title: These Summer Storms
author: Sarah MacLean
publisher: Random House
publication date: July 8, 2025
pages: 640
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings: parental death, manipulation, alcohol/drunkenness, bad parenting
summary: Alice Storm managed to break away from her controlling, billionaire father and family (picture Succession) five years ago, but when her father dies and she heads back to the family's island home for the funeral/celebration, she gets pulled into the rules for inheritance, being judged by her father's fixer, Jack Dean, with whom she happened to share a one-night stand before she knew who he was. Over the week she has to stay on the island with Jack, her siblings, and their mother, secrets come out, and tensions rise.
tropes:
- sibling rivalry
- controlling father
- rules for inheritance
- trapped on an island
- billionaire shenanigans
what I liked: all of it
what I didn’t like: none of it -- Sarah MacLean is truly a master!
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)