Hello, friends! What if the worst thing that ever happened… turned out to be the beginning of something magical?
That’s the question at the heart of BEACH HOUSE RULES, my latest novel arriving in TWO SHORT WEEKS on May 27! I had so much fun writing this one—about Charlotte, a Southern woman whose life implodes in spectacular fashion, and her daughter Iris, who’s just trying to keep it all together. When they find themselves exiled from their picture-perfect world and land in a seaside mommune full of secrets, single moms, and a gossipy town Instagram account, things start to unravel… in the best possible way.
This is a story about sisterhood, second chances, and the kind of summer that changes everything.
Preorder now and receive:
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A signed bookplate
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A beautiful Beach House Rules bookmark
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A Beach House Rules magnet
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And a very cute keychain to get you dreaming of vacation spots on sandy shores
Just fill out this form after ordering to claim your gifts! I was going to make this my last preorder freebie week, but instead I ordered more items! If you are interested in preordering and getting these freebies make sure to do it soon because once this second round of items is gone I won’t be ordering more.
A Beach House Rules Excerpt in Cosmopolitan…
Cosmopolitan shared an exclusive excerpt of Beach House Rules yesterday! Make sure to check out this amazing feature where I *might* have almost fallen over while reading “Queen of the Beach Read…”
Come see me in Spartanburg…
Hey, Spartanburg, SC! The BEACH HOUSE RULES Tour is kicking off SO SOON. Join me with @sprucespartanburg on May 26 at 3:30 pm to grab your copy, mix, and mingle! No ticket is necessary. Thank you so much to @bellemag_official for this beyond darling feature to help me promote the new book. Such a great town, and I can’t wait to be back!
Check out the full issue: https://simplebooklet.com/bellemay25#page=1
This Week on Friends and Fiction
Join us Wed 5/14 at 7pm ET on the FRIENDS AND FICTION Facebook page and YouTube channel as Ron Block & Kristin Harmel welcome NYT-bestselling author and award-winning food editor and restaurant critic @Ruth Reichl to discuss her book THE PARIS NOVEL, which was an instant bestseller that met with rave reviews in hardcover last year and was recently released in trade paperback.
Ruth Reichl is the NYT- bestselling author of five memoirs (including SAVE ME THE PLUMS), the novel DELICIOUS!, and the cookbook MY KITCHEN YEAR. A former restaurant critic for both The Los Angeles Times and the New York Times and Editor-in-Chief of Gourmet Magazine, Ruth has been honored with six James Beard Awards and the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award. An adventure through the food, art, and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris, Ruth’s THE PARIS NOVEL was called “mouthwatering” by the New York Times, “an enchanting and irresistible feast” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, and named a Best Book of the Year by Saveur and Food & Wine. Our resident cookbook reviewer and James Beard judge, Ron Block, and our very own Paris expert, Kristin Harmel, are so excited to talk to Ruth all about this irresistible novel that we devoured when it came out in hardcover last year.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 5/14 or catch it on our podcast Fri 5/16.
See you on May 27th…
