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Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family's crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her--her grandmother June. But a knock on the door forces her out of isolation. Cassie has been named the sole heir to legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery's vast fortune. How did Jack Montgomery know her name? Could he have crossed paths with her grandmother all those years ago? What other shocking secrets could June's once-stately mansion hold? Soon Jack's famous daughters come knocking, determined to wrestle Cassie away from the inheritance they feel is their due. Together they all come to discover the true reasons for June's silence about that long-ago summer, when Hollywood came to town, and June and Jack's lives were forever altered by murder, blackmail, and betrayal. As this page-turner shifts deftly between the past and present, Cassie and her guests will be forced to reexamine their legacies, their definition of family, and what it truly means to love someone, steadfastly, across the ages. From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofBittersweetcomes a novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake that changed a family forever, now in paperback and featuring an all-new Reading Group Guide Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family's crumbling mansion in small-town Ohio, mourning the loss of her grandmother, June. But the noise of the rusted doorbell forces her out of isolation. Cassie has been named the sole heir to legendary movie star Jack Montgomery's fortune. Soon Jack's famous daughters arrive, entourage in tow, determined to wrestle Cassie away from an inheritance they feel is theirs. Together, they come to discover the true reason for June's silence about the summer she was eighteen, when Hollywood came to town, and June and Jack's lives were forever altered. Shifting deftly between the past and present, Cassie and her guests will be forced to reexamine their legacies, their definition of family, and what it truly means to love someone, steadfastly, across the ages.

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<b>Praise for <i>June</i> </b> <b><i>New York Post</i> Summer's Hottest Reads<i>Kirkus</i>11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club<i>Daily Elite</i>5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer</b> Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel. <i><b> Cosmopolitan</b></i> Cinematic. <i><b> Vanity Fair</b></i> [A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties...<i>June </i>invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade. <b> Shelf Awareness</b> [It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade. <i><b> </b></i><b>Andrew Unger (BookCourt), </b><i><b> New York Post</b></i> From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore s absorbing Gothic mystery, <i>June</i>, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder. <b> <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i></b> This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. <b> <i>Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star</i></b> The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in <i>June</i>. <b> <i> BookPage</i></b> A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. <b> PopSugar</b> <i>June</i>, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can t help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. <b> <i>The Week</i></b> [<i>June</i>] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a <i>s</i>ecret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. <b> Sarah Weinman, <i>The Crime Lady</i></b> A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: <i>June</i> is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. <b> CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Orphan Train</i></b> A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. <b> J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Maine </i>and <i>Commencement</i></b> At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore s<i>June</i>is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. <b> MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of<i>Dare Me</i>and<i>The Fever</i></b> When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. <b> HILARY LIFTIN, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper</i></b> A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, <i>June</i> draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. <b> AMY HATVANY, author of <i>Somewhere Out There</i></b> The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. <b> <i>Library Journal</i></b> Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales offamily secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. <b> <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. <b> <i>Booklist</i></b> Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. <b><i><b> </b>Kirkus</i> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

Praise for June New York Post Summer's Hottest Reads Kirkus 11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club Daily Elite 5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer -Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel.- - Cosmopolitan -Cinematic.- - Vanity Fair -[A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties... June invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade.- - Shelf Awareness -[It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade.- - Andrew Unger (BookCourt), New York Post -From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's absorbing Gothic mystery, June, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women... [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder.- - Minneapolis Star Tribune -This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics.- - Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star -The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June.- - BookPage -A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama.- - PopSugar -June, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense... packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can't help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again.- - The Week -[June] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a secret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles.- - Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady -A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end.- - CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train -A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end.- - J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement -At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's June is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak.- - MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever -When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller.- - HILARY LIFTIN, New York Times bestselling author of Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper -A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, June draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page.- - AMY HATVANY, author of Somewhere Out There -The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface... Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing.- - Library Journal -Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation.- - Publishers Weekly -Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations... Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy.- - Booklist -Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality... A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America.- - Kirkus From the Hardcover edition. Praise for June New York Post Summer's Hottest Reads Kirkus 11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club Daily Elite 5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel. Cosmopolitan Cinematic. Vanity Fair [A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties... June invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade. Shelf Awareness [It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade. Andrew Unger (BookCourt), New York Post From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore s absorbing Gothic mystery, June, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder. Minneapolis Star Tribune This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June. BookPage A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. PopSugar June, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can t help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. The Week [ June ] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a s ecret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore s June is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. HILARY LIFTIN, New York Times bestselling author of Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, June draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. AMY HATVANY, author of Somewhere Out There The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. Library Journal Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales offamily secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. Publishers Weekly Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. Booklist Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. Kirkus From the Hardcover edition.

Praise for June New York Post Summer's Hottest ReadsKirkus 11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book ClubDaily Elite 5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel. - Cosmopolitan Cinematic. - Vanity Fair [A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties... June invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade. - Shelf Awareness [It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade. - Andrew Unger (BookCourt), New York Post From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's absorbing Gothic mystery, June, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women... [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder. - Minneapolis Star Tribune This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. - Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June. - BookPage A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. - PopSugar June, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense... packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can't help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. - The Week [June] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a secret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. - Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. - CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. - J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's June is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. - MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. - HILARY LIFTIN, New York Times bestselling author of Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, June draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. - AMY HATVANY, author of Somewhere Out There The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface... Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. - Library Journal Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. - Publishers Weekly Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations... Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. - Booklist Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality... A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. - Kirkus From the Hardcover edition.

Praise for June New York Post Summer's Hottest Reads Kirkus 11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club Daily Elite 5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel. - Cosmopolitan Cinematic. - Vanity Fair [A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties... June invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade. - Shelf Awareness [It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade. - Andrew Unger (BookCourt), New York Post From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's absorbing Gothic mystery, June, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women... [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder. - Minneapolis Star Tribune This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. - Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June. - BookPage A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. - PopSugar June, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense... packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can't help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. - The Week [June] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a secret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. - Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. - CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. - J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's June is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. - MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. - HILARY LIFTIN, New York Times bestselling author of Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, June draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. - AMY HATVANY, author of Somewhere Out There The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface... Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. - Library Journal Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. - Publishers Weekly Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations... Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. - Booklist Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality... A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. - Kirkus From the Hardcover edition.

This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner. . . . Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. -Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June. -BookPage A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. -PopSugar June, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense . . . packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can't help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. -The Week [June] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a secret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. -Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. -Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. -J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's June is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. -Megan Abbott, award-winning author of Dare Me and The Fever When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, June is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. -Hilary Liftin, New York Times bestselling author of Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, June draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. -Amy Hatvany, author of Somewhere Out There The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface... Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. -Library Journal Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. -Publishers Weekly Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations... Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. -Booklist Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality . . . A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. -Kirkus Reviews

<b>Praise for <i>June</i> </b> <b><i>New York Post</i> Summer's Hottest Reads<i>Kirkus</i> 11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club<i>Daily Elite</i> 5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer</b> Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel. <i><b>- Cosmopolitan</b></i> Cinematic. <i><b>- Vanity Fair</b></i> [A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties... <i>June </i>invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade. <b>- Shelf Awareness</b> [It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade. <i><b>- </b></i><b>Andrew Unger (BookCourt), </b><i><b> New York Post</b></i> From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's absorbing Gothic mystery, <i>June</i>, Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women... [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder. <b>- <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i></b> This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics. <b>- <i>Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star</i></b> The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in <i>June</i>. <b>-<i> BookPage</i></b> A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama. <b>- PopSugar</b> <i>June</i>, delivers deliciously satisfying suspense... packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can't help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again. <b>- <i>The Week</i></b> [<i>June</i>] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a <i>s</i>ecret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles. <b>- Sarah Weinman, <i>The Crime Lady</i></b> A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: <i>June</i> is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end. <b>- CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Orphan Train</i></b> A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end. <b>- J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Maine </i>and <i>Commencement</i></b> At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's <i>June</i> is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak. <b>- MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of <i>Dare Me</i> and <i>The Fever</i></b> When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and intimate. Read it! From page one you'll find yourself in the hands of a master storyteller. <b> - HILARY LIFTIN, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper</i></b> A perfectly paced, compelling story of love, lust, and family secrets, <i>June</i> draws you into its gentle embrace, expertly waltzes you between present and past, mesmerizing until the very last page. <b>- AMY HATVANY, author of <i>Somewhere Out There</i></b> The past is not all glossy nostalgia; Beverly-Whittemore illuminates the conflicts roiling under a smooth, socially acceptable surface... Fans of Hollywood, then and now, will find this dramatic story line appealing. <b>- <i>Library Journal</i></b> Beverly-Whittemore offers up two interconnected tales of family secrets, 60 summers apart... the dual narratives are enjoyable both singly and in tandem as the novel explores the changing possibilities for women, the evolution of the Hollywood fame machine, and love's potential for genuine human transformation. <b>- <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> Hollywood meets small-town Ohio in 1955, starting reverberations that last for generations... Beverly-Whittemore has fashioned an appealing story of romance and suspense with a focus on love and legacy. <b>- <i>Booklist</i></b> Love between a small-town girl and one of Hollywood's leading men leads to murder, blackmail, and secrets. Beverly-Whittemore returns with another charming page-turner, this time marrying old Hollywood elegance to Midwestern practicality... A lightly gothic tale of hearts broken and mended in small-town America. <b><i><b>-</b> Kirkus</i> </b> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

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Miranda Beverly-Whittemoreis the author of three other novels- New York Times bestseller Bittersweet; Set Me Free, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, given annually for the best book of fiction by an American woman; and The Effects of Light. A recipient of theCrazyhorse Prize in Fiction, she lives and writes in Brooklyn.

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