Beach House for Rent (The Beach House)

ISBN: 1501125524

Author: Monroe, Mary Alice

Condition: New

New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe returns to her beloved Isle of Palms to tell the poignant, charming story of two women, one summer, and one very special beach house.When Cara Rutledge rents out her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to Heather Wyatt for the entire summer, its a win-win by any standard: Caras generating income necessary to keep husband Bretts ecotourism boat business afloat, and anxiety-prone Heather, an young artist whos been given a commission to paint birds on postage stamps, has a quiet space in which to work and tend to her pet canaries uninterrupted.It isnt long, however, before both womens idyllic summers are altered irrevocably: the alluring shorebirds-and the man who rescues them-begin to draw Heather out of the shell shes cultivated toward a world of adventure, and maybe even love; at the same time, Caras life reels with sudden tragedy, and she wishes only to return to the beach house that had once been her port amidst lifes storms. When Heather refuses to budge from her newfound sanctuary, so begins the unlikeliest of rooming situations. While they start out as strangers, as everything around the women falls apart they learn that the only thing they can really rely on is each other.And, like the migrating shorebirds that come to the island for the summer, these two women of different generations must rediscover their unique strengths so by summers end they, too, can take flight in ways they never imagined possible.