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The Light in Summer: A Butternut Lake Novel

Women's Fiction Author Spotlight

The Light in Summer: A Butternut Lake Novel

For the lovely Billy Harper, Butternut Lake is the place she feels most at home, even though lately she feels that the only one listening to her is Murphy, her faithful Labrador Retriever. Her teenage son, Luke, has gone from precious to precocious practically overnight. Her friends are wrapped up in their own lives, and Luke’s father, Wesley, disappeared before his son was even born. But Billy is about to learn that anything is possible during the heady days of summer. Coming to terms with her past --- the death of her father, the arrival of Cal Cooper, a complicated man with a definite interest in Billy, even the return of Wesley --- will force her to have a little bit of faith in herself and others...and realize that happiness doesn’t always mean perfection.

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The Light in Summer: A Butternut Lake Novel
by Mary McNear

  • Publication Date: June 20, 2017
  • Genres: Fiction, Women's Fiction
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0062399373
  • ISBN-13: 9780062399373

Winners

Barbie from Martinsville, VA
Beth from Dublin, GA
Betsy from Springfield, IL
Betty from Clayton, NC
Colleen from Harlem, MT
Craig from Billings, MT
Diane from Cedar Rapids, IA
Elizabeth from Salina, KS
Erica from Austin, TX
Heather from Austin, MN
Jenny from Norman, OK
Kate from Centreville, VA
Katie from Ivins, UT
Kim from Lexington, KY
Kim from Hampstead, NC
Lee from Palm Harbor, FL
Leigh from Lexington, SC
Lisa from Morris, IL
Lynn from Deforest, WI
Marcia from Bristol, CO
Michelle from Riverside, CA
Molly from Monticello, IN
Penny from Payne, OH
Shirley from Slidell, LA
Trisha from Roaring Spring, PA