenson, Sophie rounds up her kids, Jonah and Lacey, and leaves Boston for a quiet family vacation, minus one.Īlso minus one is Trevor Black, a software entrepreneur who has recently lost his wife. Nancy Thayer is the author of nineteen novels, including Summer House, The Hot Flash Club series, Moon Shell Beach, Stepping, and Three Women At The Water's Edge.

When her husband echoes that lonely question, announcing that he’s leaving her for another woman, Sophie realizes she has no idea what’s next. But on a warm summer night, as the house grows quiet around her and her children fall asleep, she wonders what’s missing from her life. She knows her role in life: supportive wife of a successful architect and calm, capable mother of two. Sensible thirty-six-year-old Sophie Anderson has always known what to do. New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer whisks readers back to the beloved island of Nantucket in this delightful novel about two single parents who accidentally rent the same summer house-and must soon decide where their hearts truly lie.

Summer House by Nancy Thayer