![]() ![]() ![]() I’m doing us all a favor by retiring,” she said. “I think my readers would be more disappointed if I kept going and put out books that didn’t live up to expectations. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. This, despite the fact that she is at peak popularity: Her latest, The Hotel Nantucket, inspired by the grand, 43-room Nantucket Hotel which hosts the Bucket List getaway, debuted at No. The book she turns in late in 2023 will be the last of her annual novels. But after 22 years of producing one novel a year-and sometimes two-the 53-year-old queen of the beach read, as she is often called, is throwing in the (plush, cabana-striped Turkish cotton) towel. They want the Mirabels and Mallorys of Hilderbrand’s fictional universe to continue to find second chances at love, reconciliation with estranged family members, and girl-boss empowerment-all while sipping icy gimlets at Galley Beach or slurping mignonette-bathed Pocomo Meadow oysters at CRU. They want those familiar book covers with the azure skies over sapphire seas, and the viewed-from-behind women lolling in canvas sling chairs or under umbrellas on golden sand. What they want, what all her fans want, is the promise of a fat Hilderbrand novel to escape into this summer and all the summers to come. ![]()
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