The island villa - sarah morgan

The perfect summer novel -- sharp, smart and so much fun! -- Viola Shipman, USA TODAY bestselling author A messy family drama and a steamy little romance unfold under the Mediterranean sun for the perfect summer escape .

Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasnt been quite so successful.

Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained, but thats about to be rectified.

Engaged yet again, Catherine is counting on this wedding to be what finally brings them together as a family, and shell do whatever it takes to make that happen.

Adeline doesnt know whats worse--that her mother is getting married a fourth time, or that shes being guilted into witnessing the train wreck at Catherines luxury villa in Corfu.

It brings back the pain of her parents split, of her mothers infidelity and the baby that was the result.

Not that she blames her half sister, Cassie, but then shes never made an effort to know her, either.

Cassie, on the other hand, is thrilled by her mothers news and admires Catherines resilience.

Shes equally excited about meeting the mystery groom, and at the prospect of spending her summer in Corfu, where she can process a secret of her own shes been keeping from everyone.

As Cassie and Adeline arrive on the island, they each have very different expectations of what this week will bring--they havent been entirely honest with their mother about their lives, either--but in the lead-up to the wedding, all will be revealed, for better or worse.