A must read! This beautifully written novel was a joy to read and I was sorry when it ended. The story weaves past and present; from small town Ohio to the glamour of Hollywood. “June” by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is a page turning novel filled with intrigue, betrayal, romance and disappointments. This is a perfect summer read.
Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers moved to rural St. Jude, Ohio after her grandmother’s death. She moved into the decaying family estate, Twin Oaks. Cassie’s grandmother, June, raised her after Cassie’s parents were killed in a car accident. Cassie was in a depression and spent most of her days sleeping.
A knock at the door one day changed her life forever. Cassie inherited the entire $37 million fortune of a movie star named Jack Montgomery. The only ties that Jack had to St. Jude was a movie he stared in that was filmed there in the 1955. Cassie did not even know how Jack Montgomery knew her name.
Soon, Jack’s famous daughters arrive to Twin Oaks determined to stop Cassie from getting the inheritance that they feel is rightfully theirs. Together they discover the reason behind June’s silence about that summer in 1955 and how June and Jack’s lives were forever changed by blackmail, betrayal and murder.
While there is a lot of intrigue, “June” is a love story and a tale of hearts broken and mended.
I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books in order to write this review.