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MARY KAY ANDREWS is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels (including The Homewreckers, The Santa Suit, The Newcomer; Hello, Summer; Sunset Beach; The High Tide Club; The Weekenders; Beach Town; Save the Date; Ladies’ Night; Christmas Bliss; Spring Fever; Summer Rental; The Fixer Upper; Deep Dish; Blue Christmas; Savannah Breeze; Hissy Fit; Little Bitty Lies; and Savannah Blues), and one cookbook, The Beach House Cookbook.

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, she earned a B.A. in journalism from The University of Georgia. After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers including The Savannah Morning News, The Mari ...more

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	The Santa Suit 3.75 avg rating — 74,992 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Newcomer 3.92 avg rating — 60,521 ratings — published 2021 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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HI FRIENDS: THE NEWCOMER will be out May 4 and I can't wait for you to meet this very special newcomer--Letty Carnahan. Letty arrives in the parking lot of a sleepy Florida mom-and-pop motel, The Murmuring Surf, at dawn. She's exhausted after an all-night drive, and terrified, because she's on the run from the man she's convinced killed her sister. Did I mention her four-year-old niece Maya is asl Read more of this blog post »

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“Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.”
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by Mary Kay Andrews

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