Beach Girls Hardcover – January 1, 2004 by Luanne Rice
Book 5 of 7: Hubbard's Point/Black Hall
 
Childhood friends Emma, Maddie and Stevie enjoyed their summers together at Hubbard's Point, Connecticut. Years later, Maddie's brother Jack married Emma, and they had a daughter, Nell. After Emma is killed in a car wreck-with Maddie driving-Jack is unable to forgive his sister for what happened that fateful day. He decides to bring Nell to Hubbard's Point the next summer, and the lonely little girl insists on finding Stevie, who's rumored to be living at the beach as a broken-hearted recluse. Nell adores Stevie, while even Jack finds himself attracted to the gentle violet-eyed beauty. Can these broken-hearted people ever become a family, or will Jack, afraid of taking another chance at love, lose everything?
 
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