The Beach House & Swimming LessonsFrom the New York Times Bestselling Author of ON OCEAN BOULEVARD Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe brings readers two beautifully rendered stories that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters THE BEACH HOUSE Caretta Rutledge thought shed left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mothercoming just as her

and a relentless German onslaught

and its members are not happy to see them

and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help Bartholomew

Under different circumstances

and Pete can't wait to meet him

faults and uncertainties

In fifty poems

the translucent twilight

songs and plays

Nicholas Budgeon

What did he have to worry about

Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze