Summer Blowout - Softcover

Claire Cook is the bestselling author of the novels Life's a Beach, Must Love Dogs, Ready to Fall, and Multiple Choice. A teacher of physical fitness and creative writing, she has had previous stints as a copywriter, radio continuity director, garden designer, and dance and aerobics choreographer. She lives in Scituate, Massachusetts--often called the Irish Riviera--with her husband and two children. Visit her website at: www.clairecook.com

"Summer Blowout is as intoxicating as a seat at the top of the Ferris wheel. Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer."—Elin Hilderbrand, author of Barefoot

"Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it. Summer Blowout is irresistible!"—Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries series and Queen of Babble Gets Hitched

"A laugh-filled look at love... Nobody does the easy-breezy beach book with a lighter hand than Claire Cook...In Summer Blowout...you soon find yourself on another of Cook's delightful tours of the funny side of big family life."—Carole Goldberg, The Hartford Courant

"As someone who struggles with humid, willful, occasionally explosive summer hair, I only wish every Summer Blowout were so completely satisfying. Claire Cook is at her irresistible, charming, dishy, can't put it down best."—Amy Cohen, author of The Late Bloomer's Revolution

"Laugh out loud."—Good Housekeeping

"The exuberant and charming Claire Cook (ask anyone who saw her at this spring's Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival) is one of the sassiest and funniest creators of contemporary women's fiction... Summer Blowout, is every bit as much fun as Must Love Dogs and Life's a Beach."—The Times-Picayune

"Summer Blowout is primed, like Cook's previous novel Must Love Dogs... to become a big-screen romantic comedy."—Booklist

"Lipstick rules in this sunny romance tucked inside a Boston family's chain of beauty salons. Recently divorced makeup artist Bella Shaughnessy is going down swinging as she reacts to newcomer Sean Ryan and the gnawing possibility that developers are sabotaging her family's original shop. Cook's (Life's a Beach ) ability to make families' foibles ring true-and funny-ensures a delightful read. Snap this one up and enjoy the makeup advice."—Library Journal

"Claire Cook is back again with what surely will be this summer's biggest hit. Her fifth novel delivers not only a hilarious read, but also divulges tricks of the trade make-up secrets that every girl will love! Without a doubt, SUMMER BLOWOUT is the perfect styling tool needed to give you that coveted summertime look."—Fresh Fiction

"You won't have to don your sunglasses for this sunny delight by the author of Must Love Dogs. Makeup artist Bella Shaughnessy has a thing for lipstick-with names like Catfight, Damaged and Revive-a family that gives new meaning to the expression blended (thanks to a half-sister who's dating Bella's ex-husband) and a ban on men (see half-sister). Which is too bad, because she's just met Sean Ryan, an entrepreneur with sparkling eyes and a proposal, business that is-or is it?-for Bella. As refreshing as an icy drink on a sultry day."—Family Circle