The Hotel Nantucket
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“The queen of beach reads” (New York Magazine) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there’s a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can’t seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom? Filled with the emotional depth and multiple points of view that characterize Hilderbrand’s novels (The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added dash of Roaring Twenties history, The Hotel Nantucket offers something for everyone in this compelling summer drama.
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I'm new to Elin Hildebrand and her Nantucket novels. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Erin Bennet's narration. I have to read more of her summer novels and I want to read more novels about the comings and goings at high end hotels.
Elin Hilderbrand does an excellent job of writing character-driven lighthearted books. Her characters feel so real and they have their flaws. I loved the hotel setting and the story of getting the coveted “five keys”. The ending tied up all of the side plots in a nice little bow, with some unexpected twists (like the identity of the mysterious blogger) and I really enjoyed reading the “Blue Book” at the end of Elin's personal recommendations. Such a great summery read; her books feel like a hug.
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