A few weeks ago, I opened my mailbox and found a book from our friend Mary Kay inside…
And like all of her books, I could not put that sucker down! Read the whole thing in three days!
I kept telling myself I should slow down and just read a certain number of chapters per day- but I couldn’t do it. I just had to know how it ended! It’s about three childhood friends from Savannah (Julia, Ellis and Dorie) who spend a month at a tumbledown beach house called Ebbtide on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Their plan is to recapture the friendship of their youth, but things don’t go quite as easy breezy as planned. It’s jam-packed with humor, intrigue, suspense and a few steamy Summer romances too!
I couldn’t help but envision the “Nights in Rodanthe” house the whole time I was reading it…
(Did’ja hear they moved that house so it wouldn’t get swallowed up by the sea? It’s available for rent now too!)
Summer Rental hits bookstores on June 7th, but Mary Kay is signing two copies for two Lettered Cottage readers this weekend, so if you’d like to throw your name in the hat, just leave a comment on this post and we’ll randomly select two winners at noon (Central Time) on Sunday, June 5th. And in addition to the book, each winner will receive a set of Mary Kay’s recipe cards and an “MKA” beachy bumper sticker. Good luck!
PS- The painting on the home page of our site today was created by Donna Robertson, and if you missed Mary Kay’s “Summer Rental Essentials” guest post the other day, click here after you leave a comment! Also, in case anyone is interested: Page and Palette Bookstore in Fairhope, Alabama is hosting a “Read It & Eat” with Mary Kay at Tamara’s Downtown on Friday, June 10th. Mary Kay will lead a discussion beginning at 1:00pm over a lunch at Tamara’s, followed by a book signing at Page & Palette. Event tickets are $35 and include admission to the Read It & Eat, your lunch, and a hardback copy of Summer Rental. Tickets available at Tamara’s Downtown and PageandPalette.com!
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I have recently found and read all of Mary Kay Anderws books an every last one of them were great. Cannot wait to get a copy of her new one. Purchased copies of them all so i will buy this one in case I do not win. Love her sense of humor it is contagious. Have all my friends reading her work now.
Sign me up! I have a stack of books going right now but there’s always room for one more! Thanks for the generous giveaway!
i love summer reading!!
As I open my book, the pages turn from the salty breeze as the ocean sprays my feet. I’d love a book!
I can’t wait, it perfect for my upcoming summer vacations or book club on June 30th!
Sounds like a great summer read!!
I love Mary Kay! Thanks for the opportunity !
I’m a big Mary Kay fan. I’ve read her books and reread them by audio in my car and love the southern drawl of the narrator. I’d love to have a copy of her new book! Thanks for the chance.
Hi Layla, i just stumbled across your site the other night and could not stop reading! Sound familiar?
Anyway, i would love to have a good book to read this summer – especially bout estranged friends trying to recapture their relationship. Would do me a lot of good right now 🙂
i would love to read this book!
Love Mary Kay Andrews. Have read all her books and was waiting patiently for Summer Rental to finally come out!!
I LOVE Mary Kay’s books!!!!!!!!! I have read them all!
Think about how fun it would be to go shopping with
Mary Kay and Layla!!!!
would love to read this after enjoying so many of her other books!
This book sounds great! I’m working on my summer reading list and would love to add this one. Thanks!
I want to win! Looks like a great book to read on vacation at the beach!
I would love to read this one!!
I’ve been waiting for this book to come out for soooo long. I own every book MK has written and can’t wait to add this to my collection! I’m addicted to her southern humor and have gotten all my friends reading her now too. An autographed copy of one of her books would be a great addition–crossing my fingers 🙂
I can never put down MKA’s books! I’ve read them all! I am so excited for a new one….please, throw my name in the hat!
Wasn’t it lovely for our favorite author to write us something new for summer vacation. I am like you, I always read them too quickly!!
I’m not familiar with any of her books, but from the comments, it sounds like I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Crossing my fingers!
My all time FAVORITE author! Got hooked with “Hissy Fit” while recouping from surgery in 2004 and her books have been the reading material of choice for my “get well” gifts among other occassions. This is the only one I don’t have! And I loved MK’s guest blog. Her list of 10 for beach houses was a bonus since my husband and I are in the midst of renovated a cottage in PCB…can’t wait!!
Oh, and a BIG happy birthday to you Sunday Layla!!
All the best,
Jeanne
Wow! I love your blog and I love MKA! Summer Rental is on my must read lkist this summer – I so hope I win!!!
Awesome I would love a chance at winning the book!:) And if I don’t win, I’ll definitely be looking for it.
ooohh….what fun! Going to the beach this summer and would love to take this with me for the week! Thanks so much for the chance to win! Pam N.
Enter me! Enter me!!!
I would love a copy of Summer Rental. Thanks for the chance.
My mom and I both love Mary Kay Andrews… her birthday is in a few weeks and I think a signed copy of her latest book would be the perfect gift! 🙂
It’s on my bucket list to read ONE book this summer. (more than one if the kids don’t find me hiding out on my lawn chair in the back yard!)
MK’s books are the reason I insisted my mom, sister and myself go to savannah last year for vacation! Love them!
I would love a copy. I’m looking forward to some time off of school in August and hoping to read a book. I would love to read one about the beach since I’m dying to get down to one.
Jessica
Always looking for a great summer read! My five kiddos and I have all committed to reading at least one book per week throughout the summer…I’d love to throw this one in the mix!
I could use a good read 4 days in and my boys are already stuck to the video games…not from me not dragging them out though. I keep interrupting them…maybe this would give them some peace to play..lol
I WOULD LOVE THIS!!
Can’t get to the beach this year, so reading about one in a great location is a close next best!!
Thanks!!!!
Sounds like an awesome summer read. I would love to win a copy!
There is nothing like a Summer Rental and nothing like a good summer read! I would love to find myself by the ocean with a good book this summer. Thanks for offering us a chance to win!
Peggy
I am reading one of her books, “Hissy Fit” now and would love to bring this one to the beach with me!
I would love a copy! I’ve been in love with her books since I got an advanced reader or Savannah Blues! When I ran a bookstore I always recommended her books! They are fantastic!
I am always looking for a good book and this one surely looks like a winner. I would love to win.
Driving to Nova Scotia this summer with the family, would love a good read!
Love reading and would totally enjoy receiving a copy of this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love good books!
I haven’t read a non-children’s book in so long! This sounds right up my ally 🙂
Sounds like a great summer read! Would love to win it!
So ready for some summer reading. Lets get some new books on the nightstand…in the pool tote…next to my rocker on the front porch! 🙂
I would love to win!
I really need a good read to escape to the beach!! Maybe I can pretend to be there while my 5 kids drive me nuts! Pick me! Pick me!!
Pick me! Pick me! I love her books. My sister lives in Savannah and I live in Oregon and I first read Mary Kay Andrews’ books (Savannah Blues and The Fixer Upper) on the plane to go visit my sister…
The wait for this book is killing me. Now a chance to win a copy? Great start to the summer.
I go to the Outer Banks every year and always enjoy a book set there. Would love to win this and have it signed!