Beach House for Rent

By: Mary Alice Monroe

Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe

New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe returns to her beloved Isle of Palms in this addition to The Beach House series 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, it’s a win-win by any standard: Cara’s generating income necessary to keep husband Brett’s ecotourism boat business afloat, and anxiety-prone Heather, an young artist who’s 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 isn’t long, however, before both women’s idyllic summers are altered irrevocably: the alluring shorebirds—and the man who rescues them—begin to draw Heather out of the shell she’s cultivated toward a world of adventure, and maybe even love; at the same time, Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy, and she wishes only to return to the beach house that had once been her port amidst life’s 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 summer’s end they, too, can take flight in ways they never imagined possible.

Wonderful book for all beach lovers

The story was beautifully written and easy to follow and understand. Could hardly stop and wanted to listen until the ending. As a beach lover myself I appreciate Mary Alice Monroe for bringing awareness to the shorebirds and sea turtles.

The author is also a great reader!!

It’s just another great book. You just don’t want to out it down. I love series books & this is part of her Beach House series. Check them out!!

Pandemic

During the Pandemic of 2020, we were unable to travel to the beach. This series of books bright the beach, birds, breeze to me. Thank you for this beautiful book!

always Love MAM books

These books about Livey and Cara never disappoint. I love how we get to know about different species of wildlife from her.

wishing for more about Toy and other characters

A nice simple story to catch up with Cara. I wish there was more in the story about characters in previous books. the sound was too quiet. I had the tablet volume at 100% and the volume fluctuated...usually too low.