For the Love of Summer

By: Susan Mallery

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes an unforgettable beach read about the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters and finding friendship with the unlikeliest person, perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emily Giffin…

As the owner of Twisted, Seattle’s best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She’s terrified that she’s losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her “other” family, especially to her stepmom, Allison.

All it takes to blow up Allison’s happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter ferrets out the truth, the teen rushes to the last person Allison wants to ask for help—her husband’s battle-ax ex.

Erica would do anything for Summer, even take in the woman her daughter loves like a second mom. Allison feels intimidated by Erica—a woman who would never let herself become so dependent on a man. But the more time they spend together, the more Allison realizes what Erica truly needs is a friend. Can two women who married the same man move beyond their complicated past and rethink what it means to be family?

Don’t miss Susan Mallery’s brand new novel, BEACH VIBES, a dazzling, clever and poignant story about the family we’re born into—and the one we create for ourselves, coming March 2025!

Discover more heartwarming tales by Susan Mallery:

• One Big Happy Family
• The Summer Book Club
• The Happiness Plan
• Home Sweet Christmas
• The Boardwalk Bookshop

Great author, wonderful book

This is one of my very favorite authors. Her story lines keep you coming back for more and always makes me smile. Keep the good books coming!

Great listen..

Liked very much! Easy to listen to. Narrator was easy to listen to which made me enjoy more.

Problem-solving

Allison’s problems were always solved a little too easily. They were real problems, but the way they were solved was kind of unrealistic.

Very engaging story

I enjoyed the storyline and how it worked out. Narration felt a little weird to me. More so for the men’s voices. It wasn’t that big of a deal.

Very interesting and quite different idea for a book

I found all the women in the story interesting, although each one just one notch too much. Alison got tedious with her constant fear and neediness, Erica was a bit too successful and forceful and Summer a bit too caring and compassionate for a teenager. Myra was fabulous as the mom, I really enjoyed her and the husband both the women fell for was the perfect unlikeable jerk.
And as always I really enjoyed Tanya Ebie. She’s a wonderful narrator, her voice flows faultlessly, she does men’s and children’s voices just as well as the women’s, you are never distracted by her style and her voice is warm and pleasant to listen to. In a narrated book the reader is so important and I always look forward to books Tanya narrates. I also very much appreciated no sex scenes-you never know with SM what you’ll get as she has written some pretty raunchy books, way too descriptive and uncomfortably close to porn, but happily, this was not one of those.