These Summer Storms

"For her first contemporary novel, historical romance author Sarah MacLean opens with a tried-and-true trope: Alice Storm sleeps with a fiercely protective stranger the night before reuniting with her estranged (and very wealthy) family on their private island, only to discover that Jack is her late father’s fixer and the overseer of Franklin Storm’s inheritance scavenger hunt. Succession-esque stakes are masterfully anchored by Alice grieving the brilliant but stubborn father whose pride kept her a pariah, despite their being kindred spirits. The isolated setting is lightning in a bottle for the Storm siblings, as they squabble over these cruel games designed to pit reconciliation against recompense – all while Alice and Jack grapple with whether their attraction is fate or Franklin’s will."