The Elin Hilderbrand Collection, Vol. 2: Nantucket Nights / The Blue Bistro

by Elin Hilderbrand

THE ELIN HILDERBRAND VOLUME 2 includes two blockbusters by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand NANTUCKET NIGHTSFor 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette, and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put aside their daily, separate lives to drink champagne, swap stories, and swim naked under the Nantucket stars. This time though, one of them swims out from the shore and doesn't return. After the surviving friends emerge from their grief, they realize that the repercussions of their loss go far beyond their little circle, and they begin to uncover layers of secrets, and their connections to each other, that were never revealed on the beach. What has made their friendship strong now has the power to destroy their marriages, families--and even themselves. THE BLUE BISTROAdrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns and this summer has decided to relocate to Nantucket. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of the hottest restaurant on the island, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. There seems to be a lot at The Blue Bistro is in its final summer, before closing its doors for good. Adrienne gets a crash course in the restaurant business and things seem to be going smoothly...until Thatch makes Adrienne break one of her cardinal rules, which is never date the boss. Instant chemistry notwithstanding, Adrienne can't quite shake the feeling that there's something more to Thatch's relationship with his brilliant chef Fiona. It's a mystery she can't quite solve. Does she open her heart for the first time, or move on, as she always does?

Genres: Fiction, Romance

480 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2014

About the author

Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three young children. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and traveled extensively before settling on Nantucket, which has been the setting for her five previous novels. Hilderbrand is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the graduate fiction workshop at the University of Iowa.

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Reviews

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The perfect beach book!
Food, nantucket, romance, restaurant life. I listened to the audio, really fun!

[Julie Barrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

x read

[Carrie Billig]

0

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t want to put it down, loved it!!

[Brenda]

I read the republished 2023 edition of the of the original 2002 novel.

In this edition, they are still referring to using payphones, not cellphones.

It was an interesting book and I enjoyed it.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 stars for Nantucket Nights
5 stars for Blue Bistro ( read previously)

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joan F

Contains 2 novels Nantucket Nights and Blue Bistro. An enjoyable summer read but both seemed to end abruptly leaving the reader wondering what happened in the future to the main characters.It's almost as if the author lost interest in what she was writing. MS Hildebrand has written better novels.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Expect the unexpected

Reading this book is like taking a drive, you're on a straightaway when suddenly there's a twist, and a turn. Hilderbrand's description of the food was hunger inducing.

[lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my fav


I love all the books I have read of hers but this was not my favorite but I still had to finish. She has a way of capturing you from the beginning and keeping you there until the end.

[Shantana Dodge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sweet, and pulls your heartstrings a bit.

[Beth Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Blue Bistro- Good book but I didn’t like the ending!!