Summer's End - Hardcover

Seidel, Kathleen Gilles

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ISBN 10: 1574902458 ISBN 13: 9781574902457

Publisher: Thomas t Beeler, 1999

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Family Affair

To their respective families, Jack Wells and Amy Legend are outsiders. A free-spirited man-of-all-trades who takes life as it comes, Jack is far different from both his mother, the ever-organized widow of an admiral, and his methodical lawyer sister. And Amy, a professional athlete with exquisite taste and golden beauty, has a glamorous career a world apart from her bookish older siblings and college professor father.

When Jack's mother marries Amy's widowed father, the newlyweds invite all the children to spend the summer at the Legends' retreat in northern Minnesota. While their parents hoped they'd all like each other, they hadn't counted on just how well Jack and Amy would get along. For affection unexpectedly flares into a burning attraction that threatens to destroy already fragile bonds. Caught between long-simmering conflicts and clashing personalities, Jack and Amy agree to deny their desire until the vacation is over. But it seems the more they resist, the deeper they find themselves falling in love. With passion this strong, how can they possibly wait 'til

Summer's End

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About the Author:

Summer's End is Kathleen Gilles Seidel's eleventh novel. She is from Kansas, has a Ph.D. in English literature from Johns Hopkins, and lives in Virginia with her husband and two daughters.

From Publishers Weekly:

Gwen and HalAeach middle-aged, each alone after the death of a longtime spouseAmarry after a whirlwind courtship. They have enough experience to know what they want, but their adult children are another story. When the newly merged clan comes together for an extended vacation at a remote lakeside cottageAa place without the helpful distractions of telephone and televisionAthe stage is set for grieving, bonding and, of course, a fair bit of squabbling. Hal's daughter Phoebe struggles to come to terms with mourning her exceptional mother, and accept the family's transformation; rootless but resourceful Jack, Gwen's son, battles his attraction for new stepsister Amy, a famous ice-skater with a sound but untried heart. These are mild dramas, but Seidel's (Again) solid insight into family dynamics weaves the different threads into an entertaining story. Her affectionately drawn characters are admirable and irritating at onceAjust like real peopleAand both their petty and loving moments feel authentic. Despite a rather cumbersome start, this is a genuinely appealing and absorbing read.
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