
Whether or not you're heading to the beach this summer, these new summer reads can help you feel like you're on vacation. "The Guest Cottage" by Nancy Thayer, out now, follows two single parents who accidentally rent the same beach cottage. Click through the gallery to discover more upcoming releases.

Film location scout Greer Hennessy is desperately in need of the right beach town, but the mayor objects when she sets her sights on Cypress Key. "Beach Town" by Mary Kay Andrews is out now.

Two years after Merritt Heyward loses her husband, she inherits his family home -- including its past and its secrets. "The Sound of Glass" by Karen White is out now.

"The Summer's End" by Mary Alice Monroe, out now, is the conclusion to her Lowcountry Summer trilogy that follows the Muir family and their beloved estate on Sullivan's Island.

A woman receives an invitation from her estranged sister to their childhood lakeside home as her perfect life begins to unravel. "The Lake Season" by Hannah McKinnon releases on June 2.

Three middle-aged women bond after losing one of their own and discover different roads to happiness. "All the Single Ladies" by Dorothea Benton Frank releases on June 9.

Three friends reunite in the beach town where they grew up to confront their pasts. "Whisper Beach" by Shelley Noble comes out on June 16.

A young widow crosses paths with a screenwriter desperate for a story in Watersend, South Carolina. "The Idea of Love" by Patti Callahan Henry publishes on June 23.

A group of friends who used to spend every summer at the lake drifted apart over betrayal, but now it's time to reveal the truth. "A Week at the Lake" by Wendy Wax releases on June 23.

A struggling single mother looks back on her past, determined to make amends and revisit the family she left behind in Nantucket. "Summer Secrets" by Jane Green publishes on June 23.

A Nantucket author has writer's block and an approaching deadline when she realizes that her friend's crisis could be just the key. "The Rumor" by Elin Hilderbrand releases on June 16.

Lily St. Claire inherits a beach bungalow containing a wealth of old journals that reveal the past of her family that she never knew. "Summer at Hideaway Key" by Barbara Davis releases on August 4.

First love gets a second chance 25 years later in "Nantucket" by Nan Rossiter, releasing on August 25.


