NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From author Sarah MacLean a razor-sharp wildly sexy novel about a
wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning . . . and the one week that threatens to
tear them apart. “Deliciously impossible to put down.”—Jodi Picoult “Addictive.”—Ali
Hazelwood “A gripping inheritance drama wrapped around a swoony summer romance.”— The New
York Times Book Review A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NPR
KIRKUS REVIEWS LIBRARY JOURNAL Alice Storm hasn’t been welcome at her family’s magnificent
private island off the Rhode Island coast in five years—not since she was cast out and built
her life beyond the Storm name influence and untold billions. But the shocking death of her
larger-than-life father changes everything. Alice plans to keep her head down pay her final
respects (such as they are) and leave the minute the funeral is over. Unfortunately her
father had other plans. The eccentric manipulative patriarch left his family a final
challenge—an inheritance game designed to upend their world. The rules are clear: spend one
week on the island complete their assigned tasks and receive the inheritance. But a whole
week on Storm Island is no easy task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is
bursting with chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s unyielding arrogance.
Her younger sister’s constant analysis of the vibes . Her mother’s cold judgment. And all under
the stern watchful gaze of Jack Dean her father’s intriguing and too-handsome
second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape unscathed. A smart and
tender story about the transformative power of grief love and family this luscious novel
explores past secrets present truths and futures forged in the wake of wild summer storms.
