Title:The Shark Club
Author:Ann Kidd Taylor
Published:June 2017, Viking
Format:Hardcover, 288 pages
A warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances—in life and in the sea
One
summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to
Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams.
Then, she is bitten by a blacktip shark.Eighteen years later,
Maeve has thrown herself into her work as a world-traveling marine
biologist discovering more about the minds of misunderstood sharks. But
when Maeve returns home to the legendarily charming and eccentric Hotel
of the Muses where she was raised by her grandmother, she finds more
than just the blood orange sunsets and key lime pies she’s missed
waiting for her.While Maeve has always been fearless in the
water, on land she is indecisive. A chance meeting on the beach with a
plucky, irresistible little girl who is just as fascinated by the ocean
as Maeve was growing up leaves her at a crossroads: Should she re-kindle
her romance with Daniel, the first love she left behind when she dove
into her work? Or indulge in a new romance with her colleague, Nicholas,
who turns up in her hometown to investigate an illegal shark-finning
operation?Set against the intoxicating backdrop of palm trees,
calypso bands, and perfect ocean views, The Shark Club is a story of the
mysterious passions of one woman’s life: her first love and new love;
the sea and sharks that inhabit it.
What readers are saying:
“A delicious summer read.” —Redbook
“Captivating . . . An engaging novel about the loves that define our lives.” —Kirkus Reviews
“With humor and surprises, The Shark Club moves along briskly as Maeve struggles
to forgive, let go of past love, and navigate happiness on her own terms.” —Booklist
“The Shark Club is
a captivating story of love and loss, and a beautiful ode to the ocean
and those whose hearts are drawn to it. Ann Kidd Taylor—and her novel’s
heroine, Maeve—understand the many sublime mysteries of sharks, and how
deeply their fate is connected to our own.” —Susan Casey, author of The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks
“A highly-readable mix of marine science and romance, set on the picturesque beaches of South Florida.” —Birmingham Magazine
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