Rules of Summer Series

Book 1

There are two sides to every summer. When 17-year-old Rory McShane steps off the bus in East Hampton, it's like she's entering another universe - one populated by impossibly beautiful people wearing pressed khakis and driving expensive cars. She's left her rural hometown in New Jersey to take a summer job as 'errand girl' for the Rule Family on Lily Pond Lane. At the beginning of the season, Rory plans on helping out her aunt, who's a full-time housekeeper in the Rules' enormous beachfront mansion, and maybe sneaking in some beach time. By August, however, Rory realizes that plans have a way of going haywire, especially when siblings Isabel and Connor Rule are around. Feeling claustrophobic in her country club world, impulsive 17-year-old Isabel Rule embarks on a breathless summer romance with an older guy that her family would never approve of. Isabel trusts Rory with the details of her new relationship, and the girls forge a true friendship. But when long-hidden secrets start to surface on Lily Pond Lane and Rory reveals that she may have feelings for someone, too - Connor Rule, Isabel's older brother - the new friends realize that societal rules can be hard to break.
With her unique insight into East Coast high society, Joanna Philbin presents a pitch-perfect summer story of friendship and self-discovery set against the rich and vibrant backdrop of life in the Hamptons.

Since Last Summer

by Joanna Philbin

Published 1 January 2014

Rory McShane should be excited to spend the summer in East Hampton with Connor Rule, her generous, smart, cute boyfriend. After all, Rory's no longer the hired help at the Rule famile mansion on the beach, and she and Connor have made it through a year of long-distance dating. But now in the months leading up to college, Rory can't help but wonder if she really belong's in Connor's world.

Isabel Rule is still trying to get over Mike, the last devastatingly sexy surfer who broke her heart last summer. Enter Evan, an aspiring filmmaker who's kind, funny, and crushing on Isabel. He'd be the perfect summer fling - so why can't she seem to forget about Mike?

Set against a backdrop buzzing with the rich, the famous, and the wannabe rich and famous, Since Last Summer is the perfect beach read for teen and new adult readers.