- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Crown (May 31, 2016)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet comes
a novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake made sixty
years ago that threatens to change a modern family forever.
Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family’s
crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the
woman who raised her—her grandmother, June. But a knock on the door
forces her out of isolation. Cassie has been named the sole heir to
legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery’s vast fortune. How did Jack
Montgomery know her name? Could he have crossed paths with her
grandmother all those years ago? What other shocking secrets could
June’s once-stately mansion hold?
Soon Jack’s famous daughters come knocking, determined to wrestle
Cassie away from the inheritance they feel is their due. Together, they
all come to discover the true reasons for June’s silence about that
long-ago summer, when Hollywood came to town, and June and Jack’s lives
were forever altered by murder, blackmail, and betrayal. As this
page-turner shifts deftly between the past and present, Cassie and her
guests will be forced to reexamine their legacies, their definition of
family, and what it truly means to love someone, steadfastly, across the
ages.
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MIRANDA BEVERLY-WHITTEMORE is the author of three other novels:
New York Times bestseller
Bittersweet;
Set Me Free, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, given annually for the best book of fiction by an American woman; and
The Effects of Light. A recipient of the
Crazyhorse Prize in Fiction, she lives and writes in Brooklyn.
Connect with Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
My Review:
My review will be short and sweet. This was a great read! I was totally blown away by how absorbing this book was! I started it and literally didn't put it down until the last page. I loved the moody atmosphere and the characters. The plot was intriguing and written beautifully.
I loved the alternating time periods and how each affected the other. The love stories, while brief, were chock full of emotion. I usually am not a fan of this tactic, but in June it worked perfectly and was very well written!
June has some great characters too! I loved Lindie and Cassie. I loved how Lindie was written. Cassie is a perfectly flawed character that I instantly liked a lot.
So final verdict. June is a great book. It was a quick read but still packed a wonderful punch!
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