A Novel Summer

🎧Run Time = 9 hours & 7 minutes

⭐"The perfect summer beach read! Rival bookshops, second chance romance, friend drama, it was the perfect book to curl up and escape to the Cape.”—Pamela Kelley, bestselling author of Bookshop by the Bay

A “rich, satisfying, and surprising” read (Adriana Trigiani): Shelby Archer’s first novel became a bestseller, but the story she wrote left her Cape Cod hometown feeling betrayed. When she returns to manage a beloved bookshop, Shelby must choose between repairing the past or chasing a career that could cost her everything.
⭐“Jamie Brenner has outdone herself” (Kristy Woodson Harvey).

Author Shelby Archer found inspiration for her first novel while living on the picturesque shores of Provincetown on Cape Cod. When she comes to the town to celebrate her new bestseller, she is expecting a warm homecoming. But instead she is confronted with the cold shoulders of friends and neighbors who feel exposed and betrayed.

Heartbroken, Shelby tries to move on and focus on her next novel. But then an unexpected call comes: her dear friend who owns the beloved Land's End bookshop needs help for the summer. Shelby reluctantly returns to the Cape to manage the store.

Back at the beach, Shelby sets her focus on the tiny seaside shop, getting lost in the shelves of steamy romance novels and dusty classics and trying to right the wrongs of her past. With every page turned and every customer served, Shelby comes closer to gaining back the trust of those she hurt. But as her manuscript deadline nears, she is again forced to choose between her own success and a second chance at love and belonging.