Synopses & Reviews
After a close friend commits suicide, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head to the beach cottage on Hilton Head Island. Determined to heed her advice and make the most of their lives, they make a pact to spend the summer embracing new adventures. They also embrace new men and a new best friend along the way.
Filled with profound passion and sensuality, witty dialogue and richly drawn characters, this is a story of women having fun, embracing life, taking charge, and doing the things they want -and discovering in the process that everyone deserves to kick the routine every once in a while, let their hair down and explore new things. And if the right man comes along, especially one who is willing to make an already hot summer even hotter, then pushing the envelope just might give her life the jolt it needs.
Synopsis
Following the suicide of a close friend, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head for a Hilton Head beach house, where they are determined to spend the summer making the most of their lives, enjoying new adventures, finding new men, and strengthening their own friendship with one another. Reader's Guide included. Original. 50,000 first printing.
About the Author
Brenda Jackson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Westmorelands series and, from St. Martins Press, Some Like It Hot, Taste of Passion and The Playa's Handbook, among others. She was the first African-American author to have a book published under the Harlequin/Silhouette Desire line of books and the first African-American romance author to make USA Today's Bestseller's List and the New York Times Bestseller's List for the series romance genre. Jackson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Jacksonville University, and worked for thirty-seven years in management at a major insurance company. She now divides her time between family, writing and traveling. She has been married for thirty-seven years to her childhood sweetheart, Gerald, and they have two sons. She lives in the city where she was born, Jacksonville, Florida.
Reading Group Guide
1. Do you feel Faith, Monique, and Shannon were right to feel guilty because they didnt know that Cely felt like giving up? Should they have known, since they were all close friends for many years?
2. Was Faith justified in keeping Shane at arms length because of what she went through with her first marriage?
3. Considering Shannons mind-set regarding the type of man she wanted, did Adam handle the situation effectively? Should he have been more or less tolerant? Why?
4. Why do you think it was easy for Monique to fall in love with a man like Lyle after losing “the perfect husband”?
5. Do you think Zack handled the situation with Anna properly, making sure a political career was something she wanted before deciding to run for public office?
6. What did you like most about the book?
7. Which hero was definitely what a woman would want, more so than the others? Why?
8. Do you think Faith and Monique had realistic
expectations about what they wanted? Why or
why not?
9. Do you think Shannon was wrong in allowing her
parents to influence her feelings regarding the type of man she wanted in her future? Would you let your parents influence you?
10. Which of the four women do you think had the most emotional baggage? How did each deal with it?