Boardwalk Summer: A Novel

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In this new novel from the USA Today bestsellingauthor of The Dressmakers Dowry, two young women two generations apart discover the joy and heartbreak of following their dreams. Aspiring Hollywood actress Violet makes a shocking choice in 1940, and seventy years later, Mari sets out to discover what happened on that long ago summer.

Santa Cruz, Summer 1940: When auburn-haired Violet Harcourt is crowned Miss California on the boardwalk of her hometown, she knows she is one step closer to her cherished dream: a Hollywood screen test. But Violets victory comes with a pricediscord in her seemingly perfect marriageand she grapples with how much more she is willing to pay.

Summer 2007: Single mother Marisol Cruz lives with her parents in the charming beach cottage that belonged to her grandfather, Ricardo, once a famed performer on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Drawn to the towns local history and the quaint gazebo where her grandparents danced beneath the stars, Mari sells raffle tickets at the Beach Boardwalk Centennial Celebration, and meets Jason, a California transplant from Chicago.

When Mari discovers the obituary of Violet Harcourt, a beauty queen who died too young, she and Jason are sent on a journey together that will uncover her grandfathers lifelong secrethis connection to Violeta story of tragedy and courage that will forever transform them.

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"Boardwalk Summer's atmospheric and beautifully intertwined storylines kept me guessing until the very end. Mystery, history, and romance...Jaeger's latest has it all!"--Meg Donohue, USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls
"Meredith Jaeger creates a compelling story that channels both the glamour and big dreams of old Hollywood with the charm and thrills of Santa Cruz's boardwalk as two daring women risk everything to find love."--Elise Hooper, author of The Other Alcott
"The two storylines weave together in interesting ways [...]women's lit fans will enjoy."--Library Journal

Author Bio

Meredith Jaeger has lived and travelled around the world, spending periods in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Australia. She is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, born and raised in Berkeley, California. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Meredith holds a BA in Modern Literature. While working at a San Francisco startup, Meredith fulfilled a lifelong dream to write a novel, the result of which was The Dressmaker's Dowry. Like the character Hannelore Schaeffer, Meredith is also the daughter of a European immigrant, who moved to California in search of a better life. Meredith lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their English bulldog.