Lyrical emotional dramatic and packed with Nancy Thayerrsquos trademark warmth and wisdom 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 After her husbandrsquos sudden death Carley Winsted is determined to keep her two daughters in their beloved home on Nantucket To ease the familyrsquos financial strain she decides to transform their grand historic house into a bed-and-breakfast Not everyone however thinks this plan prudent or quite respectablemdashespecially not Carleyrsquos 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 And her late husbandrsquos former law partner is making Carley confront an array of mixed feelings Then during a late-summer heat wave the lives of Carley and her friends and family will be forever changed in entirely unexpected waysLook for special features inside Join the Circle for author chats and more RandomHouseReadersCirclecom.
