Summer State of Mind

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“Kristy Woodson Harvey is the go-to for elevated beach reads.” —People
“Whether you’re planning your spring break trip or are simply dreaming of days spent by the ocean, Kristy Woodson Harvey’s novels are the perfect books to toss in your beach bag.” —Country Living
“This heartwarming novel is a moving story of second chances and unexpected love.” —Library Journal
“Queen of the beach read!” —Cosmopolitan
“Kristy Woodson Harvey has written the book that every contemporary romance reader will savor this summer. With wonderfully memorable characters and surprises around every corner, Summer State of Mind is a celebration of family, community, and the kind of magical, messy, complicated love that makes life real and worth living.” – –Marie Bostwick, New York Times bestselling author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women
“Kristy Woodson Harvey has perfected the art of the beach read. Summer State of Mind delivers pure summer escape through deliciously tangled family secrets and rich emotion. A story of found family, belonging, and second chances that will last long after the summer sun sets.” – - Meagan Church, New York Times bestselling author of The Mad Wife

Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of fourteen novels, including Summer State of Mind, Beach House Rules, and the Peachtree Bluff series. Many of her novels are in stages of option or development for film and television. She has been featured on Good Morning America, in Southern Living, Cosmopolitan, People, and many others. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Parade, Traditional Home, USA TODAY, Country Living, and many more. Kristy is the cocreator and cohost of the hit weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction with fellow New York Times bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, and Patti Callahan Henry. She is also the cofounder of the award-winning interiors site Design Chic, with her mom, Beth Woodson. She lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband, son, and dog, Salt, where she is (always!) working on her next novel.

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