The Sweetest Summer: A Bayberry Island Novel

by Susan Donovan

Overview

A practical-minded police chief and his first love get a second chance at romance in this novel in the Bayberry Island series.

Every instinct told Police Chief Clancy Flynn that his island’s claim to fame was nothing but a silly tourist attraction. But now and then, he couldn’t help but wonder if his lifetime of bad romances—starting with the pretty tourist who broke his fourteen-year-old heart—could be traced back to a childhood prank involving a mermaid statue...

Then one day the pretty tourist comes barreling back into Bayberry—all grown-up and on the run with her niece. Though Evelyn McGuinness is wanted for kidnapping, she tries to persuade Clancy that there’s more to the story. Now the by-the-book police chief must make the toughest decision of his life: to take Evelyn into custody—or into his arms...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101618448
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/05/2014
Series:	Bayberry Island Novel , #2
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	162,944
File size:	980 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Susan Donovan’s novels have won accolades for being witty, sexy, and entertaining. A former newspaper reporter with journalism degrees from Northwestern University, Susan is a USA Today and a New York Times extended list bestseller whose novels have been translated into dozens of languages. The author of Sea of Love, Susan is a two-time RITA Award finalist and her novel Take a Chance on Me was named Best Contemporary Romance of 2003 by RT Book Reviews magazine. She lives in Maryland with her family and assorted pets.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Susan Donovan will steal your heart.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Christina Dodd

“Donovan’s blend of romance and mystery is thrilling.”—Booklist

“Ms. Donovan knows how to tell a story that will make your heart melt.”—Night Owl Reviews

Editorial Reviews

06/30/2014
Donovan (Sea of Love) opens this ostensible romance with a most unromantic prologue of obscenity-laced, macho dialogue among adolescent boys. The most profane and contemptuous of the lot grows up to be 32-year-old Clancy Flynn, a divorcé and a coward. Oh, and the chief of police, because this is a romantic thriller, with a child in peril, a slimy federal politician, and more than a few laws broken—many of them by the heroine, Evelyn McGuinness, who crosses state lines to abduct her orphaned niece. Once past the decidedly off-putting entr’acte, Donovan lays down a plot that entertains, but it’s staffed by characters who clearly exist to fill a genre slot or set up a few gags. The obvious puppet strings prevent strong reader identification with the story’s imbroglios, situational or emotional. The success of the story hinges on flashbacks to 14-year-old Clancy falling in love with Evie the first time, and the awkward, raw underage sexuality will make some readers squirm and others sigh. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Susan Donovan

“Susan Donovan will steal your heart.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Christina Dodd

“Donovan’s blend of romance and mystery is thrilling.”—Booklist

“Ms. Donovan knows how to tell a story that will make your heart melt.”—Night Owl Reviews

From the Publisher