Seasons' End - Softcover

North, Will

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620151693 ISBN 13: 9781620151693

Publisher: Booktrope, 2014

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Every summer for generations, three families intertwined by history,marriage, and career have spent "the season" at their beach cottagecompounds on an island in Puget Sound. Today, Martha "Pete" Petersen,married to Tyler Strong, is the lynchpin of the "summer people." Inchildhood, she was the tomboy every girl wanted to emulate and is nowthe mother everyone admires.

Colin Ryan, family friend and the island's veterinarian, met Pete first in London, years earlier, whenshe visited his roommate, Tyler. He's loved her ever since. Born inManhattan's Hell's Kitchen, son of a bar owner, he's always been dazzled by what he sees of the sun-kissed lives of the summer people.

But this summer, currents strong as the tides roil: jealousies grow,tempers flare, passions clash. Then, on the last day of the season, aseries of betrayals alters the combined histories of these familiesforever.

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About the Author:

Will North is the pen name of an international award-winning author and ghostwriter of more than a dozen nonfiction books as well as six recent novels. He has ghosted books for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, several famous Everest mountaineers, a team of dinosaur hunters, a renowned physician, and others. Two of his books have been the subject of PBS and A&E documentaries. As a fiction author, Will has penned two romantic suspense novels, a family saga, and is currently working on the fourth book in his Davies & West British murder mystery series. Will lives on an island in Washington's Puget Sound. You can find him at willnorthnovelist.com and on Facebook at Will North, Author.

Review:

"Gatsby-like Seasons' End is full of colorful and memorable characters...a highly entertaining novel." -- Seattle Times

"North has a way with words that not only enables you to escape into the story, it reaches out to your insides emotionally. His tone is gentle and there is nothing forced about how he writes or introduces his characters. Everything has its perfect time and place."--UK Quality Reads

"North's knack for endearing characterization creates a memorable cast across the generations."--The Seattle Times

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