Two Weeks in August

Nina Christie arrives on Chincoteague Island knowing she has been warned about Hazy Duncan, yet Hazy turns out to be more difficult than anyone described. The island seems made for Nina's fresh start, but Hazy's constant brusqueness keeps spoiling it. Nina is greeted by neighbors who treat her as one of their own, and the gentle summer air begins to ease her bruised heart. She asks for nothing more than quiet, a calm place to live and her books. Hazy has learned that attractive women tend to lose interest quickly and go looking for something better. She has only just gotten CC out of her life and can finally hear the ocean again when another beautiful woman appears at her door. Hazy considers Nina the bigger danger, since Nina is kind. Both women are wary of anything resembling romance, so it is unexpected when their feelings and the island's charm appear to have their own plans. Debut author Nat Burns sets this traditional summer love story on the Delmarva Peninsula along the Chesapeake Bay.