Thursday, August 6, 2026

Summertime Guests

I picked up this book by Ms. Francis to take on vacation as I was in the mood for a mystery, which is only one aspect of this book. The rest I would say is part romance, part slice of life fiction. 

The story follows four couples in various stages of love/relationship. They are all at the Seafarer Hotel when someone falls to their death. 

The book does a lot of going back and forth between the present and the past, so be prepared to time jump often before the reveal of who died and how. Most of the time I didn't mind the skipping around, but other times I was annoyed. There's also quite a bit of telling instead of showing. 

That said, it was a solid read. 

Fair warning there are closed door intimate scenes, but nothing graphic on the page. Not squeaky clean, but you won't have to skip pages/parts while reading. A couple of swear words. 

Have you read any books by this author? If so, which one would you recommend?



THE SEAFARER IS THE PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN IN THE SUMMER...

With its rich history and famous guests, the glamorous Boston hotel is no stranger to drama. But the bustle at the iconic property reaches new heights one weekend in mid-June when someone falls tragically to her death, the event rippling through the lives of four very different people.

Bride-to-be Riley is at the hotel to plan her wedding. She would have preferred a smaller, more intimate celebration, but her bossy mother-in-law has taken charge and her fiancĂ© hasn’t seemed to notice. Jean-Paul, the hotel’s manager, is struggling to keep his marriage and new family afloat, but now he must devote all his energy to this latest scandal at work. Claire, recently widowed, comes to town to connect with a long-lost love, but has too much changed in the last thirty years? And then there’s Jason, whose romantic getaway with his girlfriend has not exactly gone the way he'd hoped and instead has him facing questions he can't bring himself to answer.

Over three sun-drenched days, as the truth about the woman who died—and the secret she was hiding—is uncovered, these four strangers become linked in the most unexpected of ways. Together, they just might find the strength they need to turn their own lives around.



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