Summers at the Saint : A Novel (First U.S. edition. First International edition.)

"Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . . Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." If you grew up coming here, you were "a Saint." If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were "an Ain't." Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn't rich enough or connected enough to vacation here.

But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss's son.

Now, she's the widowed owner of the hotel, determined to see it return to its glory days, even as staff shortages and financial troubles threaten to ruin it.

Plus, her greedy and unscrupulous brother-in-law wants to make sure she fails.

Enlisting a motley crew of recently hired summer help-including the daughter of her estranged best friend-Traci has one summer season to turn it around.

But new information about a long-ago drowning at the hotel threatens