Synopses & Reviews
In the summer of 1966, Christina HardcastleTiny” to her illustrious familystands on the brink of a breathtaking future. Of the three Schuyler sisters, shes the one raised to marry a man destined for leadership, and with her elegance and impeccable style, she presents a perfect camera-ready image in the dawning age of television politics. Together she and her husband, Frank, make the ultimate power couple: intelligent, rich, and impossibly attractive. It seems nothing can stop Frank from rising to national office, and hes got his sights set on a senate seat in November.
But as the season gets underway at the family estate on Cape Cod, three unwelcome visitors appear in Tinys perfect life: her volatile sister Pepper, an envelope containing incriminating photograph, and the intimidating figure of Franks cousin Vietnam-war hero Caspian, who knows more about Tinys rich inner life than anyone else. As she struggles to maintain the glossy façade on which the Hardcastle familys ambitions are built, Tiny begins to suspect that Frank is hiding a reckless entanglement of his own
one that may unravel both her own ordered life and her husbands promising career.
Review
Praise for Beatriz Williams “A riveting tale of murder and adultery.” —Us Weekly “[A] fast-paced love story . . . the scorching sun illuminates a friends betrayal and reignites a romance.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “Williams conjures up another substantive beach read steeped in history and familial intrigue. . . . Readers will love wallowing in the twists and turns of this irresistibly luxurious tale.” —Booklist
About the Author
Beatriz Williams is the
New York Timesbestselling author of
The Secret Life of Violet Grant,
A Hundred Summers, and
Overseas. She lives with her husband and children in Greenwich, Connecticut.