Mustique Island: A Novel

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From bestselling author Sarah McCoy, a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorce and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the worlds most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press.

Its January 1972 but the sun is white hot when Willy May Michaels boat first kisses the dock of Mustique Isle. Tucked into the southernmost curve of the Caribbean, Mustique is a private island that has become a haven for the wealthy and privileged. Its owner is the eccentric British playboy Colin Tennant, who is determined to turn this speck of white sand into a luxurious neo-colonial retreat for his rich friends and into a royal court in exile for the Queens rebellious sister, Princess Margaretone where Her Royal Highness can skinny dip, party, and entertain lovers away from the public eye.

Willy May, a former beauty queen from Texaswho is also no stranger to marital scandalsseeks out Mustique for its peaceful isolation. Determined to rebuild her life and her relationships with her two daughters, Hilly, a model, and Joanne, a musician, she constructs a fanciful white beach house across the island from Princess Margaretand finds herself pulled into the islands inner circle of aristocrats, rock stars, and hangers-on.

When Willy Mays daughters arrive, they discover that beneath its veneer of decadence,Mustiquehas a dark side, and like sand caught in the undertow, their mother-daughter story will shift and resettle in ways they never could have imagined.

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Sarah McCoy is the New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author of the novels Marilla of Green Gables, The Mapmaker's Children; The Baker's Daughter and The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico. She previously taught English and writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso. She currently lives with her husband, an orthopedic sports surgeon, and their dog, Gilly, in North Carolina.