Local Author Brings New Novel to Eagle Eye Tonight

Well-known local author Mary Kay Andrews–also known as Kathy Hogan Trocheck–brings her new novel Summer Rental to tonight.

The novel, currently No. 5 on The New York Times' bestseller list, tells the story about five people whose lives converge in a North Carolina beach house, each one of them at a personal crossroad.

Here are all the details straight from the book shop:

WHO:  Mary Kay Andrews, a.k.a. Kathy Hogan Trocheck, author of over 17 novels. Resident of Avondale Estates.  

WHAT: Book signing and talk about her new novel, Summer Rental

WHEN: Wednesday, June 22 from 7pm to 8:30pm

WHERE: Eagle Eye Book Shop

DETAILS: Party atmosphere. Free and open to the public. Summer Rental must be purchased from Eagle Eye Book Shop.

Hors d'oeuvres from Decatur, door prizes, free books, cold drinks.

Summer Rental 

Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction....

Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, in their mid-thirties, at the crossroads of life and love. Ellis, recently fired from a job she gave everything to, is rudderless and now beginning to question the choices she's made over the past decade of her life. Julia-whose caustic wit covers up her wounds-has a man who loves her and is offering her the world, but she can't hide from how deeply insecure she feels about her looks, her brains, her life.  And Dorie has just been shockingly betrayed by the man she loved and trusted the most in the world...though this is just the tip of the iceberg of her problems and secrets. A month in North Carolina's Outer Banks is just what they each of them needs.

Ty Bazemore is their landlord, though he's hanging on to the rambling old beach house by a thin thread. After an inauspicious first meeting with Ellis, the two find themselves disturbingly attracted to one another, even as Ty is about to lose everything he's ever cared about.

Maryn Shackleford is a stranger, and a woman on the run. Maryn needs just a few things in life: no questions, a good hiding place, and a new identity.  Ellis, Julia, and Dorie can provide what Maryn wants; can they also provide what she needs?

Five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life. Five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness. Five people who each need a sea change, and one month in a summer rental that might just give it to them.