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Loss of Innocence (Martha’s Vineyard 2)

Loss of Innocence (Martha’s Vineyard 2)
  • Author(s): Richard North Patterson
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s, Modern

June, 1968. America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane – spending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha’s Vineyard – life could not be safer, nor the future...

Off-Island

Off-Island
  • Author(s): Marlene Hauser
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Krista Bourne has always been surrounded by the strength, love and wealth of her family and their homes in New York City and Martha’s Vineyard. She has never had to think for herself. Living with boyfriend Michael and her...

Rules for Moving

Rules for Moving
  • Author(s): Nancy Star
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard, New Jersey
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From bestselling author Nancy Star comes a deeply moving novel about the truths we hide from others and the lies we tell ourselves. To the outside world, beloved advice columnist Lane Meckler has all the answers. What no one...

Someone Else’s Secret

Someone Else’s Secret
  • Author(s): Julia Spiro
  • Location(s): Boston, Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 2009/2019

2009. Lindsey and Georgie have high hopes for their summer on Martha’s Vineyard. In the wake of the recession, ambitious college graduate Lindsey accepts a job as a nanny for an influential family who may help her land a...

Summer Darlings

Summer Darlings
  • Author(s): Brooke Lea Foster
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

“Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny–a college...

Summer on the Bluffs

Summer on the Bluffs
  • Author(s): Sunny Hostin
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to Oak Bluffs, the most exclusive black beach community in the country. Known for its gingerbread Victorian-style houses and modern architectural marvels, this picturesque town hugging the sea is a mecca for the crème de la crème of...

Summer Sisters

Summer Sisters
  • Author(s): Judy Blume
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Vix Leonard is twelve when she meets dazzling, reckless Caitlin Somers. Invited to spend holidays on Martha’s Vineyard with Caitlin and her eccentric, mysterious family, Vix is welcomed into a life totally unlike her own. As days of bold...

The Ghost

The Ghost
  • Author(s): Robert Harris
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now… The narrator of Robert Harris’s gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter – cynical, mercenary, and with a nice line in deadpan...

The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club

The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club
  • Author(s): Martha Hall Kelly
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2016 / 1942

2016 Fresh from her mother’s funeral, Mari arrives on Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts to study under the enigmatic painter Elizabeth Devereux. But she soon realises that her relationship to the island runs deeper than she ever...

We Fell Apart

We Fell Apart
  • Author(s): E Lockhart
  • Location(s): Martha's Vineyard
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

The invitation arrives out of the blue. In it, Matilda discovers a father she’s never met. Kingsley Cello is a visionary, a reclusive artist. And when he asks her to spend the summer at his seaside home, Hidden Beach,...

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