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Mother’s Day Book Selection: DAY 2

Our second selection for a wonderful gift for the mother’s in your life is SUMMER BLOWOUT by Claire Cook! The book doesn’t officially hit the shelves until June, so pre-order this gem and in the meantime, pick up some of Claire Cook’s earlier titles and get your mom started with this charming writer!

Booklist recently wrote that SUMMER BLOWOUT is “primed to become a big-screen romantic comedy.”

Summer Blowout is the story of Bella Shaughnessy and her large, exuberant Boston-based family. Bella is trying desperately to find her place in her family…and her life. Unfortunately her life in her family’s beauty salon is not as gorgeous as Bella had hoped. Her half-sister Sophie is currently dating her ex-husband, Craig, and living the charmed life while Bella is barely scraping by. Bella decides it is time to swear off men…and you can only imagine what happens when a cute entrepreneur enters her life. Cook always likes to show that good things really do come to those who wait…and those who wait are typically likable characters with charming, quirky and engaging personalities. Cook has the ability to create characters and plots that jump off the page and read like a roller coaster ride of fun, excitement, emotional upheaval and hilarity. Cook’s stories are exactly what you need to escape from the heartbreaking stories we face every day in the news. It’s also nice to see a writer become a bestseller without writing about death, destruction, murder and heartbreak. SUMMER BLOWOUT is a must-read and one that everyone will enjoy! You can also follow Claire Cook’s real life adventures daily on her website!