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Unlock the door to the beach house . . . a place where life slows down, people come together, and love is the strongest force of all.Fourteen years ago, teenage Melinda Campbell was pregnant and terrified. Desperate to do what's best for her precious child, Melinda makes the most generous, heart-wrenching choice of all: adoption. Now she's living a successful life but missing her daughter with a longing that shadows every joy.Jeremy Richmond's life revolves around his adopted daughter, Shiloh, the girl who's owned his heart from the moment he first held her as an infant. They were a picture-perfect family until Jeremy's wife walked out, unable to face the specter of the chronic illness holding their daughter in its grasp.Then Shiloh tells her father she wants to meet her biological mother, and Jeremy agrees to find a woman he has no desire to meet.Now Melinda and Jeremy are brought together at the beach house, and they quickly realize their worlds will never be the same again. Will the beach house that has harbored troubled hearts for decades prove to be the balm they need to heal?

Return to the bestselling Beach House series with Mary Alice Monroe's tale of the struggles and triumphs of the historic Rutledge family of South Carolina. ';Authentic, generous, and heartfelt' (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author), this is an illuminating story of new beginnings, resilience, and one family's enduring love.Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Comforting in its familiarity, it is still rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara release the hold of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new career and love. Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate with an uncertain future, leaves her historic home in Charleston, with all its entitlement and expectations, and heads to her aunt's beach house. On the island, she is free to join the turtle team, learn to surf, and fall in love. Remembering the lessons of her beloved grandmother, Lovie, the original ';turtle lady,' Linnea rediscovers a meaningful purpose to her life and finds the courage she needs to break from tradition. In ';this tender and openhearted novel of familial expectations, new boundaries, and the power of forgiveness' (Booklist), three generations of the Rutledge family gather together to find the strength, love, and commitment to break destructive family patterns and to forge new bonds that will endure long beyond one summer reunion.

This "authentic, generous, and heartfelt" (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Summer of Lost and Found recounts one family's summer of forging new beginnings against the enduring beauty and resilience of the natural world. It's been sixteen years since Caretta "Cara" Rutledge has returned home to the beautiful shores of Charleston, South Carolina. Over those years, she has weathered the tides of deaths and births, struggles and joys. And now, as Cara prepares for her second wedding, her life is about to change yet again. Meanwhile, the rest of the storied Rutledge family is also in flux. Cara's niece, Linnea, returns to Sullivan's Island to begin a new career and an unexpected relationship. Linnea's parents, having survived bankruptcy, pin their hopes and futures on the construction of a new home on Ocean Boulevard. But as excitement over the house and wedding builds, a devastating illness strikes the family and brings plans to a screeching halt. It is under these trying circumstances that the Rutledge family must come together yet again to discover the enduring strength in love, tradition, and legacy from mother to daughter to granddaughter. "A heartwarming story of lowcountry love, loyalty, and longstanding friendships" (Booklist), On Ocean Boulevard is Mary Alice Monroe at her very best.