The Beach Club

A Novel

By: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

In The Beach Club, the juicy first novel by Elin Hilderbrand, a series of personal dramas are played out during one summer at a Nantucket Beach Club. It's about the love of summer, summer love, and the special feelings we all have for that special summer place—in this case, a hotel and an island.

Mack Petersen, manager of the hotel, has been working at The Beach Club for 12 summers. Only this summer is different. His boss, the owner of the hotel, Bill Elliot, shows up in the spring with a new set of demands. His girlfriend Maribel is pressing Mack to get married and Vance, the African-American bellman, who has hated Mack since the day Mack stole his job 12 years ago, threatens him in a deadly scene. Mack knows something's got to give.

Love O'Donnell, the new front desk person straight from the slopes of Aspen, is desperately searching for a stranger to father her child. The bellman, Jem Crandall, who posed as Mr. November in his college calendar, is on his way to LA to break into agenting, until he falls in love with Maribel. Emotions are at a peak when a hurricane threatens to wash away The Beach Club and all it stands for.

An engrossing, sexy novel that will sweep you away to the beach any time of the year.

©2000 Elin Hilderbrand (P)2013 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“A steamy tale.” —The Boston Herald

“A strong, emotional pull...readers will remain absorbed until the surprising denouement.” —Publishers Weekly

Multiple story lines

Many characters with their individual story lines are met by many more characters with more story lines. I didn't think it would ever end!

Fun read

This is a great book that is highly recommended. I love her books and will continue to read them.

Love the characters

Loved the characters in this book. Many different layers and story lines that make the book interesting!

Obnoxious

This narration is absolutely terrible. I can’t even finish the book, listening to her is like nails on a chalkboard.

Not my favorite from this author

The story was just mediocre, but the performance by the narrator was very well done! Multiple voices and quick changes... very well done!