I’ve always loved finding a new Author to fall in love with and through Malibu Summer which is a finding love again romance story with older than usual character. I’ve done that in Libby Gill’s first book and I can’t wait to read other novels she publishes.
Malibu Summer” is a story of finding purpose (and love) after loss which reminded me of my own life after Suzzane died. I loved the characters which I laughed with and cheered for and at times wanted to knock upside the hear. I love how they included a child in the story.
Malibu Summer introduces us to Ivy Bauer a high-powered executive and a, bright soil scientist and inventor of a game changing organic irrigation system. She’s on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a Summer job as a gardener in Malibu for what she intends to be a temporary escape. However, the Sun-soaked coastal town becomes the stage for a profound personal journey.
Conrad Reed is a wealthy Hollywood has-been who, after the death of his wife, feels overwhelmed by the care of his anxious stepson Hudson, massive cliffside estate, and deteriorating career. He hopes Ivy will help take at least one thing off his plate. But the bossy, opinionated Ivy isn’t making things any easier for him. Sparks fly—and not the good kind.
But it’s when Ivy finds the key to Hudson’s heart that Conrad’s own heart begins to melt as well—and then the sparks that fly are the ones that kindle the best kind of love affair . . .
About the author: Libby Gill
Libby Gill is a former television executive who headed communications at Sony, Universal and Turner Broadcasting. Her first novel, MALIBU SUMMER, is published by Penguin Random House/Pamela Dorman Books and debuts on May 21, 2024.
Libby is an award-winning author of six non-fiction books, including You Unstuck, Traveling Hopefully, Capture the Mindshare, The Hope-Driven Leader, and Leadership Reckoning, (with co-authors Dr. Thomas Kolditz and Dr. Ryan Brown).
In addition to being a novelist, Libby is a leadership expert and international speaker, and has delivered keynotes on four continents and in 41 US States. She has appeared on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, the Today Show and in Good Housekeeping, the New York Times, O Magazine, Self, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
After many years living in Los Angeles, Libby and her husband relocated to Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley, where she hikes, gardens and attempts to learn golf.
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Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
