Beach House Rules

Charlotte Sitterly's comfortable life detonates overnight: her husband is arrested for a white-collar crime, the FBI locks her and her teenage daughter, Iris, out of their own home, and a vicious anonymous account makes them the talk of their small coastal North Carolina town. Cut off from her money and her old life, Charlotte lands at a faded beachfront bed-and-breakfast that has become a haven, and a kind of mommune, for a community of single mothers. There, amid gossip and unexpected friendship, she and Iris begin to rebuild, even as Iris, channeling her inner Nancy Drew, sets out to prove her father innocent. From North Carolina's bestselling Kristy Woodson Harvey comes a warm, funny, big-hearted novel about mother-daughter bonds, the families we choose, and the strength women find in one another. The perfect summer read. Available now at Spindle & Spine Bookstore.