Holiday In The Hamptons. Sarah Morgan

      

       Praise for Sarah Morgan

      ‘The perfect book to curl up with’

      – Heat

      ‘Lovers of romance will relish this tale of friendship, fun and flirting set in beautiful New York.’

      – My Weekly

      ‘Morgan excels in balancing the sweet and sexy to create the perfect blend.’

      – Booklist

      ‘A gorgeously sparkly romance about letting go and learning to love again.’

      – Julia Williams, bestselling author of Coming Home for Christmas

      ‘Full of romance and sparkle’

      – Lovereading

      ‘Morgan is a magician with words’

      – RT Book Reviews

      ‘Definitely looking forward to more from Sarah Morgan’

      – Smexy Books

      ‘Morgan’s novel delivers the classic sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic experience.’

      – Publisher’s Weekly

      ‘Perfect chick-lit’

      – BEST Magazine

      ‘Her dynamic prose like narrative is eloquent, the laugh-out-loud humor lightens the load and both her big-city and small-town settings are perfect’

      – RT Book Reviews

      ‘Another winner from Sarah’

      – Annie Cooper’s Book Corner

      ‘I am fairly certain there will never be a Sarah Morgan book that I won’t love. This was no exception. My very favourite book of hers to date!’

      – Erin’s Book Choice

      ‘A fun loving story with the sprinkling of magic I love in Sarah Morgan’s books.’

      – Sarah Mackins

      ‘Simply gold! A spectacular storyline.’

      – A Page of Fictional Love

      ‘Fresh, romantic, complexity and heart! Sleepless in Manhattan is everything you want in romance!’

      – Chicks that Read

      ‘Sleepless in Manhattan is Sarah Morgan at her best.’

      – Rachel’s Random Reads

SARAH MORGAN writes warm contemporary women’s fiction with her trademark humour which has gained her fans across the globe. Sarah lives near London with her husband and children, and when she isn’t reading or writing she loves being outdoors, preferably on holiday so she can forget the house needs tidying. You can visit Sarah online at www.sarahmorgan.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorSarahMorgan and on Twitter @SarahMorgan_

       Copyright

      An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2017

      Copyright © Sarah Morgan 2017

      Sarah Morgan asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Ebook Edition © June 2017 ISBN: 9781474057592

       Version: 2018-10-26

      Dear Reader,

      I love writing about friendship, especially friendship between sisters. My heroine in Holiday in the Hamptons, Fliss, is a twin, but she couldn’t be more different from her sister Harriet. What could be more interesting than two people who are identical on the outside and yet totally different on the inside? Fliss is a fighter and protective of her sister, but deep down she has her own vulnerabilities. When her ex-husband appears on the scene, she’s forced to confront issues she’d thought she’d left behind. But Fliss isn’t the same person she was at eighteen (are any of us?!) and she is about to learn just how much time, and life, alter things.

      This book explores how relationships change, not just romantic relationships, but the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter, sister and sister (and woman and dog!), all against the backdrop of ocean and sand dunes.

      My first glimpse of the Hamptons was from a plane and I was captivated by the long stretches of sandy beaches, dunes and the yachts studding the sparkling ocean. It’s a favourite place for New Yorkers looking to escape the madness of the city and it seemed like the perfect place to set a summer book.

      Wherever you are this summer, I hope this book gives you the perfect escape.

      Love Sarah

      xxxx

To Flo, with love and thanks for all the insight into life as a twin. You’re the best.

“The human heart has hidden treasures,

      In secret kept, in silence sealed;

      The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,

      Whose charms were broken if revealed.”

      —Charlotte Brontë

      Contents

       Cover

       Praise

       About the Author

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dear Reader

       Dedication