The best novel of the Queen of Summer Reading by Elin Hilddebrand. Jake and Mallory met at a beach cottage during a friendly celebration and, as a result of a chain of mini-catastrophes, ended up spending the weekends together—just the two of them. Probably it’s love—because it’s so easy for them to be together, and they can tell each other everything: about their troubles, dreams, and even Jake’s upcoming marriage. So they decide to date every year—at the same time and in the same place—like in an old movie. But nothing lasts forever, and Mallory’s diagnosis may mean that their twenty-eighth summer together will be the last.