Get swept apart to the beautiful and breezy Isle of Hands with New York Times bestselling writer Mary Alice Monroe’s return to her “exceptional and heartwarming” (Web publishers Weekly) Beach Home series, set in South Carolina’s lowcountry.

Two women. One summertime. One very particular beach house.

Cara Rutledge rents her quaint cottage on Isle of Hands to Heather Fordham for the whole summer. As stunning as the Isle of Hands is, Heather’s nervousness retains her indoors with her caged canaries as she about Seaside Home for Rent paints birds for postage stamps. Eventually, however, the shore birds-and a guy who rescues them-lure her outside.

As the summer advances and Heather begins to blossom, Cara’s life reels with sudden tragedy. She wants only to come back home but Heather won’t budge from her sanctuary. As everything round the females is coming apart, they discover they are able to only depend on each other. Today, the two women who don’t actually know one another are compelled to live collectively and support one another because they navigate another section of their lives.

Featuring Monroe’s signature “lyrical, emotional, and gripping” (RT Book Reviews), Beach Home for Rent demonstrates the power and strength of female friendships.