William Morrow, $14.99, 368 pp., paperback original
The story: An up-and-coming New York designer flees to her family beach house when her husband disappears with their money, leaving her nothing.
Sizzle factor: Margaux is a “summer person,” her police chief love interest a “townie,” so it could never work, right?
Why it belongs in your beach bag: One description of quaint, fictional Crescent Cove, Con., will have you yearning for a preppy New England retreat, complete with rocky bluffs and greasy clam rolls.
2 1/2 stars
— Lindsay Deutsch
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Summer's hot beach reads
