My Summer Darlings

By May Cobb,

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Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in their wealthy, Texas town adds up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives.
 
Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, and Cynthia Nichols have been friends since childhood. They are now approaching forty…

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1 author picked My Summer Darlings as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love May Cobb books because of the messy drama, and this one serves this up in spades. A murder, a spicy love triangle, East Texas, and a handsome stranger all at the center of it—count me in!

As the mother of a preteen and a teenager, I also appreciated the inclusion of a teen daughter and how her involvement impacted the plot. While at times I’ve grieved that my two best friends from high school and I no longer live in the same city, this book laced my nostalgia with a healthy heaping of reality and showed that sometimes…

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