With her signature warmth and Southern charm (E! Online) the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Songbirds and the Peachtree Bluff series presents a tender and touching novel about a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina.Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort North Carolina on the market--the home that Keaton didnt know existed until now--she jumps at the chance to head south. Keatons grandparents died in a tragic car accident before she was born so shes eager to learn more about the family she never met. But even though she has help from her charming next-door-neighbor his precocious ten-year-old son and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies Keaton soon finds that she has more questions than answers. 1976: After meeting her adoring husband Townsend Rebecca Becks Saint James abandoned the life she knew and never looked back. Forty years later shes made a name for herself as the best hostess North Carolina has ever seen. Her annual summer suppers have become the stuff of legend and locals and out-of-towners alike clamor for an invitation to her stunning historic home. But shes struggling behind the fa ade. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible but this summer she is facing a dilemma that even she cant solve. And as the end of the season looms she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make. As both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane which has protected the secrets hopes and dreams of the women in their family for generations. For fans of Summer of 69 and The Notebook Last Summer on Sunset Lane explores the power of family the bonds of friendship and the boundless nature of love.
