After a tragic fire in 1922 that killed 19-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley, The Hotel Nantucket descended from a gilded age gem to a mediocre budget-friendly lodge to an abandoned eyesore--until it's purchased and renovated top to bottom by London billionaire Xavier Darling. Xavier hires Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton as his general manager, and Lizbet, in turn, pulls together a charismatic if inexperienced staff who shares the vision of turning...

"Mack Petersen, manager of the hotel, has been working at the Beach Club for twelve summers. Only this summer is different. His boss, the owner of the hotel, Bill Elliott, shows up in the spring with a new set of demands. His girlfriend, Maribel, is pressing Mack to get married and Vance, the African American bellman who has hated Mack since the day Mack stole his job twelve years ago, threatens him in a deadly scene."--Jacket.