Books written by Mary Alice Monroe

The Four Seasons

He told herto be proud of the aristocratic though slightly askew family inheritance, and in fact, she was. But it did nothing to enhance her beauty. “You are to me.” When he said things like that Birdie's heart did a quick flip and she ...
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The Beach House & Swimming Lessons: The Beach House\Swimming Lessons

His hair was tousled from running his hands through it and everything from his tie to his gaze seemed askew. When he turned toward her and looked into her face, his bloodshot eyes were those of the little boy who had sat on the stairs ...
Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank

From Patti Callahan, bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis and Surviving Savannah, comes The Bridemaids, a story about a trip to the South Carolina beach.
The Long Road Home

Recovering from the shock of her husband's suicide and trying to deal with his debts, Nora MacKenzie looks for peace on the small farm in Vermont, but a handsome farmhand shows up and her reaction is anything but peaceful. Original.
The Long Road Home

Her husband's suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless.
The Summer of Lost and Found

"The coming of Spring usually means renewal, but for Linnea Rutledge, Spring 2020 threatens stagnation.
Swimming Lessons

Toy Sooner has dealt with enough rough waves in her troubled past.
The Beach House

Returning to the Lowcountry at the request of her mother, Caretta Rutledge, who had thought she had forever buried her Southern roots and her troubled family, unexpectedly begins to reconnect with her friends and family while fixing up the ...
Beach House Memories

A tale exploring themes of class, women's rights and domestic abuse in the 1970s American South shares the story of The Beach House's Lovie Rutledge, who reflects on a summer during which a beach vacation to escape her unfaithful, ...
The Summer Wind

Raising her autistic child alone after being abandoned by her husband, Dora, who for years played the role of a perfect wife in a loveless marriage, spends a stormy summer of healing and self-discovery with her half-sisters and grandmother.
Beach House Reunion

The New York Times bestselling author and “skilled storyteller who never lets her readers down” (Huffington Post) returns to her beloved Beach House series with this “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York ...
The Summer's End

A conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Summer Wind finds Mamaw and the three sisters confronting loss and transition after realizing that they will have to sell their beloved Sullivan's Island estate.
On Ocean Boulevard

It is under these trying circumstances that the Rutledge family must come together yet again to discover the enduring strength in love, tradition, and legacy from mother to daughter to granddaughter. “A heartwarming story of lowcountry ...
The Four Seasons

As they gather for the funeral of their younger sister, the Season sisters are inspired to undertake a cross-country odyssey in search of a stranger with the power to mend their shattered lives and to free themselves from the bitter secrets ...
Last Light Over Carolina

In a Southern shrimping village, the entire town rallies to find a missing vessel and its captain, Bud Morrison.
The Book Club

Linked by their monthly book club meetings, five women in suburban Chicago come to realize that they share more than just the books they read as they struggle with a number of life-changing issues and discover the true meaning of friendship ...
The Book Club

They are five women from different walks of life, embracing the challenge of change. As they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club – friendship.
Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter

A mother's journal of a summer spent with her daughter on an island among loggerhead turtles.
Swimming Lessons

Toy Sooner, a marine biologist opening a turtle rehab facility with the help of a director at the South Carolina Aquarium, must find a way to deal with the return of her daughter's vindictive father, who has just been released from prison.
The Summer of Lost and Found

A timely, tender, and compassionate tale of perseverance, love, and the bonds of family in the face of tremendous and sometimes painful upheaval in this latest novel in the New York Times bestselling Beach House series.