June Baby

<p><b>In this moving debut novel set over one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss and and a startling secret. A transporting read for fans of <i>I</i><i>nto the Blue</i>, Lily King, <i>The Paper Palace</i>, Elin Hilderbrand and <i>The Wedding People</i>. </b></p><p> 'A novel about grief and first love...tender and precise' <b>Coco Mellors</b></p><p>'The book of the summer... juicy romance, explosive family secrets, and a delicious island setting' <b>Elin Hilderband</b></p><p>'Sun-drenched... a glittering debut' <b>Jenny Jackson</b></p><p><b>'</b>A love letter to summer romance' <i><b>New York Times Book Review</b></i></p><p>The first summer Ruth arrives on Block Island, she is seventeen, her mother is dead and she has nothing in her pocket but a receipt scrawled with the name Diana Beckett. Diana, a renowned photographer, takes Ruth in, and the island becomes the refuge she returns to each June. It is a place to grieve, to write - and to fall in love for the first time, with Diana's nephew Charlie.</p><p>Now, ten years on, Diana dies suddenly and Ruth's world is turned upside down once more. She goes to Block Island to admit her feelings to Charlie - but he has his own revelation to share. And when Ruth receives a box left to her in Diana's will, its contents raise questions about just how well she knew the two women who raised her...</p><p><b>Salt-kissed and moving, <i>June Baby</i> is a tender slow burn about love, grief and the crossroads of life, set against a backdrop of golden dunes and fading sunsets. </b></p>