The Summer Country
A Novel
Lauren Willig
- "Tense,
- atmospheric,
- and
- gorgeously
- written,
- The
- Summer
- Country
- is
- a
- novel
- to
- savor!"
- –
- Kate
- Quinn,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Huntress
- and
- The
- Alice
- NetworkA
- brilliant,
- multigenerational
- saga
- in
- the
- tradition
- of
- The
- Thorn
- Birds
- and
- North
- and
- South,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- historical
- novelist
- Lauren
- Willig
- delivers
- her
- biggest,
- boldest,
- and
- most
- ambitious
- novel
- yet—a
- sweeping
- Victorian
- epic
- of
- lost
- love,
- lies,
- jealousy,
- and
- rebellion
- set
- in
- colonial
- Barbados.Barbados,
- 1854:
- Emily
- Dawson
- has
- always
- been
- the
- poor
- cousin
- in
- a
- prosperous
- English
- merchant
- clan--
- merely
- a
- vicar’s
- daughter,
- and
- a
- reform-minded
- vicar’s
- daughter,
- at
- that.
- Everyone
- knows
- that
- the
- family’s
- lucrative
- shipping
- business
- will
- go
- to
- her
- cousin,
- Adam,
- one
- day.
- But
- when
- her
- grandfather
- dies,
- Emily
- receives
- an
- unexpected
- inheritance:
- Peverills,
- a
- sugar
- plantation
- in
- Barbados—a
- plantation
- her
- grandfather
- never
- told
- anyone
- he
- owned.When
- Emily
- accompanies
- her
- cousin
- and
- his
- new
- wife
- to
- Barbados,
- she
- finds
- Peverills
- a
- burnt-out
- shell,
- reduced
- to
- ruins
- in
- 1816,
- when
- a
- rising
- of
- enslaved
- people
- sent
- the
- island
- up
- in
- flames.
- Rumors
- swirl
- around
- the
- derelict
- plantation;
- people
- whisper
- of
- ghosts.Why
- would
- her
- practical-minded
- grandfather
- leave
- her
- a
- property
- in
- ruins?
- Why
- are
- the
- neighboring
- plantation
- owners,
- the
- Davenants,
- so
- eager
- to
- acquire
- Peverills?
- The
- answer
- lies
- in
- the
- past—
- a
- tangled
- history
- of
- lies,
- greed,
- clandestine
- love,
- heartbreaking
- betrayal,
- and
- a
- bold
- bid
- for
- freedom.THE
- SUMMER
- COUNTRY
- will
- beguile
- readers
- with
- its
- rendering
- of
- families,
- heartbreak,
- and
- the
- endurance
- of
- hope
- against
- all odds.
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