It’s here! The cover for my forthcoming novel, SUMMER STATE OF MIND! Truth time: I know I shouldn’t have favorites, but, you guys, this is my favorite cover EVER. I can’t even get over it! And the book inside? Well, I can’t wait to share it with you on May 5! Read on for more info! Thank you so much to everyone who has been sharing the cover and/or video on socials. You guys are just too amazing for words! Thank you, readers, always, always. I’m so excited for this next chapter together!
Recap of The GMA Reveal
This was definitely a moment I’ll never forget, seeing my newest book baby on national television! Thank you so much, GMA and GMA Book Club! You can watch the video here, or click over to the link below to check it out!
More About SUMMER STATE OF MIND
Want to know more about SUMMER STATE OF MIND? Listen to this quick video my pal Grace Bell from Grace Bell Photography helped me record for GMA! Or, read on below:
“Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina.
After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On her first day at her “simpler” job, high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden discovers an abandoned baby, sending ripples through the entire tight-knit town.
Mason is still struggling to reconcile the scars of the injury that kept him out of the big leagues, stuck in his hometown, and searching for a way out. This newcomer and the child they’ve saved together might be just the motivation he needs to stay put. Sparks fly as Mason introduces Daisy to his friends and family, including his batty Aunt Tilley, who is looking for relief from long-buried family secrets and her own fresh start.
But as Daisy becomes increasingly attached to this abandoned child, and begins facing her own demons in the process, a startling discovery is made that threatens to rip Cape Carolina apart, placing Daisy, Mason, and Tilley in the center of the storm. In a novel that proves that “Kristy Woodson Harvey is (the) go-to for elevated beach reads,” (People) they will each learn that with love, understanding – and a community theater production of Hello, Dolly! – sometimes life conspires to bring us just exactly where we belong.
I can’t wait to share more about SUMMER STATE OF MIND with you in the coming weeks and months! Stay tuned for information on my best preorder freebies EVER—which you can claim no matter when you’ve preordered— the Spring 2026 Friends & Fiction Subscription with Oxford Exchange, and a special preorder campaign I’m going to have coming up with my good friends at Nantucket Books. There’s so much to look forward to!
This Week on Friends and Fiction:
Tune in to catch this conversation that was recorded at a packed-house event at Trustee’s Theater in Savannah, GA on October 14, 2025. Hosted by the fine folks at the Savannah Book Festival, Kristy was in conversation with to celebrate the release of his newest novel, REMAIN: A Supernatural Love Story, a book that he co-wrote with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, which just debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller list, and which hits theaters soon as a major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal. An unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned screenwriter and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense, REMAIN is a one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection.
Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs Wed 10/29 at 7pm ET on the Facebook group page & YouTube channel. Catch the audio version when it airs on our podcast Fri 10/31.Thanks for reading Live Your Story! Subscription is totally free, and I love hanging out with you!
