Amy Mason Doan

I’m so pleased that readers are connecting with Jackie’s story. Some recent reviews:

“Unfolds with an artful combination of lyrical writing and twisting plot…”
Read the whole review here
—BookPage

“Doan paints Jackie as a sympathetic, heartwarming narrator…Fans of Crossing California and Daisy Jones and the Six will be enamored with the world of Lady Sunshine.”
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—Booklist

“A well-written, well-paced novel. Doan’s descriptions of the rugged landscape in Humboldt County create a visually rich backdrop for her characters to inhabit.”
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—Kirkus

Here it is…I may be slightly biased, but I think it’s gorgeous!! Dreamy, intense, and perfect for this story that I love so much:

Now available for preorder !

And don’t forget to mark it tbr on GoodReads! If you mark want-to-read by midnight on Friday, Oct. 9, you’re entered to win ALL 3 of my novels + some pretty flower stickers.

I can’t wait to share Jackie & Willa’s story with you.

AN IMAGINATIVE NOVEL OF FAMILY, MUSIC, AND SECRETS—SET AGAINST THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA

For Jackie Pierce, everything changed the summer of 1979, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle’s sprawling estate on the California coast. As musicians, artists, and free spirits gathered at The Sandcastle for the season in pursuit of inspiration and communal living, Jackie and her cousin Willa fell into a fast friendship, testing their limits along the rocky beach and in the wild woods… until the summer abruptly ended in tragedy, and Willa silently slipped away into the night.

Twenty years later, Jackie unexpectedly inherits The Sandcastle and returns to the iconic estate for a short visit to ready it for sale. But she reluctantly extends her stay when she learns that, before her death, her estranged aunt had promised an up-and-coming producer he could record a tribute album to her late uncle at the property’s studio. As her musical guests bring the place to life again with their sun-drenched beach days and late-night bonfires, Jackie begins to notice startling parallels to that summer long ago. And when a piece of the past resurfaces and sparks new questions about Willa’s disappearance, Jackie must discover if the dark secret she’s kept ever since is even the truth at all.

Love Cosmopolitan’s review of SUMMER HOURS! “Hot & Heavy…major Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants vibes.” Thanks, Cosmo!

Love this – PopSugar calls SUMMER HOURS “surprising and affecting” & includes it in this terrific list of classic summer reads that are better than a summer vacation. Get some excellent #tbr ideas here.

Do you know about “the page 69 test”? The idea, floated by Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, is that when you read page 69 of a book you know whether or not it’s for you. I did the Page 69 Test for Campaign for the American Reader and I have to say it’s accurate for SUMMER HOURS. The scene on page 69 gives you a good sense of the characters, conflict, and my writing style.

Read my page 69 test here.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend with heaps of reading time. xoAmy