The Lake Season: A Novel

Set in the weeks leading up to an idyllic New England wedding, this “enticing and refreshing” (Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel sparkles with wry wit, sweet romance, and long-kept family secrets.

Iris Standish has always been the responsible sister: the one who studied hard, settled down, and always made the right choices—even when they came at the expense of her passions. Meanwhile, her sister Leah dropped out of school after a weeklong tequila binge, went to “find herself” by hiking through Yellowstone, and switches jobs nearly as often as she switches lovers, leaving Iris to pick up the pieces in her wake.

But now Iris’s life is coming apart at the seams, just when Leah calls her back to their New Hampshire childhood home with a desperate cry for help. Soon, with her own marriage on the brink, normally dutiful Iris is thrust headfirst into preparations for Leah’s wedding to a man the family has never met.

Despite the rush of dress fittings, floral arrangements, and rehearsal dinners, though, Iris is learning to put herself first. And amid a backdrop of late-night swims and a soul-restoring barn renovation, comes Cooper Woods, a high school crush who beckons with the promise of a new start. While Leah faces a past that has finally caught up to her, Iris prepares to say goodbye to a future that is suddenly far from certain. As Hampstead Lake shimmers in the background, Iris must decide when to wade in cautiously and when to dive headfirst—and, ultimately, how to ferry herself to safe harbors in this “glittering….memorable” debut (Michelle Gable, nationally bestselling author of A Paris Apartment).